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USC women’s basketball star Juju Watkins Selected as the 2025 winner of the John R. Wooden Award on Saturday, beating UConn star Paige Bueckers.
Other finalists were Lauren Betts of UCLA, Hannah Hidalgo of Notre Dame and Madison Booker of Texas.
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In the second half, juju Watkins were defended by Paige Bueckers and Kaitlyn Chen on December 21, 2024 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. (Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images)
Watkins won the award for his sophomore year, which is just the third-placed low class since its founding in the 2003-04 season.
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USC women’s basketball player Juju Watkins is ahead of the game before the game held at Cal St. Long Beach, California, December 21, 2023. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Watkins was one of the most important players in the NCAA Championship and then tore her ACL apart in the second round. With 23.9 points per game, she ranks fourth in the country, with 33.8 minutes per game, with 6.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 2.2 steals and 1.8 blocks.
Watkins is still in further effort to potentially break Caitlin Clark’s NCAA scoring record before the ACL tear.
Senior Bueckers are still in the NCAA Championship and will have a chance to win the championship as they dominate the championship with UCLA 85-51 in the final four games.
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UCONN HUSKIES defender Paige Bueckers talks with fans after a match with Marquette Golden Eagles at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion on March 2, 2025. (David Butler II/Imagn image)
She will try to lead her team to beat Dawn Starley’s defending champion South Carolina Team.
This season, the Bueckers averaged 20 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game.
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