UConn's Paige Bueckers Named To Major All-Academic Team

STORRS, CT — University of Connecticut women's basketball redshirt junior Paige Bueckers has been named a 2023-24 College Sports Communicators First Team Academic All-American.

The organization made the announcement Tuesday.

Bueckers holds a 3.497 cumulative grade point average. She has been named to the UConn Dean's list four times and is a six-time member of the Director of Athletics' Honor Roll. Bueckers earned a 3.930 GPA in Fall 2023.

Bueckers is the 2023-24 Big East Women’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

After missing the 2022-23 season to injury, Bueckers was named a WBCA, USBWA and Wooden Award First Team All-American this season. The Hopkins, MN, native was tabbed the Big East Player of the Year, Big East Tournament Most Outstanding Player, NCAA Tournament Portland Region 3 Most Outstanding Player and NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team.

Bueckers led UConn with a career-high 21.9 points per game and 53 blocks this season. She also tallied career highs with 5.2 rebounds per game and 86 steals.

Bueckers was one of the most efficient guards nationally, holding a .530/.416/.834 shooting split.

Off the court, Bueckers has provided funding to Hopkins West Junior High School grocery store which will provide groceries for 50 families in need, donated funding to the UConn Foundation to go toward food insecurity, including providing food and supplies to the Husky Harvest Food Pantry, and she partnered with Gatorade to provide equipment and uniforms to the Hartford Hurricanes, a youth sports program that includes a newly founded girls basketball team.

Bueckers is a Mamba and Mambacita Foundation Youth Coach and has participated in numerous volunteer events, such as classroom reading, turkey drives and Connecticut Children's Medical Center visits.

Bueckers will earn a bachelor's degree in human development and family sciences next month.