6'0"
24
West Des Moines, IA
University of Iowa
Caitlin Clark grew up in West Des Moines, Iowa, playing multiple sports, including softball, volleyball, tennis and golf, before focusing on basketball. She came from an athletic family where her father, Brent, had been a dual-sport athlete in college and her two brothers played a variety of sports. Clark played basketball on a boys’ travel team in elementary school because there were no girls’ travel teams in her area. In high school, Clark was a two-time Iowa Gatorade Player of the Year in girls’ basketball and decided to stay in-state by playing at the University of Iowa.
After four seasons at Iowa, Clark left as the NCAA Division I all-time leading scorer after leading the Hawkeyes to back-to-back NCAA national title appearances for the first time in school history. 1996 Olympic gold medalist Rebecca Lobo summed up Clark’s career after she played her final collegiate game, “Caitlin Clark has been a singular force who has grown the women's game in ways no college player ever has before. We've never seen a player sell tickets like Clark, both at home and on the road. We've never seen a player drive ratings like she has. We've never had a player bring this many eyeballs to women's college basketball.”
In the 2024 WNBA Draft, Clark was selected by the Indiana Fever as the first overall pick. In her rookie season, Clark became the first rookie to achieve a triple-double in WNBA history along with setting other rookie records. At the end of the year, Clark was named the Time Magazine Athlete of the Year, the first WNBA player to win the award.
Two years later, Clark was named to the U.S. roster for the 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup. In her first tournament with the U.S. national team at the Women’s World Cup Qualification Tournament, she was named the MVP.
Off the court, Clark is an avid golfer, admitting that she tries to play multiple times a week during the off-season. Clark has said, “I think like basketball players just like the mental challenge of an individual sport like golf.”
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