In just two years playing basketball at UConn, Sarah Strong is setting records.
University of Connecticut basketball forward Sarah Strong is getting ready to start her third season. Strong has made a huge impact on the team and just keeps getting better and better.
Sarah Strong is from Spain, where she lived for 10 years before moving to North Carolina. In high school, she attended Grace Christina School, where she averaged 21 points per game and helped lead her team to three state championships. In 2024, Strong’s senior year, she was the No. 1 recruit and the Naismith High School Player of the Year. In that same year, she was an All-American for Jordan Brand, McDonald’s, Naismith, and SLAM. In 2023 and 2024, she was both North Carolina Miss Basketball and the Gatorade North Carolina Player of the Year.
Strong has been playing for Team USA Basketball since 2022. She won gold in 2022, 2023, and in 2024. In 2025, Strong was named the team’s 3×3 Female Athlete of the Year.
In her freshman year at UConn, Strong started in all 40 games and became a National Champion. She led the team in double-doubles, field goal percentage, rebounds, blocks, and steals. She averaged 16.1 points per game and 8.8 rebounds. In the National Championship game, Strong scored 24 points and had 15 rebounds. She won countless awards that season, such as the Big East Freshman of the Year, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Freshman of the Year, the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament team and many others.
During the 2025-2026 season, Strong leveled up her game and became even better. She scored 18.6 points per game and had 7.6 rebounds per game, leading her team in both of those. She also led the team in blocks (1.6) and in steals (3.4) per game. At the conclusion of the season, Strong won a total of 10 awards, was named to five All-American teams, and two Big East teams. Some of the awards she won include the Naismith Women’s Player of the Year, the AP Player of the Year, and the NCAA Fort Worth Regional 1 Most Outstanding Player.
Strong has broken several records while at UConn so far. She set the freshman record for rebounds, which was 356. Strong became the record holder for most points in an NCAA tournament by a freshman with 114. In January of her sophomore year, she scored her 1,000th career point. She did this in her 59th career game and became the third player in UConn history to do so.
UConn plays its first game of the season against Michigan on Nov. 5. Be sure to tune in to see what record Sarah Strong breaks this season!