by admin | Dec 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Star UConn sophomore guard Paige Bueckers underwent surgery Monday to repair an anterior tibial plateau fracture and lateral meniscus tear in her left knee, the school said. The timetable for her return is estimated to be eight weeks from Monday, which would make her...
by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Reigning women’s basketball Naismith Player of the Year Paige Bueckers might be sidelined longer than originally thought. After UConn’s 71-61 victory over UCLA on Saturday, coach Geno Auriemma said Bueckers was considering surgery to repair the tibial...
by admin | Dec 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
After starting the women’s college basketball season with what was expected to be unprecedented depth on the UConn roster, the Huskies have lost three guards to injury in eight days. On Dec. 1, the Huskies announced freshman Azzi Fudd, the nation’s...
by admin | Dec 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The No. 2 UConn women’s basketball team beat rival Notre Dame 73-54 on Sunday in Storrs, but the win might have come with a hefty price tag. Reigning national player of the year Paige Bueckers suffered a left knee injury in the waning moments of Sunday’s...
by admin | Nov 29, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
As she continues to build out her budding marketing profile during the early stages of the NCAA’s name, image and likeness era, UConn women’s basketball star Paige Bueckers has signed a multiyear NIL endorsement deal with Gatorade. After becoming the first...
by admin | Nov 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
After a breakout freshman season at UConn, Huskies point guard Paige Bueckers has landed her first name, image and likeness endorsement deal: a multiyear partnership with footwear and apparel marketplace platform StockX. The reigning 2021 John Wooden Award winner...
by admin | Oct 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The 2021-22 NCAA women’s basketball season is just around the corner, with most teams starting play on Nov. 9. On Tuesday, ahead of the first games, the annual Associated Press preseason All-America team was announced. There were no real surprises on the team,...
by admin | Jul 12, 2021 | Representation, SEW
University of Connecticut women’s basketball star Paige Bueckers used her acceptance speech Saturday at the ESPYs to call for more attention on her black counterparts. “With the light that I have now as a white woman who leads a Black-led sport...
by admin | Apr 30, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Kim Mulkey has moved on, but NaLyssa Smith remains at Baylor and the senior forward leads the way in ESPN’s first women’s college basketball player rankings for the 2021-22 season. Smith, who won the Wade Trophy last season as UConn’s Paige...
by admin | Apr 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The world now knows Paige Bueckers and Jalen Suggs as freshman phenoms, the outrageously talented point guards leading the top-ranked collegiate teams in the country — the Connecticut women and the Gonzaga men — to their respective Final Fours this weekend. The close...
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