Three days after her final college game at Iowa in the women’s national championship game, Caitlin Clark’s jersey will forever be immortalized in the school’s history.
Clark’s No. 22, the number she wore in her four years with the Hawkeyes, is now retired, the school announced Wednesday. No women’s basketball player for Iowa can wear a jersey with that number. It will always belong to Clark.
“There will never be another 22,” the team wrote on social media Wednesday.
One of college basketball’s all-time greats, Clark rewrote the record books over four seasons at Iowa. Clark became the NCAA women’s basketball all-time leading scorer and eventually eclipsed Pete Maravich’s record for most points in Division I history, men’s or women’s.
There will never be another @CaitlinClark22 & there will never be another 2️⃣2️⃣.
The #Hawkeyes will retire Clark’s No. 22. pic.twitter.com/bTyWRXwJir
— Iowa Women’s Basketball (@IowaWBB) April 10, 2024
The Athletic unanimously named Clark the National Player of the Year this season. She led the country in points (31.8) and assists per game (8.8).
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