*Brittney Griner’s alma mater, Baylor College, retired her No. 42 jersey on Sunday at Ferrell Heart in Waco, Texas.
The transfer comes 14 months after Griner was launched from a Russian jail after being convicted of drug smuggling.
“Simply filled with emotion,” Griner advised ESPN in the course of the Bears’ recreation in opposition to Texas Tech. “As quickly as (the jersey) began to go up, that’s once I began to interrupt.”
Griner is the seventh ladies’s basketball participant from Baylor to have her jersey quantity retired.
“I’m honored to return dwelling to Baylor and rejoice the place a lot of my journey began,” Griner stated final month when her jersey retirement ceremony was introduced. “I’m grateful to Coach Nicki (Collen) and your complete Baylor group and am trying ahead to the chance to be again on campus, spend time with the workforce and have my household beside me to share on this unimaginable second. Sic ’Em Bears.”
This second. @brittneygriner #SicEm | #GreaterThan pic.twitter.com/cTfnyOiVLi
— Baylor Ladies’s Basketball (@BaylorWBB) February 18, 2024
The Phoenix Mercury Heart and a six-time WNBA All-Star performed school basketball for the Baylor Girl Bears in Waco, Texas.
In line with brobible.com, “Kim Mulkey didn’t enable for Brittney Griner’s jersey quantity to be retired at Baylor. Nicki Collen, her successor, inspired the retirement and at last made it occur!” the outlet writes.
“I’ve been saying this since I arrived at Baylor that she deserves to have her jersey retired and I wished to ensure that occurred when the timing was proper,” stated Coach Collen.
“With the opening of Foster Pavilion, and the WNBA offseason becoming into our season, this appeared like the precise time to honor Brittney and welcome her again dwelling,” Collen added.
“She is likely one of the greatest basketball gamers in Baylor’s historical past, and we’re thrilled that the time has come to rejoice Brittney and all of her accomplishments.”
Watch highlights from Brittney’s retirement ceremony through the X/Twitter clip above.
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