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USC women's hoops prima JuJu Watkins was selected arsenic the 2025 victor of the John R. Wooden Award Saturday, beating retired UConn prima Paige Bueckers.
The different finalists were Lauren Betts of UCLA, Hannah Hidalgo of Notre Dame and Madison Booker of Texas.
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JuJu Watkins is defended by Paige Bueckers and Kaitlyn Chen during the 2nd fractional astatine the XL Center Dec. 21, 2024, successful Hartford, Conn. (Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images)
Watkins earned the grant arsenic a sophomore, becoming conscionable the 3rd underclassman to bash truthful since the grant was established successful the 2003-04 season.
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USC women's hoops subordinate Juju Watkins earlier a crippled astatine Cal St. Long Beach successful Long Beach, Calif., Dec. 21, 2023. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Watkins was 1 of the astir ascendant players successful the NCAA tourney earlier tearing her ACL successful the 2nd round. She is 4th successful the federation successful scoring with 23.9 points per game, on with 6.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 2.2 steals and 1.8 blocks successful 33.8 minutes per game.
Watkins was besides connected gait to perchance interruption Caitlin Clark's all-time NCAA scoring grounds earlier the ACL tear.
Bueckers, a senior, is inactive playing successful the NCAA Tournament and volition person a accidental to triumph the title aft dominating UCLA 85-51 successful the Final Four Friday.
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UConn Huskies defender Paige Bueckers talks to the fans during elder nighttime aft a crippled against the Marquette Golden Eagles astatine Harry A. Gampel Pavilion March 2, 2025 (David Butler II/Imagn Images)
She volition effort to pb her squad to triumph implicit Dawn Staley's defending champion South Carolina squad.
Bueckers averaged 20 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.7 assists this season.
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Jackson Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital. He antecedently worked for ESPN and Business Insider. Jackson has covered the Super Bowl and NBA Finals, and has interviewed iconic figures Usain Bolt, Rob Gronkowski, Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman, Mike Trout, David Ortiz and Roger Clemens.
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