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9 Days Until the State Girls Cross Country Announcement
Gatorade 2017 - 2018: Player of the Year

Girls Basketball - Minnesota

Gatorade Player of the year

Paige Bueckers

Guard
HOPKINS HS
MINNETONKA, MINNESOTA
SOPHOMORE
Height: 6-FOOT
Press Release

Peak Performance

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.