UConn Star Page Booker Once Dallas’ wings officially climb the clock, they are expected to be number one in Monday’s WNBA draft.
Bueckers leads the class of 2025, set to embark on a professional journey. She was one of the best women’s college basketball players last season and ended her college career, earning a college career.
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UCONN GUARD PAIGE BUECKERS #5 is about to shoot against UCLA in the first half of the national semi-finals four games at the Women’s NCAA College Basketball Tournament held in Tampa, Florida on Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/John Rouse)
She was the first player to win AP Player of the Year honors in her freshman season. However, the injury hindered most of her college days. When she finally got healthy, the Husky was on top.
“It was a journey to resilience, an adversity overcoming,” she said. “I don’t trade it for the world just because it became a very beautiful story, an incredible journey of ups and downs, highs and lows.
Bueckers’ salary was a hot topic for the days leading up to the draft. She’s going to make it the same Kate Linklark It was made when she joined the WNBA in Indiana Fever – just over $78,800. According to multiple reports, she signed a contract with an unparalleled league in the offseason. The unparalleled average salary for the first season was over $220,000.
Southern California forward Kiki Iliafen #44 steals the ball from the first half UConn Guard Ashlin Shade at the Elite 8 of the NCAA College Basketball Tournament in Spokane, Washington on Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Young Kwak)
The Bueckers are the focus of the draft, but there are plenty of top female basketball players that fans should pay attention to.
Haley Van Liss of TCU is one of them. She played for Louisville, LSU and TCU during her college career. She is a national, averaging 15.2 points and 3.4 assists per game.
Among the French Olympics and Mini Kumalonga, USC Center Kiki Iliafen, Sonia Citron of Noter Dame, Anesah Morrow of LSU, Shyanne seller of Maryland, star Just Jocyte of Lithuania, Georgia Amoor of Kentucky, and Saniya River in North Carolina, they can be chosen as the first 10 options.
The Golden State Valkyries will be taking part in the draft for the first time. Valkyries is the newest team in the WNBA. Tiffany Hayes, Stephanie Talbott and Kayla Thornton are among the team’s veterans. Clark’s former fever teammate Temi Fagbenl and former Iowa teammate Kate Martin are also on the roster.
Kentucky player Georgia Amoor will arrive at an interview session for SEC Media Day at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Mountain Brook on Tuesday, October 16th, 2024. (Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News / USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
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WNBA Draft It starts at 7:30pm EST on ESPN.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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