{"id":231749,"date":"2025-09-16T16:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T16:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/231749\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T16:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T16:10:10","slug":"dallas-wings-paige-bueckers-named-wnba-rookie-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/231749\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Wings\u2019 Paige Bueckers named WNBA Rookie of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/wings\/2024\/11\/18\/10-things-to-know-about-paige-bueckers-the-dallas-wings-presumptive-no-1-overall-pick\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/wings\/2024\/11\/18\/10-things-to-know-about-paige-bueckers-the-dallas-wings-presumptive-no-1-overall-pick\/\">Paige Bueckers<\/a> was named the WNBA Rookie of the Year on Tuesday, capping off a historic first season with the Dallas Wings. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The Wings selected Bueckers out of UConn with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/wings\/2025\/04\/14\/dallas-wings-select-uconns-paige-bueckers-with-no-1-pick-in-2025-wnba-draft\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/wings\/2025\/04\/14\/dallas-wings-select-uconns-paige-bueckers-with-no-1-pick-in-2025-wnba-draft\/\">the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 WNBA draft<\/a> after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/wings\/2025\/04\/06\/paige-bueckers-legendary-uconn-career-ends-in-title-glory-dallas-could-be-next\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/wings\/2025\/04\/06\/paige-bueckers-legendary-uconn-career-ends-in-title-glory-dallas-could-be-next\/\">capping off her collegiate career with a championship<\/a>. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Paige Bueckers in 2025:<\/p>\n<p>\u2b50 19.2 PPG<br \/>\u2b50 5.4 APG<br \/>\u2b50 3.9 RPG<br \/>\u2b50 1.6 SPG<br \/>\u2b50 Rookie-record 44-point game on 81% FG<\/p>\n<p>Your 2025 WNBA <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Kia<\/a> Rookie of the Year \ud83d\udc51<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KiaROY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#KiaROY<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WelcometotheW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#WelcometotheW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oxBCJzwGUc\">pic.twitter.com\/oxBCJzwGUc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WNBA (@WNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WNBA\/status\/1967972640536269081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">In 36 games with the Wings, Bueckers averaged 19.2 points, 5.4 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 1.6 steals. <\/p>\n<p>Sports Roundup<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Get the latest D-FW sports news, analysis and opinion delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, Kevin Sherrington&#8217;s A La Carte.<\/p>\n<p>SIGN UP<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__vkDb2 inline-flex secondaryBold secondaryBold-5 text-center\">Or with: <\/p>\n<p>Google<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"http:\/\/sportsday.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"http:\/\/sportsday.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Bueckers tallied the third-most points (692) and assists (194) by a rookie in WNBA history, while posting the highest single-game scoring performance ever by a rookie with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/wings\/2025\/08\/21\/paige-bueckers-career-night-not-enough-as-kelsey-plum-game-winner-sinks-wings\/\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/wings\/2025\/08\/21\/paige-bueckers-career-night-not-enough-as-kelsey-plum-game-winner-sinks-wings\/\" target=\"_blank\">her 44-point outing at the Los Angeles Sparks on Aug. 20<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">She is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/wings\/2025\/08\/22\/wings-turbulent-season-continues-in-ugly-loss-vs-storm-but-paige-bueckers-brings-hope\/\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/wings\/2025\/08\/22\/wings-turbulent-season-continues-in-ugly-loss-vs-storm-but-paige-bueckers-brings-hope\/\" target=\"_blank\">only rookie in WNBA history<\/a> to average at least 19 points per game while shooting at least 47% from the field.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/wings\/2025\/09\/12\/dallas-wings-star-paige-bueckers-named-ap-rookie-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/wings\/2025\/09\/12\/dallas-wings-star-paige-bueckers-named-ap-rookie-of-the-year\/\">Bueckers was also named the AP Rookie of the Year last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Related Stories<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sportsday.dallasnews.com\/topic\/dallas-wings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View More<\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-only-list-only-module__DAHnF list-disc\"><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-only-list-only-module__BZO7y link-blue\" 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