How many awards has Paige Bueckers won?

Paige Bueckers, born on October 20, 2001, is an American basketball player playing as a point guard for the UConn Huskies. She has cemented herself as one of the top players in the realm of college basketball in the last couple of years. Bueckers was the highest-rated recruit in her class and was ranked No.1 overall in her class by ESPN. Her outstanding freshman season put her on the map before a series of injuries slowed her in the next two campaigns.

Paige Bueckers Awards

The Minnesota native became the first freshman to win the Wooden and AP Player of the Year award in her debut season in 2021. The 6ft point guard averaged 20 points, 4.9 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 2.3 steals per game in that season.

Bueckers is also one of the five finalists for the 2024 Ann Meyers Drysdale Awards which honors the top shooting guard in Division I college basketball. She has also continued the tradition of academic excellence by winning the 2023-2024 Big East Women’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Let’s take a look at all of the athletic awards Bueckers has won in her career:

• Naismith College Player of the Year (2021)

• AP Player of the Year (2021)

• John R. Wooden Award (2021)

• USBWA Player and Freshman of the Year (2021)

• WBCA, AP and USBWA First Team All-American (2021)

• WBCA Freshman of the Year (2021)

• Final Four All-Tournament Team (2021)

• BIG EAST Player of the Year (2021 and 2024)

• BIG EAST Freshman of the Year (2021)

• BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2021 and 2024)

• All-BIG EAST First Team (2021 and 2024)

• Gatorade National Player of the Year (2020)

• Naismith Prep Player of the Year (2020)

• Morgan Wootten Player of the Year (2020)

• McDonald’s All-American (2020)

• Minnesota Miss Basketball (2020)