Caitlin Clark will leave Iowa at the end of the season, announcing on Thursday that she will enter the 2024 WNBA draft.
The announcement comes ahead of her final regular season game in Iowa City, allowing fans the opportunity to celebrate the team’s Senior Day in full. It also changes both the college basketball and WNBA landscape.
Currently, the Indiana Fever hold the No. 1 overall pick and are poised to pick up the generational talent. Based on posts on social media on Thursday, they have no intentions of trading that pick away.
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— Indiana Fever (@IndianaFever) February 29, 2024
Clark had the option to return for a fifth year at Iowa due to an extra year of eligibility granted her due to Covid. Other star players, like UConn’s Paige Bueckers, have opted to return.
Instead, Clark – who recently surpassed Lynette Woodard’s AIAW women’s D-I college record of 3,649 points – will have the opportunity to play alongside 2023 Rookie of the Year Aliyah Boston.
Before then, Clark has the opportunity to pass Pete Maravich for the overall D-I scoring record, needing just 18 points to break the LSU star’s record set in 1970. Pearl Moore’s overall AIAW record of 3,884 points, set at current DII program Francis Marion University, remains further out of…
