WATCH: Kelsey Plum celebrates homecoming at Washington with a grand jersey presentation during the Huskies-USC football game

Kelsey Plum was back in Seattle on Saturday as she was celebrated by her alma mater Washington. The school's athletic department announced on Friday that the basketball superstar's No. 10 jersey, which she wore with the Huskies, would be retired.

With the Friday announcement, Plum becomes the first women's basketball player in University of Washington history to have her jersey retired. She also joined five other legendary Huskies athletes whose jerseys hang from the rafters.

On Saturday, the Washington athletic department presented Kelsey Plum with an honorary jersey at the Husky Stadium during the football game between USC and Washington. This is in recognition of the school retiring her No. 10 jersey. Have a look at the moment below:

Plum waved to the crowd as she was being cheered on. She then held up the framed Huskies football jersey as she smiled for photos.

Washington AD showers praise on Kelsey Plum

In the university release on Friday, Washington athletic director Pat Chun showered a lot of praises on Kelsey Plum for her impact on the court during her time in Seattle. Chun explained what the two-time WNBA champion means to the school as he anticipates the official ceremony.

"Kelsey is one of the great basketball players of all time, and she's a UW legend," Washington AD Pat Chun said in a press release. "An Olympic gold medalist and WNBA champion, Kelsey has inspired fans worldwide and countless young basketball players and student-athletes.

“We're so fortunate to have Kelsey in the Husky family and honored to celebrate her as one of the greatest to wear the Purple and Gold. We look forward to January and raising that banner with her name on it to the rafters where it belongs."

Plum was a standout for Washington from 2013 to 2017. In her sophomore year, she guided the team to its first NCAA Tournament berth in nearly a decade while leading them to the Final Four in 2016. She ended her career as the top point scorer in the history of women’s college basketball, a record that was broken by Caitlin Clark last season.

Kelsey Plum proud to earn the honor

Having one's jersey retired is a rare honor and Kelsey Plum is proud to have earned that. He made known how she feels about the honor in the university press release on Friday.

"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.

"It means the world to me to receive this honor and to celebrate it with my family, friends and alumni. It will be a great feeling to look up at the rafters and see my jersey alongside those that I've admired for so long."

According to the press release by the school, it will officially retire Plum's No. 10 jersey on January 18, 2025, at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion during the Big Ten game against Purdue.