Indiana’s sweetheart, Caitlin Clark, returned residence Sunday as Iowa retired her No. 22 jersey at Carver-Hawkeye Area.
The lately topped WNBA Rookie of the 12 months was honored as simply the third Iowa participant to have their jersey retired, becoming a member of Megan Gustafson (No. 10, retired in 2020) and Michelle Edwards (No. 30, retired in 1990).
Clark, who spent 4 years with the Hawkeyes, turned the all-time main males’s or ladies’s scorer in NCAA Division I historical past, was a two-time Large Ten Feminine Athlete of the 12 months (2023, 2024), three-time Large Ten Participant of the 12 months (2022–2024), three-time Large Ten match MOP (2022–2024) and a First-team All-Large Ten (2021–2024).
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Clark, who by no means met a emblem she did not wish to shoot from, splashed her approach into the hearts of women’s college basketball followers together with her daring 3-point jumpers and fast-paced taking part in fashion with the Hawkeyes. Whether or not she was dishing the ball because the workforce’s level guard or taking pictures the lights out, Clark at all times discovered a approach to lead her workforce, which was rewarded with four-straight journeys to the NCAA match.
In April 2024, Clark was chosen with the primary general choose within the WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever. In her rookie marketing campaign, Clark added many accolades to her résumé, together with changing into the primary rookie to drop a triple-double in a WNBA sport, being named to the All-Rookie workforce and main the league in assists.
Clark, the 2024 AP Athlete of the 12 months, is broadly considered a transformational determine within the ladies’s sport, serving to to extend visibility in each the ladies’s faculty basketball {and professional} areas.
The jersey retirement ceremony was simply the primary of two set returns to Carver-Hawkeye Area for Clark this 12 months. On Wednesday, the Fever announced they’d host an exhibition game against Brazil’s national team on Could 4.
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