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UConn frosh Paige Bueckers leads women's AP All-America team

Bueckers received 28 first place votes from the national panel of 30 media members that vote each week in the AP Top 25 poll.

Credit: AP

Connecticut guard Paige Bueckers (5) plays against Butler during the first quarter of an NCAA college basketball game in Indianapolis, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

MANSFIELD, Conn. — Paige Bueckers is the third freshman to ever make The Associated Press women's All-America team.

The UConn star has already delivered record-breaking performances for the top-ranked Huskies.

Bueckers received 28 first place votes from the national panel of 30 media members that vote each week in the AP Top 25 poll.

Only the third freshman EVER.

Paige Bueckers is an AP First Team All-American! pic.twitter.com/IatIwRzpt7
— UConn Women’s Basketball (@UConnWBB) March 17, 2021

She was joined by Dana Evans of Louisville, Aliyah Boston of South Carolina, Rhyne Howard of Kentucky and NaLyssa Smith of Baylor.

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