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WNBA’s Kelsey Plum to Have Washington WCBB Jersey Retired; 1st in Program Historical past

Paul Kasabian Featured Columnist II November 1, 2024 Ethan Miller/Getty Images The University of Washington announced that it will retire Kelsey Plum’s No. 10 jersey during a ceremony on Jan. 18, when the Huskies women’s basketball team hosts Purdue. Plum, now a member of the Las Vegas Aces, will be the first Washington women’s basketball

WNBA’s Kelsey Plum to Have Washington WCBB Jersey Retired; 1st in Program Historical past

Paul KasabianFeatured Columnist IINovember 1, 2024

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - OCTOBER 06: Kelsey Plum #10 of the Las Vegas Aces brings the ball up the court against the New York Liberty in the first quarter of Game Four of the 2024 WNBA Playoffs semifinals at Michelob ULTRA Arena on October 06, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Liberty defeated the Aces 76-62 to win the series three games to one. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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The College of Washington announced that it’ll retire Kelsey Plum’s No. 10 jersey throughout a ceremony on Jan. 18, when the Huskies girls’s basketball crew hosts Purdue.

Plum, now a member of the Las Vegas Aces, would be the first Washington girls’s basketball participant to have her quantity retired.

The jersey retirement can be a part of a “Forever 10 celebration” honoring Plum’s legacy and affect on Husky sports activities. As well as, she’ll be honored and acknowledged between the primary and second quarter of Washington’s Homecoming soccer sport in opposition to USC on Saturday.

Plum, who performed for Washington from 2013-2017, turned the NCAA’s all-time scoring chief with 3,527 factors. For her profession, Plum averaged 25.4 factors per sport, together with 31.7 PPG throughout her 2016-17 senior yr. She broke the single-season NCAA scoring file that season as effectively (1,109 factors). Plum earned first-team All-America honors and swept all the main Participant of the Yr awards as effectively within the 2016-17 marketing campaign.

Her single-season and profession scoring data stood till 2023-24, when Iowa’s Caitlin Clark broke each.

Plum’s collegiate accolades additionally embrace a 57-point game in opposition to Utah on Feb. 25, 2017, when she broke the NCAA all-time scoring file. The yr earlier than, Plum additionally led Washington to its first-ever Closing 4 look.

Plum, the No. 1 total choose within the 2017 WNBA draft, has shined in her skilled profession. She received the WNBA championship twice with the Aces and earned two Olympic gold medals with Workforce USA in 2021 (3×3) and 2024 (5×5).

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