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Panini Releases Instant Cards Celebrating UConn Women's Basketball All-American

Sports and entertainment collectibles brand launches new cards to honor a UConn Huskies women's basketball all-American.

Michael Ehrlich

Mar 8, 2025; Uncasville, CT, USA; UConn Huskies guard Paige Bueckers (5) returns up court against the St. John's Red Storm in the first half at Mohegan Sun Arena.
Mar 8, 2025; Uncasville, CT, USA; UConn Huskies guard Paige Bueckers (5) returns up court against the St. John's Red Storm in the first half at Mohegan Sun Arena. / David Butler II-Imagn Images

Ahead of the NCAA Tournament, sports and entertainment collectibles company Panini America has released Instant Cards to celebrate UConn All-American Paige Bueckers.

The new collection commemorate Bueckers' recent performance in the Big East Tournament championship game, where she led the Huskies to a 70-50 win over Creighton. The conference player of the year and first team All-American made history as the first player to win Big East Tournament Most Outstanding Player three times, one of the many milestones in her illustrious UConn career.

Panini's limited edition Bueckers cards - available now for a limited time - range from $9.99 all the way to $2,999.99. The Instant collection was created to commemorate athlete milestones and achievements in real time, so fans don’t have to wait months to own a piece of their favorite moments.

Paige Bueckers - 2024 Panini Instant College Basketball #73 - Blue Viper 1/1 Auto
Paige Bueckers - 2024 Panini Instant College Basketball #73 - Blue Viper 1/1 Auto / Panini America

Bueckers has an exclusive, multi-year trading card partnership with Panini, while UConn is a partner program in Panini College, the NIL platform that allows all athletes to earn their own card. Panini recently launched their first NIL trading card box set, featuring past and present UConn stars from the men's and women's sides.

This season, Bueckers averaged 19.0 points and 4.9 assists per game and was selected first team All-American by both the AP and USBWA. As one of top names in NIL, she has partnered with the likes of Nike, Gatorade, Bose, Verizon, Chegg, Madison Reed, CeraVe and TurboTax, among many others.

She is currently starring in a new TV campaign for Gatorade alongside Player of the Year JuJu Watkins of USC and All-American Cooper Flagg of Duke. Bueckers and Flagg are expected to be the top selections in the upcoming WNBA and NBA drafts respectively.

Bueckers and No. 2 seeded UConn hosts Arkansas State NCAA Tournament first round on Saturday.

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Michael Ehrlich
MICHAEL EHRLICH

Michael Ehrlich is a seasoned sports marketing executive with experience across the global sports brand, athlete representation, media and education sides of the business. The Founder and CEO of Playbook Marketing, Ehrlich consults with brands on all things NIL and athlete partnerships, advises student-athletes on their personal brand building endeavors and is an adjunct professor at his alma mater, the University of Southern California where he teaches a course on athlete communications and marketing. As a writer, his previous bylines include Boardroom, Business of College Sports, DIME Magazine and UPROXX, among others. You can follow him across social media at @MichaelEhrlich and reach out via michael@playbook-marketing.com

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