Transfer over, Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, Las Vegas has a brand new sports activities energy couple. Las Vegas Raiders tight finish Darren Waller, 30, and Las Vegas Aces guard Kelsey Plum, 28, tied the knot in entrance of household and buddies in Las Vegas on Saturday.
Las Vegas sports activities superstars Kelsey Plum and Darren Walker stroll the aisle on March 4 of their hometown. The 2 are huge names within the sports activities world. (Picture: Instagram)
Plum posted the blissful information on her Instagram account, captioning the marriage pictures: “Him 🖤 3.4.23.”
The athletes — among the many top-ranked of their respective sports activities — started relationship final 12 months, in accordance with stories. Their blissful union represents the primary romantic manifestation {of professional} sports activities’ quick tenure in Sin Metropolis.
Las Vegas acquired its first WNBA group in 2018 and its first NFL group two years later.
Kelsey Plum and Darren Walker started relationship in 2022. (Picture: Instagram)
Effectively-wishes poured in from across the sports activities world. Commented Plum’s former teammate, Candace Parker, on Instagram: “Congrats man you look stunning.” Tremendous Bowl LVI champ Odell Beckham Jr. added: “congrats to yallll!!”
The Pleased Couple’s Stats
Plum provides her marriage ceremony ring to the WNBA championship ring she helped win for the Aces in 2022 — the identical 12 months she earned her first All-WNBA First Staff choice and was named the WNBA All-Star Sport Most Priceless Participant (MVP) in her first outing.
After a collegiate profession with the Washington Huskies that included breaking the NCAA Division 1 girls’s basketball all-time and single-season scoring information, Plum joined the Aces group in 2017. Identified then because the San Antonio Stars, they chose Plum as their No. 1 general decide in that 12 months’s WNBA draft.
Waller, one of the crucial feared gamers within the NFL, got here to the Raiders in 2018 when the franchise — nonetheless in Oakland — signed the tight finish off the Baltimore Ravens observe squad. Waller had a breakout 2019 season, eclipsing 1K yards. And his streak continued when the group moved to Las Vegas in 2020. In that 12 months, Waller established profession highs in receptions (107), receiving yards (1,196) and touchdowns (9). In 2021, his fellow gamers ranked him thirty fifth on the NFL Prime 100 annual checklist.
Not Everybody’s a Effectively-Wisher
Not all feelings left on the interwebs have been so optimistic.
“Kelsey Plum betrayed me & I don’t suppose I’ll ever be capable of forgive her,” tweeted a heartbroken @SonnyK_. “I’m not OK.”
@liam_christin added: “child’s genes about to be unfair.”
Waller and Plum utilized for his or her marriage license on January 22, in accordance with the Clark County Clerk’s Workplace.
