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Brittney Griner honoured by Baylor University with retired jersey

Queer basketball player Brittney Griner has been honoured by Baylor University, Texas, where she graduated in 2013.  The faculty retired her No. 42 jersey on 18 February at a pregame ceremony on campus to honour her sporting legacy — one of the highest honours for an athlete, usually reserved after a player has left the team, retires from the sport, or dies. Griner marks the seventh Baylor women’s basketball player to have their jersey retired. …

Brittney Griner’s No. 42 jersey officially retired by Baylor women’s basketball

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — The Baylor women’s basketball program retired Brittney Griner’s No. 42 jersey in a pre-game ceremony at the Foster Pavilion, Texas, on Sunday. Griner, who was wearing a letterman jacket, was met with loud cheers as she walked onto the court. Fans in attendance were all given yellow shirts with the number 42 and a silhouette of Griner emblazoned on the front. After finishing her collegiate career as the most de…

Brittney Griner emotional as No 42 jersey retired by Baylor University

Brittney Griner’s basketball jersey has been retired by Baylor University. The WNBA star, who plays for Phoenix Mercury, returned to Waco, Texas, for an emotional pregame ceremony in which her No 42 college jersey was raised to the rafters of the university’s new arena. “As soon as [the jersey] started to go up, that’s when I started to break,” Griner, the most decorated women’s basketball player in Baylor’s history, said. She won a national cha…

Brittney Griner's No. 42 jersey retired by Baylor in her 1st game on campus since she played - The Morning Sun

Brittney Griner’s No. 42 jersey has been retired by Baylor. The two-time AP national player of the year and career blocks leader attended a Bears home game for the first time since her senior …

Brittney Griner's jersey retired by Baylor University

Griner's jersey, the number 42, will forever be seen as a piece of Baylor women's basketball history, never to be worn again by another player.

Brittney Griner jersey retirement: Baylor honors WNBA star, two-time national player of the year before game

Baylor sent Griner's No. 42 into the rafters ahead of its Feb. 18 game against Texas Tech