The UConn women’s basketball team has been represented on the All-WNBA team in 19 of the last 20 seasons, and a pair of former Huskies upheld the tradition in 2025.
MVP runner-up Napheesa Collier was the only UConn alum selected to the first team, marking her third consecutive such honor. Collier had a historic season, becoming the second player ever to shoot above 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from 3-point range and 90 percent at the free throw line. She joined seven-time All-Star Elena Delle Donne, who accomplished the feat in her 2019 MVP season with the Washington Mystics.
Collier led the Minnesota Lynx to a 34-10 record and the top seed in the WNBA Playoffs, averaging a career-high 22.9 points, 7.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.6 steals and a career-high 1.5 blocks. She was also named to the all-defensive first team on Wednesday. She is the second player in Lynx history to receive three first-team All-WNBA honors, joining fellow UConn legend Maya Moore, who earned five selections in a row from 2013-17.
Four-time league MVP A’ja Wilson of Las Vegas, Phoenix forward Alyssa Thomas, Atlanta guard Allisha Gray and Indiana guard Kelsey Mitchell joined Collier on the first team. It was the first career All-WNBA selection for both Gray and Mitchell.
WNBA Rookie of the Year Paige Bueckers landed on the second team, becoming the first Dallas Wings rookie to ever receive All-WNBA honors. Excluding the league’s inaugural season in 1997, Bueckers is the 18th rookie all-time to make an All-WNBA team and just the second since 2016 joining 2024 Rookie of the Year Caitlin Clark.
The former UConn superstar averaged 19.2 points, 5.4 assists, 1.6 steals, 3.9 rebounds and 0.5 blocks in her first WNBA season. She set franchise rookie records for points and assists and became the fastest player in WNBA history to surpass 500 career points and 100 assists in her 28th game.
Bueckers was also the only player in the WNBA this season to record a 40-point game, tying the rookie scoring record set by Cynthia Cooper in 1997 with 44 points against the Los Angeles Sparks on Aug. 20. She shot 80% from the field in her performance, marking the most efficient 40-point game in WNBA history.
Alongside the former Husky, Fever center Aliyah Boston, Seattle center Nneka Ogwumike, New York guard Sabrina Ionescu and Las Vegas guard Jackie Young completed the second team.
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