The San Francisco Bay Area’s WNBA franchise officially has a name: the Golden State Valkyries.

The team officially announced its name at 5:30 a.m. local time through social media channels with a 15-second video that showcased the Valkyries’ logo along with the tagline “Join our ascent.” The video also unveils the color scheme, which is a light purple and black.

Shortly after that, the team posted a slightly longer hype video for the team, with singer Kehlani as the narrator. The video shows the vantage point of someone — presumably something like the team’s namesake — soaring through the skies of Oakland and San Francisco and zooming through neighborhoods and landmarks in each city.

“Born from the bay, gilded in gold,” the Oakland-born artist states. “This is where legends take flight. But our story has yet to be written.”

The announcement coincides with the start of the 2024 WNBA season, which officially kicks off on Tuesday, and comes a little over seven months after the league awarded the expansion team to a group led by Warriors owners Joe Lacob and Peter Guber. The Valkyries, a name that sort of maintains the whole Warriors theme, will undoubtedly spend the year — arguably the most anticipated in WNBA history with the arrival of collegiate phenom Caitlin Clark — building excitement for the team’s debut in 2025. 

Next year is slated to be pretty huge for professional basketball in San Francisco, as the Valkyries’ inaugural season will arrive just a few months after the NBA All-Star Game comes to Chase Center. It’s quite a way to welcome the first women’s professional basketball team since the Pioneers folded back in 1981. (The San Francisco Chronicle and SFGATE are both owned by Hearst but have separate newsroms.)