Washington State will retire basketball player Klay Thompson’s No. 1 jersey in a ceremony Jan. 18 in Pullman, Cougar athletic director Patrick Chun announced Monday.
The jersey will be retired in a ceremony at halftime of the WSU-Oregon State game at Beasley Coliseum.
The No. 1 jersey worn by Thompson during his three seasons in Pullman will join the No. 55 worn by Steve Puidokas as the only two retired jerseys in the WSU men’s basketball program. Thompson becomes just the seventh person at WSU to have his number retired in any sport, joining football’s Mel Hein and Jack Thompson, and baseball’s Buck Bailey, Bobo Brayton and John Olerud.