When Pluimer left University of California, Los Angeles, she was the twelfth all-time leading scorer and tenth all-time leading rebounder in the school"s women"s basketball history. She was also the first University of California, Los Angeles Bruin in the National Collegiate Athletic Association era to start in every game she played in.
After her retirement she started the nonprofit organization, With My Own Two Hands Foundation that provides sustainable solutions to projects in Africa that benefit orphaned or disadvantaged children in need. Pluimer was selected in the 2008 Draft by the Washington Mystics. When she was drafted she reunited with her former University of California, Los Angeles teammate Nikki Blue.
