Caitlin Clark performed basketball for almost 12 straight months – and what a yr it was.
From breaking the NCAA all-time scoring file in ladies’s school basketball to being the No. 1 general choose within the WNBA draft to guiding the Indiana Fever to twenty wins and into the postseason, Clark clearly set the world of basketball on hearth and undoubtedly saved issues fascinating throughout the summer season when sports activities basically often hit a lull interval.
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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark, #22, reacts throughout a first-round WNBA basketball playoff recreation in opposition to the Connecticut Solar on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024 in Uncasville, Connecticut. (AP Picture/Jessica Hill)
Clark posted a message to followers as she started to mirror on the final 11 months of her life.
“12 months one (examine) – thanks to the many individuals who’ve supported me as I’ve been capable of stay my childhood dream. I’m full of gratitude as I mirror on this previous yr of my life. See you all in yr two.”
What’s subsequent for Clark? In all probability a real break from the sport she has dominated for the previous couple of months.
Clark had been taking part in basketball for the reason that Iowa Hawkeyes began their exhibition slate in opposition to the DePaul Blue Demons on Oct. 15, 2023. She obtained a number of days off in between the nationwide championship and the WNBA Draft after which one other few days between the draft and her first observe with the Fever.
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Indiana Fever guards Kelsey Mitchell, #0, and Caitlin Clark, #22, speak throughout the first half of Recreation 2 of a first-round WNBA basketball playoff sequence in opposition to the Connecticut Solar on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024 in Uncasville, Connecticut. (AP Picture/Jessica Hill)
The Fever began 1-8 because the workforce tried to combine Clark into the offense. Indiana was 11-15 on the Olympic break, but it surely appeared the workforce was placing work within the fitness center.
Indiana got here out firing on all cylinders, successful seven of its first eight video games after they returned from the break. The Fever earned the sixth seed within the playoffs however had been swept by the Connecticut Solar.
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark, #22, reacts after a three-point basket in entrance of Minnesota Lynx ahead Bridget Carleton, #6, within the first half of a WNBA basketball recreation in Indianapolis on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. (AP Picture/Michael Conroy)
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Clark averaged 19.2 factors, 8.4 assists and 5.7 rebounds per recreation. She was named the AP WNBA Rookie of the 12 months and completed fourth in WNBA MVP voting.
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