Caitlin Clark
Joe Buglewicz/Getty ImagesCaitlin Clark not just when she found out she was the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year.
On Thursday, October 3, the league announced that it has crowned the Indiana fever phenomenon, 22, with the highest award for a rookie. After the news, Fever sent video via X shared the moment the day before when Clark first heard about her achievement.
The clip shows the point guard at practice before the team’s Sept. 25 game against the Connecticut Sun. (The Suns defeated the Fever, 87-81, and were out of the playoffs.) While Clark stood on the court with his teammates, the league commissioner. Cathy Engelbert personally called them to preach the good news first.
“Caitlin, it feels like yesterday when I called your name to the stage as the number one pick in this year’s draft,” Engelbert told Clark. “You held the Indiana Fever jersey for the first time, and it was a record breaking season for you and the whole team full of incredible performances – and I know you all worked hard and dedicated, and it paid off with the playoffs, etc.”
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As he listened to Englebert’s introduction, Clark smiled and looked a little nervous. His face was full of rigid emotions.
“I know the best is yet to come,” Engelbert continued. “So, Congratulations, Caitlin. You are the 2024 Kia ​​​​WNBA Rookie of the Year!”
Clark then pumped his fist in the air proudly as his fellow athletes gathered around him and cheered, jumping up and down.
Clark’s girlfriend, Connor McCafferyassistant men’s basketball coach at Butler University, reiterated the WNBA’s announcement of a “Rookie” title for her. Instagram Story on Thursday.
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Earlier this month, McCaffery, 26, has responded perfectly for her girlfriend was named the Associated Press WNBA Rookie of the Year. “Oh,” he wrote in Stories.
“Caitlin is special. Everyone knows that. She’s special,” the Fever coach said Christie Side to the Indy Star from Clark in a postgame interview on September 22. “He came to the best league in the world. He found his feet. He continues to get better. He has become one of the best players in this league. He is one of the reasons we came here. .
Although Clark didn’t take the Fever to the WNBA Finals, she broke records in her pro basketball debut. He broke the rookie record for most points scored in a season as well as the single season assist mark.
“My class is difficult. I feel like it’s been a solid year,” Clark said last week, according to AP. “For me, the fun part is like I’m just scratching the surface and I’m following everything I’m doing. I know I want to help this franchise. … I know there’s a lot of room for me to keep improving so that’s what excites me the most. I feel like I’m going to continue it gets better.”
