SEATTLE — It was always a matter of when, not if, Washington would retire Kelsey Plum‘s number. Eight years after she graduated, it happened.
At halftime of its game against Purdue on Saturday, Washington sent its first women’s jersey to the rafters, retiring the No. 10 that Plum wore for four years as she rewrote the school and NCAA record books.
“It just brings back so many memories,” Plum said. “I really feel so blessed to share this moment with my family. Life happens so fast. It feels like two weeks ago, I was a senior here.”
Plum came to Seattle in 2013 and made an immediate impact, setting the program’s single-season scoring record as a freshman.
“Coach [Mike Neighbors] didn’t give me the green light; he gave me the freeway when I got here,” Plum said. “It was just like, ‘We’re going to have you just fail until you’re better than everyone,’ and that’s what happened. As a player, when your coach has that ultimate confidence in you, you go out there and there’s no fear.”
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