Caroline Ducharme
 Ducharme in 2023 | |
| No. 33 – UConn Huskies | |
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| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | Big East Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | Milton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Noble and Greenough School (Dedham, Massachusetts) |
| College | UConn (2021–present) |
| Career highlights | |
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Caroline Ducharme is an American college basketball player for the UConn Huskies of the Big East Conference.
Ducharme attended the Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, Massachusetts, and was ranked as the number 11 recruit in her class by ESPN.[1] As a high school senior, she garnered numerous honors, including being named a McDonald's High School All-American.
College career
[edit]Freshman year
[edit]At the start of the 2021–22 season, Ducharme was relegated to a bench role. However, when starting guard Paige Bueckers injured her left knee on December 5, Ducharme got more playing time as a result. In that game, she scored 14 points in the fourth quarter to help the Huskies beat their rival Notre Dame.[2] Bueckers' and Azzi Fudd's injuries led to Ducharme assuming a scoring role, averaging 15.8 points over the next 15 games. The return of the two players led to a decrease in Ducharme's role, as she had limited playing time during UConn's tournament run.[3] Despite the reduced playing time, Ducharme was named to the Big East All-Freshman team and All-Big East Second Team.[4]
Sophomore year
[edit]Ducharme's role was set to increase in the 2022–23 season with the departure of guard Christyn Williams, but injuries hindered her season. She missed UConn's home opener against Northeastern, and missed 13 games due to a concussion sustained in January.[5] When she wasn't out, she had an increased playing role due to Paige Bueckers being out for the season with a torn ACL, and Azzi Fudd being out for the majority of the season with a right knee injury.
In the 2023 Big East tournament, Ducharme was removed from the Huskies' game against Georgetown with a head injury after colliding into her teammate, Aaliyah Edwards.[6]
In the 2023 March Madness tournament, Ducharme played a depth role behind Fudd and Lou Lopez Sénéchal.
Junior year
[edit]In the 2023-24 season, Ducharme started the first four games, averaging just 4 points per game before taking a medical redshirt.[7] She noted that her concussions were having a larger impact on her life than originally anticipated, including issues completing schoolwork, dealing with loud noises and being in brightly-lit environments. Her issues were exacerbated by turbulence on a team flight to play in the Cayman Islands Classic, which brought on neck spasms for the junior.[8]
Ducharme spent three months of the summer between her junior and redshirt junior seasons at Aviv Clinics, a medical facility in central Florida, in a multidisciplinary concussion treatment program that featured hyperbaric oxygen therapy.[9]
Redshirt junior year
[edit]Although Ducharme participated in the 3-point contest during the team's ceremonial "First Night" celebration in October 2024[10], she sat out the first 27 games of the 2024-25 season. Her first game appearance occurred in the final 2:21 of the Huskies' regular season matchup against the Butler Bulldogs, where the redshirt junior tallied one rebound in her return to the court.[11] She made brief appearances against Creighton and Marquette to close out the regular season.[7]
In the 2025 Big East Tournament, Ducharme played a combined total of nine minutes, notching two points and an assist against St. John's in the quarterfinals and three points and a rebound against Villanova in the Big East semifinals.[7]
Ducharme played sparingly in the 2025 March Madness Tournament, but had a season-high 11 minutes, six points and four rebounds in UConn's first round opener against Arkansas State.[7] She appeared in the final two minutes of the Huskies' National Championship win against South Carolina.[7]
In April 2025, Ducharme announced that she plans to return to Storrs for her redshirt senior season.[12]
Career statistics
[edit]| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
| * | Denotes seasons in which Ducharme won an NCAA Championship |
College
[edit]| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | UConn | 31 | 11 | 21.1 | 45.5 | 28.8 | 75.0 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 9.8 |
| 2022–23 | UConn | 23 | 5 | 22.3 | 40.3 | 33.8 | 65.4 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 7.4 |
| 2023–24 | UConn | 4 | 4 | 14.8 | 31.3 | 25.0 | 66.7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 2024–25* | UConn | 9 | 0 | 3.7 | 29.4 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
| Career | 66 | 20 | 19.0 | 42.8 | 30.1 | 70.6 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 7.6 | |
| Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[13] | |||||||||||||
Personal life
[edit]Ducharme's quiet disposition has earned her the nicknames "Mute" and "Silent Assassin."[14]
Ducharme's father, Todd, played football and competed in track and field at Williams College.[7] Her mother, Chrissy, played basketball at Williams College.[15] Her brother, Reid, plays basketball at Xavier. Her sister, Ashley, played basketball at Brown University.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "2021 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings – espnW 100 – ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "With Paige Bueckers potentially missing time, Olivia Nelson-Ododa and Caroline Ducharme are on the rise for the UConn women heading into Georgia Tech game". Hartford Courant. 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Caroline Ducharme 2021–22 Stats per Game – NCAAW". ESPN. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "Villanova's Siegrist Named BIG EAST Women's Basketball Player of the Year". www.bigeast.com. 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
- ^ Anthony, Mike (15 June 2023). "UConn women's basketball's Caroline Ducharme moving past tough season: 'Strength is unimaginable'". CT Insider. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ Vanoni, Maggie (4 March 2023). "UConn women's basketball sophomore Caroline Ducharme leaves Big East Tournament game with head injury". CT Insider.
- ^ a b c d e f g "2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster: Caroline Ducharme". University of Connecticut Athletics - Official Athletics Website. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Connolly, Daniel (January 23, 2024). "Caroline Ducharme to miss the remainder of 2023-24 season". UConn WBB Weekly. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Vanoni, Maggie. "'I can keep going': Behind Caroline Ducharme's recovery from head injuries, return to UConn basketball". CT Insider. Archived from the original on 2025-05-10. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
- ^ Dhillan, Saahil (2024-10-20). "WATCH: UConn's Paige Bueckers, Kamorea Arnold and more scream as Allie Ziebell makes back-to-back 3-point shots". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
- ^ Connolly, Daniel (February 22, 2025). "Caroline Ducharme makes surprise return against Butler". UConn WBB Weekly. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
- ^ Connolly, Daniel (March 1, 2025). "Azzi Fudd undecided on future; Caroline Ducharme plans to return next season". UConn WBB Weekly. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
- ^ "Caroline Ducharme College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
- ^ Courant, Hartford (2021-07-15). "UConn women's basketball freshman Caroline Ducharme — the 'silent assassin' — is already turning heads in Storrs". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
- ^ Westerholm, Tom. "UConn basketball: How Milton native Caroline Ducharme became one of the nation's top prospects". www.boston.com. Retrieved 27 September 2023.