Azzi Fudd

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The group of 10 girls sat in a circle. Some had questions: Who’s your best friend on the team? When did you start playing sports?. Others wanted their basketballs and notebooks signed. Azzi Fudd, sitting on one side of the circle, made sure every girl...

As UConn women’s basketball has gone through its summer workouts over the last month, Azzi Fudd has mostly had to watch from the sidelines. Since the end of the season, the rising sophomore has been mending her right foot, which has bothered her since last summer and forced her to miss 11 games during her freshman campaign.

As Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd watched the Golden State Warriors win the 2022 NBA championship over the Celtics at TD Garden in Boston last week, the UConn women’s basketball stars couldn’t help but envision themselves in a similar position and imagine what it feels to lift that coveted trophy at the end of a long season. “It’s inspiring, honestly,” Bueckers said. “Just seeing how happy those ...

STORRS — Azzi Fudd entered the UConn women’s basketball program from the sling shot of her high-profile recruitment and, like Paige Bueckers a year earlier, arrived in Storrs with as much hype as any high school player in recent years. She was able to show why in 2021-22...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — It’s not often some of the best UConn women’s basketball players are able to be just fans in the stands but that’s exactly what teammates Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd did on Tuesday night. The popular Husky duo spent time courtside at...

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. For Katie Fudd, it finally sunk in when she saw her daughter Azzi run out of the players’ tunnel ahead of the UConn women’s basketball team’s season-opening game against Arkansas this past November. This is what...

Injuries and illnesses have been the mark of the UConn women’s basketball season and the theme continued until the final game. Freshman Azzi Fudd, one of the team’s best offensive players, felt sick with a stomach bug Saturday night. She woke up not feeling well Sunday and missed the team’s morning shootaround.