In 2019, Bueckers was named USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year. In 2020, she was ranked as the number one player by ESPN.
Paige Bueckers was born on 20th October 2001 in Edina, Minnesota, United States. She is of British-Irish ethnicity.
She is the daughter of Bob Bueckers and Amy Fuller-Dettbarn. Her father, Bob used to play the High School Basketball as a point guard. Her mother, Amy is also into sports. She represented the University of St. Thomas in track and field.
His parents got separated via divorce when she was three years old. After the separation, his mother got remarried and moved to Billings, Montana.
Paige Bueckers is the eldest among her siblings including two brothers; Ryan and Drew and a sister, Lauren.
Since childhood, she used to be athletic and played various games including Baseball, football, and soccer. She started playing basketball inspired by her father. Her dad, Bob was the one who coached her till she was in grade seven.
Playing basketball, she started knowing the players like LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, Diana Taurasi, and Sue Bird. Such players motivated her to pursue basketball as her career.
When she was just in the seven grade, she played for the junior varsity basketball teams at Hopkins High School.
In the 8th grade, Paige Bueckers joined the School’s Varsity Team. The year, she completed the season with six games with 8.9 points on average and 2.1 assists.
– In November 2016, she made his Hopking High School debut. The year, she completed the season with 20.8 points on average, 4.5 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per game.
– The following year, she made her national basketball debut at the 2017 FIBA under-16 Women’s Americas Championship. In the championship, she earned her 1st Gold Medal.
– In her sophomore year, she was named the Star Tribune Metro Player of the year. Also, she received Gatorade Player of the Year for her excellence in athletics and academics.
That year, she received her second Gold medal t the FIBA under-17 Women’s Basketball World Cup.
– In Junior year, she surpassed 2,000 career points. Also, she earned the third Gold medal at the FIBA under19 Women’s Basketball World Cup.
On 29th January 2020, she became the first female high player to be featured in the magazine, Slam.
Her net worth is estimated to be between $2.5 million according to the sources of 2023. His earnings as a high school basketball player are in the range of $51k on average.
Paige Bueckers has fair skin, blue eyes with blonde hair. She stands at a height of 5 feet 11 inches and weighs around 64 kg.
As of now, Paige Bueckers has not been through any sort of controversy and scandals that created a buzz in the media. Also, she has managed to maintain distance from any kind of rumors.
Paige Bueckers has over 77.3k followers on Twitter and 1 million on Instagram. She is not active on Facebook.
On Instagram, she is following the personalities like Elijah Woods, Shareef O’Neal, and Dylan Gonzalez.
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