UConn women’s basketball superstar Paige Bueckers continues to collect accolades on and off the court in her final collegiate season, earning recognition as a member of the inaugural NACDA Good Works Team on Wednesday.
Bueckers was one of 20 athletes from across winter college sports named to the Good Works team, which recognizes athletes for a commitment to community service on top of their academic and athletic accomplishments. The American Football Coaches Association has honored a Good Works team in collegiate football since 1992, but 2025 marks the first time the recognition has been expanded to all sports and divisions. Athletes from nine different sports in five different divisions are represented on the winter team.
Bueckers has prioritized community involvement throughout her college career and has charitable efforts tied to many of her NIL opportunities. The redshirt senior has worked to combat food insecurity by funding free grocery stores and helped expand youth sports access on a local level in both Connecticut and her home state Minnesota. Bueckers has volunteered with the Husky Harvest food pantry, Special Olympics, Team Impact, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and the Make-A-Wish Foundation during her time at UConn, and she has served as a coach with the Mamba and Mambacita Foundation.
Bueckers is having a standout season on the court in 2024-25, averaging 19 points, 4.9 assists, 4.5 rebounds and two steals. The redshirt senior has cemented herself as one of the Huskies’ all-time greats, becoming the fastest player in program history to surpass 2,000 career points and climbing to No. 6 on the program’s all-time scoring list. She led UConn to a fifth consecutive Big East championship on Monday and became the first player in the history of the conference to win the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player Award three times in a career. She was also named Big East Player of the Year for the third time, and she was named to the final 15-player ballot for the Wooden Award. Bueckers is also a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award given to the nation’s best point guard.
