The University of Washington announced Friday that the women’s basketball program will retire Kelsey Plum’s No. 10 in January — making her the first player in program history to have her number retired.
Plum, who currently plays for the Las Vegas Aces in the WNBA, will see her number hung from the rafters inside Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion on Jan. 18, during a game against Purdue.
“I’m forever proud to be a Husky and UW is a special place that fundamentally shaped me both as a basketball player and as a person,” Plum said in a statement. “It means the world to me to receive this honor and to celebrate it with my family, friends and alumni.”
Plum played for the Huskies from 2013-17 and finished her career as the all-time leading scorer in women’s basketball history (Caitlin Clark of Iowa broke the record earlier this year). She also set the women’s single-season scoring record (also broke by Clark in 2024).
Her 912 career free throws still stand as the women’s record.
Plum was selected first overall by the San Antonio Stars in the 2017 WNBA Draft. The club moved to Las Vegas the following season and she has remained with the team since.
In seven seasons (she missed the 2020 campaign due to an Achilles injury), the 30-year-old Plum has averaged 14.3 points and 4.0 assists over 235 career games (193 starts).
She was named the league’s Sixth Woman in 2021, made the All-WNBA first team the following season and has been an All-Star in each of the past three seasons. Plum and the Aces won the WNBA championship in 2022 and ’23. They lost to the New York Liberty in the semifinals last month.
–Field Level Media