2017 - 2018 MINNESOTA
GIRLS BASKETBALL
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
PAIGE
BUECKERS
GUARD
HOPKINS HS
MINNETONKA, MINNESOTA
SOPHOMORE
HEIGHT: 6-FOOT
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HIGHLIGHTED STATS
22.8
POINTS PER GAME
5.8
REBOUNDS PER GAME
6.9
ASSISTS PER GAME
4.100
STEALS PER GAME
“Paige Bueckers is the best talent our state has seen in the 22 years I’ve been coaching basketball in Minnesota. She can score from anywhere, she guards the other team’s best player. She has unmatched ball-handling skills, and her greatest asset is her passing. She sees the game like few others.”
Matt Nilsen
Edina High Head Coach

Athletic Excellence


The 6-foot sophomore guard had led the Royals to a 26-3 record and a berth in the Class AAAA state quarterfinals at the time of her selection. Bueckers averaged 22.8 points, 6.9 assists, 5.8 rebounds and 4.1 steals through 29 games. A member of the USA Basketball Women’s U16 National Team, she is a two-time All-Metro and All-State honoree and was named to the All-State Tournament Team as a sophomore.

Academic Achievement


Bueckers has maintained a 3.72 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her junior year of high school this fall.

Exemplary Character


Bueckers has volunteered locally on behalf of Feed My Starving Children and youth basketball camps.