WNBA guard Haley Jones hugs her father Pat after her Dallas Wings played the Golden State Valkyries at Chase Center in a WNBA game on Monday. Jones grew up in Santa Cruz and starred at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose before leading Stanford University to the NCAA championship in 2021. Many of Jones’ family and friends attended Monday’s game in San Francisco to cheer her on. See B3 for coverage of the Valkyries.

Dalls Wings guard Haley Jones gets her shots in during warmups before Monday's WNBA game against the Valkyries at Chase Center in San Francisco.. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel)Dalls Wings guard Haley Jones gets her shots in during warmups before Monday’s WNBA game against the Valkyries at Chase Center in San Francisco.. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)