Washington is set to bestow a unique honor to one of its best athletes in school history. The school will retire Kelsey Plum’s jersey on Jan. 18 during the team’s matchup against the Purdue Boilermakers, the school announced on Friday. Plum, who wore No. 10 throughout her college career, will be the first women’s basketball player in school history to earn this honor.
“Kelsey is one of the great basketball players of all time, and she’s a UW legend,” Washington AD Pat Chun said in a press release. “An Olympic gold medalist and WNBA champion, Kelsey has inspired fans worldwide and countless young basketball players and student-athletes. We’re so fortunate to have Kelsey in the Husky family and honored to celebrate her as one of the greatest to wear the Purple and Gold. We look forward to January and raising that banner with her name on it to the rafters where it belongs.”
Plum starred for Washington from 2013-17. As a sophomore, she led the team to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in nearly a decade, then followed it up by…
