High School/College
By now, most are familiar with her accolades; she was the country’s #1 ranked recruit, 2019/2020 Gatorade Female Player of the Year, McDonald’s All American, Jordan Brand Classic All American and the only freshman women’s basketball player to earn NCAA Player of the Year. After working relentlessly to rehab and recover from major injuries, Paige returned dominant as ever, earning Big East Player of the Year and AP All-America First Team in 2023/2024 and 2024/2025. In every year she played, Paige led UConn to a Final Four appearance, ultimately capping off her collegiate career with a national championship.
WNBA
In the week following the national championship, Paige celebrated with the UConn fans at a parade in Hartford, shot the cover of NYT Style and got drafted #1 by the Dallas Wings in the WNBA Draft. In her electric debut season, she went on to win Rookie of the Year and earn a spot as a WNBA All-Star. With over six million followers, she’s the first organic star borne of the social media highlight generation, but it’s her preternatural skill that has led her to be branded the future of basketball.
However, Paige is so much more than that. Led by her faith and grounded in family, she’s passionate about social justice, opportunity, equity, and just being as accessible off the court as she is unforgiving on it. After winning the ESPYS’s College Athlete of the year in 2021, she turned her spotlight on gender and racial disparities in sports media coverage citing the disproportionate amount of coverage she gets as a white athlete compared to her Black peers. Paige knows that the youth are the future and that representation matters, and her humility balanced with her easy command of the biggest moments are evidence that what’s next is going to be better than anything we have ever seen.
