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Michael Voepel, ESPN.com
Iowa will retire former star Caitlin Clark’s No. 22 jersey on Feb. 2 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, the varsity introduced Wednesday.
The Hawkeyes will face USC that day, and Clark can be in attendance.
“I’m endlessly proud to be a Hawkeye, and Iowa holds a particular place in my coronary heart that’s larger than simply basketball,” Clark stated in a press release. “It means the world to me to obtain this honor and to have a good time it with my household, pals and alumni. It can be an amazing feeling to search for within the rafters and see my jersey alongside those who I’ve admired for thus lengthy.”
Clark completed her faculty profession because the all-time main scorer in girls’s and males’s Division I historical past, with 3,951 factors.
As a senior final season, Clark broke the report set by Washington’s Kelsey Plum to develop into the ladies’s NCAA Division I scoring chief, then handed AIAW star Lynette Woodard of Kansas for the most important faculty girls’s report and LSU’s Pete Maravich, who holds the Division I males’s scoring report.
Clark led Iowa to back-to-back nationwide championship video games and three Big Ten event titles. She was consensus nationwide participant of the yr as a junior and senior.
Clark was the No. 1 choose within the 2024 WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever. She was WNBA Rookie of the Year and helped the Fever make their first playoff look since 2016.
“Caitlin Clark has not solely redefined excellence on the court docket however has additionally impressed numerous younger athletes to pursue their desires with ardour and willpower,” Iowa athletic director Beth Goetz stated. “Her outstanding achievements have left an indelible mark on the University of Iowa and the world of ladies’s basketball.
“Retiring her quantity is a testomony to her extraordinary contributions and a celebration of her legacy that may proceed to encourage future generations. Hawkeye followers are desirous to say thanks for thus many unbelievable moments.”
