Another day, more recognition for UConn guard Azzi Fudd.

On Wednesday, Fudd was named the 2025-26 Big East Women’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the conference’s selection committee.

Fudd received a bachelor's degree in communication in May 2024. She currently is pursuing a master’s degree in business administration and has a 3.57 cumulative grade-point average, according to the university.

During her time at UConn, Fudd has been named to the Big East All-Academic Team four times and to the university athletic director’s honor roll eight times.

Off the court, she takes part in a variety of community programs, including Geno's For the Kids Charity Dinner and Golf Tournament, a fund raiser for the Connecticut Children's Hospital. She also is a hospital volunteer, visiting patients, and a three-time volunteer at a camp designed to give sick children a traditional experience at camp.

Fudd could hear name announced again this spring on the award circuit. She is a finalist for the AAU Sullivan Award and was named to the Naismith Trophy Late-Season Team, the Wooden Award late midseason watch list and the Ann Meyers Drysdale candidate list.

This season, she earned four Big East Player of the Week honors and is averaging 17.9 points per game. That puts her second among the Huskies, just behind teammate Sarah Strong’s average of 18.6 points.

Fudd is shooting 49.0% from the field and 45.1% from 3-point range. Her 96 3-pointers rank second in the nation.

She also is shooting 95.0% from the foul line.

Fudd was an integral part of UConn’s drive to the 2025 national championship and was selected as the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.

Fudd is the seventh UConn women’s basketball player to the win the Big East scholar-athlete award. She joins Leigh Curl, Wendy Davis, Rebecca Lobo, Jennifer Rizzotti, Maya Moore and Paige Bueckers in being honored.

Fudd will receive a $2,000 scholarship that can be used for graduate or professional studies.

More classes probably aren’t in Fudd’s immediate future. She’s a projected high draft pick in the upcoming WNBA draft.

In is February mock draft, ESPN projected Fudd would be the No. 1 pick of the draft by the Dallas Wings. The team also had the top draft pick in 2025 and selected Fudd’s UConn teammate, Paige Bueckers.

The mock draft lists 19-year-old Awa Fam, a 6-foot-4 center from Spain, as the No. 2 pick, headed to the Minnesota Lynx.

The Athletic, in its February mock draft, reversed the two, sending Fudd to the Lynx.

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