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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 player to have her number retired.
The jersey retirement will be part of a “Forever 10 celebration” honoring Plum’s legacy and impact on Husky sports. In addition, she’ll be honored and recognized between the first and second quarter of Washington’s Homecoming football game against USC on Saturday.
Plum, who played for Washington from 2013-2017, became the NCAA’s all-time scoring leader with 3,527 points. For her career, Plum averaged 25.4 points per game, including 31.7 PPG during her 2016-17 senior year. She broke the single-season NCAA scoring record that season as well (1,109 points). Plum earned first-team All-America honors and swept all the major Player of the Year awards as well in the 2016-17 campaign.
Her single-season and career scoring records stood until 2023-24, when Iowa’s Caitlin Clark broke both.
Plum’s collegiate accolades also include a 57-point game against Utah on Feb. 25, 2017, when she broke the NCAA all-time scoring record. The year before, Plum also led Washington to its first-ever Final Four appearance.
Plum, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft, has shined in her professional career. She won the WNBA championship twice with the Aces and earned two Olympic gold medals with Team USA in 2021 (3×3) and 2024 (5×5).
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