It was “Jewell Loyd Day” in Lincolnwood Wednesday as the Village Board paid tribute to the standout WNBA basketball player, Olympic gold medalist, local homegirl and Niles Wiles High School alumnae. “Jewell Loyd serves as a role model for hard work, determination, and community service, embodying the spirit of Lincolnwood,” reads the proclamation approved by the board and presented to the Seattle Storm guard at the board meeting. The proclamation offers a summary of Loyd’s, 31, career successes, including on the Niles West girls basketball team where she was a starter beginning her freshman year and garnered All-Conference honors. She […]
A professed Lincolnwood gem, WNBA great and Niles West alum Jewell Loyd has her ‘day’ at home
