When Clara Wu Tsai, an owner of the New York Liberty, and Keia Clarke, the chief executive, were deciding on the look of the team’s first championship rings — the ones unveiled to great fanfare on Saturday in a televised ceremony just before the Liberty’s first game of the season — they wanted three things.

Fresh off winning a WNBA title, Colorado Buffaloes legend Jaylyn Sherrod is back with the New York Liberty for the 2025 season. After appearing in ten games last season, Sherrod played just one minute in the Liberty’s opening win over the Las Vegas Aces. But that’s also not a problem for the Birmingham, Alabama product.