Fan-Made 'Evil Azzi' Shirt Worn by Gabby Williams at Azzi Fudd's Honor Ceremony Stuns Its San Francisco Designers
On November 8, the University of Connecticut held a Huskies of Honor induction ceremony for women's basketball star Azzi Fudd at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut, and former teammate Gabby Williams showed up to support her wearing a T-shirt reading "Evil Azzi vs Azzi." Photos of the shirt quickly went viral on social media. The shirt was not official merchandise: it was designed and made by San Francisco fans Rinna Del Rosario and her wife, Roslynn Hill, and only one exists. Del Rosario told the Norwich Bulletin of Connecticut on November 11 how the shirt found its way onto Williams.
That Sunday afternoon, Del Rosario was at home in San Francisco when her phone suddenly filled with friends' texts, social media notifications and missed calls. "At first, I thought it was photoshopped. I thought our friends were messing with us," she said. "I literally went on Threads and Twitter, and I saw Gabby Williams wearing the shirt I gave to Azzi Fudd." Seeing Williams wear it, and seeing it become part of Fudd's big day, felt special, she said.
The idea for the shirt came in August. The couple root for the Golden State Valkyries and did not want to look like they were cheering against Fudd when the Dallas Wings came to the Bay Area, so Hill used ChatGPT to make a graphic showing the two players' headshots side by side, with the words "Evil Azzi vs Azzi" underneath in white etch lettering. The phrase comes from an online meme noting that the two former UConn stars slightly resemble each other in looks and playing style. After that game, the couple found Fudd's family in the stands and showed the shirt to Fudd's mother, Katie, who loved it; a few weeks later they traveled to Dallas to hand Fudd an extra shirt in person. Del Rosario said they assumed Fudd, busy moving and packing, would probably toss it aside; they now figure Fudd must have passed it to Williams, since they never got close enough to give one to Williams directly.
Within hours of photos of Williams in the shirt spreading, screenshots appeared online of people recreating and selling versions of the design. The couple said they have no plans to sell the shirt, so the original remains the only one. Del Rosario and Hill are longtime women's basketball fans: when the American Basketball League, one of the first professional women's leagues, started in the mid-1990s, Del Rosario was among its first fans through the ABL Founding Members Club. Hill first started watching highlights of Fudd in high school, and five months before Fudd was selected in the 2026 WNBA Draft, the couple had a customized Dallas Wings jersey with Fudd's name on it signed by Fudd.
Fudd is the 25th player inducted into the Huskies of Honor, a program that requires a bachelor's degree and consensus first-team All-America honors; she won a national championship at UConn and was the No. 1 pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft. Williams, who this past season led the Valkyries to the WNBA championship and won Finals MVP, was there to support Fudd, who noted in her remarks that Williams had helped recruit her. Del Rosario said the couple have met many athletes and famous people, and Fudd is easily the kindest and most genuine of them all.
Source: Norwich Bulletin
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Photo: 图：Azzi Fudd 本人资料图（2025年，身穿康涅狄格大学35号球衣，Gamecock Central 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons），已预裁为精确16:9（头部完整留边）。/ Azzi Fudd (file photo from 2025 in her UConn No. 35 jersey, by Gamecock Central, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons), pre-cropped to exactly 16:9 with her head fully in frame.
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