Veronica Burton capped her 2026 WNBA season the best way possible — with a championship ring.
The St. Joseph's alumna helped lead the Golden State Valkyries to the WNBA title this week, a milestone that didn't go unnoticed by her peers around the league. Among the loudest voices sending congratulations: Chicago Sky stars DiJonai Carrington and Natasha Cloud, who made a point of publicly celebrating Burton's achievement following the Valkyries' clinching victory.
Cloud, herself a Hawks alum now playing guard for the Sky, joined Carrington in delivering what Yahoo Sports described as a "clear message" of support for Burton — a show of camaraderie that cut across team lines and underscored the tight-knit nature of the league's player community.
For St. Joseph's fans, it's a moment worth savoring. Burton's championship run is the program's most prominent WNBA headline of the season, and Cloud's visible role in the broader congratulatory wave keeps another Hawks alumna in the spotlight even as her own Sky season winds down.
It's the kind of full-circle moment that makes alumni networks matter: a Hawk winning it all, and another Hawk making sure everyone knows it.
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