Iowa will retire former star Caitlin Clark‘s No. 22 jersey on Feb. 2 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, the school announced Wednesday.
The Hawkeyes will face USC that day, and Clark will be in attendance.
“I’m forever proud to be a Hawkeye, and Iowa holds a special place in my heart that is bigger than just basketball,” Clark said in a statement. “It means the world to me to receive this honor and to celebrate it with my family, friends and alumni. It will be a great feeling to look up in the rafters and see my jersey alongside those that I’ve admired for so long.”
Clark finished her college career as the all-time leading scorer in women’s and men’s Division I history, with 3,951 points.
As a senior last season, Clark broke the record set by Washington’s Kelsey Plum to become the women’s NCAA Division I scoring leader, then passed AIAW star Lynette Woodard of Kansas for the major college women’s record and LSU’s Pete Maravich, who holds the Division I men’s scoring record.
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