UConn Huskies Senior Night Ceremony: Paige Bueckers, Nika Muhl, Aaliyah Edwards, Aubrey Griffin

chips and competed in three NCAA tournaments including two final fours and a National Championship Game appearance please direct your attention to the video boards special video and you gone in 2019 her athleticism and energy have been key for the huskys in the last five seasons she made an immediate impact as a freshman was named the All Conference tournament team Ary was a 2023 all Big East honorable mention selection Aubrey's total 9916 points and 626 rebounds in her career at Yukon already graduated last May with a degree in women's studies and is currently pursuing minors in hdfs and urban community scored by Mother Audrey stepfather Scott brother alen and grandmother Audrey a Ford from ausing New York number 44 Aubrey Griffin [Applause] [Music] you guys right here since arriv the stores in 2020 ni mule has been an X Factor for the huskys N is a two-time Big's Defensive Player of the Year in all B second team selection last season she said Yukon records for single game assists and season assists as well as most double digit assist games and tonight Nia became just the fifth husky in program history to reach 600 career assists Nia is currently pursuing a degree in Psychology escorted by her parents Roberta and Darko a guard from Zagreb Croatia number 10 ni mule w Aaliyah Edwards is one of yukon's most consistent players she's earned third Team all America bigie most improved player bigie tournament most outstanding player all bigie first team wbca All Region biggy six Woman of the Year accolades Le has total 1,695 points and 9er to 29 rebounds in Yukon not to mention she's a member of the can can Canada basketball ball and a 2020 Olympian Aaliyah is currently pursuing a degree in communication escorted by her parents Jackie and Eddie forward from Kingston Ontario number three Aaliyah Edwards [Music] [Applause] paage Beckers has been a record breaker since arriving on campus she was the first ever freshman to win the wooden award n Smith Trophy and a P National Player of the Year Hors in 2021 was a consensus all americ she's the two-time NCAA Final Four all tournament team member p bamore is the fastest husky to 1,000 career points currently sitting at 1,369 points 323 rebounds 343 assists and 151 steals paage currently pursuing a degree in human development and family Sciences escorted by our mother Amy Fuller father Bob Beckers and siblings Ryan Lauren and Drew from Hopkins Minnesota number five page [Applause] Beckers [Music] here good and Loud for the seniors wo what a special group and a special night large majority of the folks stayed for the ceremony which was terrific did lots of tears I I've seen around the arena yeah and there they are Aubrey Griffin alah Edwards niik mu and Paige Beckers with gin Oro we'll hear from all four of the players as they address this gamle crowd moment apply so stand by for that yeah and it's a first that they're doing it postgame right and a lot of people are asking questions why I mean you can see you can you know you can let it run and and yet and you can play it out a little bit more but the kids get to talk which I think the everyone is really really excited to hear what they have to say and uh the student managers recognized as well getting in the photo op at Center Court yeah I you know again when you're trying to get ready for the game I can I can feel already what a difference this makes and what a how much more emotion can play into the night because the game is over now of course you're always risking if something goes wrong in the game but uh this been fun and very emotional and uh very heartwarming too it's really it's why they why they do it it's why they're here they they yeah they play basketball they win a lot of games but it's the relationships that you make and and the bonds that you form that will never go away and as the years pass you don't remember the details about the games but you remember the the fun you had at practice in the locker room on the bus in the dorms sure and the relationships that form between the families as well of this uh this shared journey through four years it's really hard for the parents and and since I'm their ages now uh you know they're here for 4 years and then that's it but a lot of them keep in touch and but it's a huge change for them one more year is the [Applause] champ now of course all have eligibility left due to the the co year rules where everybody was granted an extra year of Eligibility and Paige with the the season long injury all right getting the microphone ready and niik mule stands [Applause] first um I don't think there's ever enough time to say what I really want to say and I speak for everybody um but I just want to thank everybody um I just want to thank everybody that's here watching this game I want to thank everybody that's at home watching this game I want to thank everybody that's going to watch this game tomorrow and I also want to thank people I also want to thank people who are not able to watch our games but still love and support our team we would be nowhere without you this program would be nowhere without you all and it's been an honor and pleasure to play in front of you and we love you ni um I wouldn't trade you guys for the world man you guys are [Applause] family and thank you so much for showing us what it's like to be a part of something this big and this great and um I want to do a special shout out to our family section and to our families and yeah I mean thank you guys so much I words can't explain it and we love you all so so so much and we're not done [Music] so Yukon Nation um it's hard to follow that but uh again just want to give uh thanks to not only you guys here in Connecticut but also to my family my friends back home in Canada as well but I want you guys to continue all the love and support because we're not done [Applause] yet first I just want to start off by saying saying thank you for everybody here thank you for making these four years special to me and um have you guys heard I'm coming back next [Applause] [Music] year G that's of you thank you for everybody here and showing up and showing love come on bab H I can't put into words what this program has meant to me what you guys have meant to me the best student section in the country thank you guys um obviously this four years didn't go how I planned or how I wanted it to go but I wouldn't trade it for the world um I wouldn't be able to get through what I went through without everybody here um just supporting um so thank you to the best fans in the country I know uh everybody wants me to address the elephant in the room um unfortunately this will not be my last senior night here at you com back thank you guys we love you we still need your support the rest of the season um and we'll see you [Applause] [Music] soon breaking news breaking news for sure so Paige Becker's putting the exclamation point on what has been a wonderful night and and we're not done yet still lots more to come uh stay with us shro will talk with some of those [Applause] involved good stuff uh did Yukon Nation just get a real jolt of energy they certainly did and and I I like the way Paige said it to address the elephant in the room yeah well there was the question right since they sent out the the social media photo of um the four that would be on your honor

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Length: 17min 5sec (1025 seconds)

Published: Sat Feb 17 2024