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Joe Bagwitz/Getty Imagescaitlin clarke She wasn’t the only one to find out she was the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year.
On Thursday, Oct. 3, the league announced it had awarded the 22-year-old Indiana Fever phenom its highest honor as a rookie. There was a fever after the news broke. I posted a video via X It shows the moment Clark first heard about her accomplishment a few days ago.
The clip shows the point guard practicing ahead of a Sept. 25 game against the Connecticut Sun. (The Suns defeated the Fever 87-81, eliminating the Fever from the playoffs.) While Clark was on the court with his teammates, the league commissioner Cathy Engelbart I called them personally to tell them the good news in advance.
“Caitlin, it seems like just yesterday I called your name on stage as the No. 1 pick in this year’s draft,” Engelbert told Clark. “As you held on to your Indiana Fever jersey for the first time, it was a record-breaking season full of great performances for you and the entire team. I know the hard work and dedication from all of you. And it paid off in the playoffs.”
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Clark smiled and seemed a little nervous as he listened to Englebert’s introduction. Her face was filled with suppressed emotion.
“I know the best is yet to come,” Engelbert continued. “So, congratulations, Kaitlyn. You are the 2024 KIA WNBA Rookie of the Year!”
Clark then proudly pumped her fist in the air as her fellow athletes crowded around her, jumping up and down and cheering.
Clark’s boyfriend conor mccaffreyThe Butler University men’s basketball assistant coach reposted the WNBA’s announcement regarding her “Rookie” title on her blog. Instagram Thursday’s story.
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Earlier this month, McCaffery, 26, there was a perfect response His girlfriend was named WNBA Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press. “Of course,” he wrote in the story.
“Caitlyn is special. We all know that. She was special,” Coach Fever said. christy side said to indy star In a postgame interview on September 22nd, Clark said: “She has joined the best league in the world. She has found her footing. She has gotten better and better. She has put herself in a position to be one of the best players in this league. It’s one of the reasons we’re here today.”
Although Clark wasn’t able to take the Fever to the WNBA Finals, he did break records during his professional basketball debut. She broke the rookie record for most points in a season and the benchmark for most single-season assists.
“I’m a tough scorer. I feel like I had a solid year,” Clark said last week. per AP. “What’s fun for me is I feel like I’m just scratching the surface and nitpicking in everything I do. I want to help this franchise. … To me That excites me the most because I know there’s still a lot of room for improvement. I feel like I’m only going to get better.”
