Iowa introduced Wednesday it is going to retire ladies’s basketball celebrity Caitlin Clark’s No. 22 jersey — accurately sufficient on Feb. 2.
The Hawkeyes will face Southern California that day at Carver-Hawkeye Area in Iowa Town and Clark can be in attendance.
Clark, 22, set the best-ever NCAA Department I scoring document for women and men with 3,951 issues at Iowa (2020-24) prior to turning into the No. 1 general select within the 2024 WNBA Draft.
“I am endlessly proud to be a Hawkeye, and Iowa holds a distinct position in my middle this is larger than simply basketball,” Clark mentioned in a observation. “It manner the arena to me to obtain this honor and to have fun it with my circle of relatives, buddies and alumni. It is going to be a really perfect feeling to seem up within the rafters and notice my jersey along those who I have admired for goodbye.”
Clark guided the Hawkeyes to 3 Large Ten match titles and back-to-back nationwide championship video games, incomes consensus nationwide participant of the 12 months honors in 2022-23 and 2023-24.
“Caitlin Clark has no longer most effective redefined excellence at the courtroom however has additionally impressed numerous younger athletes to pursue their desires with pastime and resolution,” Iowa athletic director Beth Goetz mentioned. “Her exceptional achievements have left an indelible mark at the College of Iowa and the arena of ladies’s basketball.
“Retiring her quantity is a testomony to her abnormal contributions and a birthday celebration of her legacy that can proceed to encourage long run generations. Hawkeye lovers are keen to mention thanks for such a lot of fantastic moments.”
Clark earned WNBA Rookie of the Yr honors in 2024 and helped the Indiana Fever achieve the playoffs for the primary time since 2016. The guard additionally earned All-Famous person and All-WNBA first-team honors and led the league with a document 337 assists.
–Box Degree Media
