Paige Bueckers is a UConn legend, the reigning WNBA Rookie of the Year, the Dallas Wings’ franchise player and, now, a member of Team Fanatics.
On Wednesday, Fanatics announced it signed the star guard to a multiyear autographed memorabilia partnership. It is her first exclusive memorabilia partnership and will allow Fanatics to be the sole provider of her memorabilia and collectibles.
“Partnering with Fanatics is a game-changer for me,” Bueckers said in the press release. “They’re the clear leader in the memorabilia industry and understand what matters most—the relationship between athletes and their fans. I couldn’t be more excited to work together, create incredible products, and continue to elevate women athletes and our game to new levels while building stronger connections for fans and collectors everywhere.”
Bueckers is yet another headliner who partnered with Fanatics Authentic and joins a list that includes Tom Brady, Jayson Tatum, Victor Wembanyama, Sabrina Ionescu, JuJu Watkins, Paul Skenes, Jayden Daniels and Harry Kane.
Fanatics will feature memorabilia and collectibles that include basketballs, jerseys, shoes and even game-used equipment from her time at UConn and with the Wings.
What’s more, it will make an annual donation to the Paige Bueckers Foundation.
The Paige Bueckers Foundation was established in 2022 as “an innovative partnership between the Greater Minneapolis Foundation and the St. Paul Foundation that focuses its work to create opportunity and promote justice in four primary areas: Sport, Creative, Economic and Food & Wellness.”
That Fanatics would want to partner with Bueckers comes as no surprise.
She was a household name well before the Wings selected her with the No. 1 overall pick of the 2025 WNBA draft thanks to one of the most dominant collegiate careers of all time.
Bueckers’ resume with the Huskies included a national championship, Associated Press Player of the Year, Wooden Award, Naismith Award, three All-American selections and three Big East Player of the Year awards.
She picked up right where she left off when she reached the WNBA as an All-Star starter, the Rookie of the Year and an All-WNBA Second Team selection in her first year in the league. She averaged 19.2 points, 5.4 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game while shooting 47.7 percent from the field and 33.1 percent from deep.
Bueckers is already one of the faces of the WNBA and will surely have plenty of memorable moments in the coming years.
And Fanatics will be there along the way to sell collectibles and memorabilia from those moments.