Paige Bueckers's hometown of Hopkins, Minn., is very proud of her basketball career as she prepares for her WNBA debut with the Dallas Wings next month, to say the least. The Hopkins city council recently voted to celebrate "Paige Bueckers Day" on May 16,

UConn Huskies basketball player Paige Bueckers is headed to the WNBA after being chosen by the Dallas Wings as the No. 1 pick in Monday night's draft, just over a week after leading her college team to victory in the 2025 March Madness tournament.

Bueckers attended last year’s WNBA Draft as a fan, watching as her former UConn teammates Aaliyah Edwards and Nika Mühl were selected. When those festivities opened, she was seated toward the back of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Bueckers said she was there in a “supporting cast role.”