San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Fortress picked up the Rookie of the 12 months honors for the 2024-2025 NBA season. The previous UConn Huskies guard rode into the NBA because the fourth total choose after successful the 2024 NCAA title.
Fortress adopted Victor Wembanyama giving the Spurs their fourth ROTY honors and their first back-to-back trophies.
On Tuesday, the WNBA introduced Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers, who was the primary total draft choose, claimed the WNBA Rookie of the 12 months honors.
Buckers, like Fortress, attended UConn, and like Fortress, she gained an NCAA title along with her Huskies. In her rookie season, Bueckers averaged 19.s factors, 5.4 assists, and three.9 rebounds per recreation.
UConn, already recognized for his or her basketball program, at present have 8 former college students within the NBA together with 4 from the 2024 title staff. There have been 15 former gamers within the WNBA this season.
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