Maggie Vanoni
Reporter at Hearst Connecticut Media Group
UConn women’s hoops for @Hearst CT. Student chapters for @AWSM_SportMedia Past: @ocregister, @SeaTimesSports, @registerguard & @ODEsports
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'Like Christmas morning': Dallas Wings celebrate addition of UConn star Paige Bueckers in WNBA Draft
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nhregister.com | Maggie Vanoni
NEW YORK — From the country’s third-smallest state to its second-largest. From winter coats to cowboy hats and from summer lobster rolls and New Haven pizza to Tex-Mex and barbecue. Connecticut superstar Paige Bueckers is headed to Dallas, Texas to begin her WNBA career. Article continues below this adThe UConn women's basketball star was drafted No. 1 overall Monday night by the Dallas Wings at the 2025 WNBA Draft in New York.
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ctinsider.com | Maggie Vanoni
NEW YORK - From the country's third-smallest state to its second-largest. From winter coats to cowboy hats and from summer lobster rolls and New Haven pizza to Tex-Mex and barbecue. Connecticut superstar Paige Bueckers is headed to Dallas, Texas to begin her WNBA career. The UConn women's basketball star was drafted No. 1 overall Monday night by the Dallas Wings at the 2025 WNBA Draft in New York.
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ctinsider.com | Maggie Vanoni
NEW YORK - Kaitlyn Chen committed to UConn women's basketball on May 1, 2024, transferring into the program after four years at Princeton. She won a national championship with the Huskies 340 days later in Tampa, Florida. Aubrey Griffin came to Storrs in 2019 and left in 2025 as the program's first-ever sixth-year player. The combo guard returned after two season-ending injuries to help lead the Huskies to their 12th national title alongside Chen.
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ctinsider.com | Maggie Vanoni
NEW YORK - Paige Bueckers is officially in the WNBA. The UConn women's basketball star was selected No. 1 overall in Monday's 2025 WNBA Draft by the Dallas Wings. Bueckers is the sixth Husky, and the first since Breanna Stewart in 2016, to be chosen as the top pick in the WNBA Draft. Article continues below this ad Just below the draft stage, Bueckers sat at a table with her parents, UConn head coach Geno Auriemma, and former teammate Azzi Fudd.
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ctinsider.com | Maggie Vanoni
HARTFORD - The State of Connecticut has long been claimed as the "Basketball capital of the world."On Sunday, UConn women's basketball head coach Geno Auriemma declared the state "The parade capital of the world."Exactly a week after the Huskies defeated South Carolina in Tampa to win the program's 12 th national title, and first since 2016, about 20,000 people crowded the streets of downtown Hartford for Sunday's victory parade and rally.
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RT @KellyMorrisonMN: Proud to recognize Paige Bueckers for her incredible journey from Hopkins High to leading UConn to the NCAA Championsh…
RT @SarahSpain: The legendary @RebeccaLobo with a legendary story about Geno Auriemma, Paige Bueckers and how some things never change……
I feel the backpack and the No. 5 give it away more than her walk lol Looks like Paige Bueckers is getting into NY early before likely returning back to CT for Sunday's victory parade. WNBA Draft is Monday night in NY
The walk says it all. Guess who just touched down in NYC? 👀 #WNBADraft | @StateFarm https://t.co/ytjGLc59st
