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After battling through years of heartbreaking injuries and grueling rehabilitation, UConn Huskies star Azzi Fudd emotionally watches her No. 35 jersey rise into the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion rafters as the 25th player inducted into the Huskies of Honor. 🐺🏀 Her legendary journey: Overcome with emotion during her speech, @azzi_35 admitted, "I really don’t want to cry... but mostly excitement, mostly a lot of gratitude and appreciation for this place." Entering @UConnWBB as the No. 1 recruit, Azzi Fudd endured foot, knee, and ACL injuries before returning alongside Paige Bueckers and Sarah Strong to lead the Huskies to the 2025 national championship, where she earned Final Four Most Outstanding Player honors averaging 21.5 points per game. Standing with her parents, her mother Katie Fudd beamed, "To know that her name and number will be up there forever... that's pretty cool," while her father Tim Fudd reflected on the mental and physical fortitude it took to reach this moment. Leaves Storrs holding the all-time program record in free-throw percentage at 92.5%, fifth in career three-pointers made with 292, and seventh in three-point percentage at 42.2%. How inspiring is Azzi Fudd’s journey from injury heartbreak to UConn Huskies immortality? 🥹