No Iowa Hawkeyes girls’s basketball participant will put on Caitlin Clark’s No. 22 once more.
The quantity shall be retired in a Feb. 2 ceremony at Carver-Hawkeye Enviornment, the Iowa athletic division introduced Wednesday.
Clark completed her school profession final season because the all-time main males’s or girls’s scorer in NCAA Division I historical past and is broadly considered a transformational determine within the girls’s recreation. The aptitude of her recreation and long-distance 3-point pictures spawned a legion of followers adorned in her No. 22 jersey at video games each residence and away.
“I’m forever proud to be a Hawkeye and Iowa holds a special place in my heart that is bigger than just basketball,” Clark mentioned. “It means the world to me to receive this honor and to celebrate it with my family, friends and alumni. It will be a great feeling to look up in the rafters and see my jersey alongside those that I’ve admired for so long.”
Clark, who was drafted No. 1 general by the Indiana Fever final spring and was the WNBA Rookie of the Yr, shall be in attendance for the quantity retirement ceremony through the Hawkeyes’ recreation in opposition to Southern California.
“Caitlin Clark has not only redefined excellence on the court but has also inspired countless young athletes to pursue their dreams with passion and determination,” Iowa athletic director Beth Goetz mentioned. “Her remarkable achievements have left an indelible mark on the University of Iowa and the world of women’s basketball. Retiring her number is a testament to her extraordinary contributions and a celebration of her legacy that will continue to inspire future generations. Hawkeye fans are eager to say thank you for so many incredible moments.”
In a 17-day span from Feb. 15 to March 3, Clark broke Kelsey Plum’s document to change into the all-time girls’s NCAA Division I scoring chief, handed AIAW star Lynette Woodard for the main school scoring document and handed LSU’s Pete Maravich for many profession factors in Division I historical past for women and men.
Clark led the Hawkeyes to the NCAA championship recreation in her final two years and is the one participant in Division I males’s or girls’s basketball historical past to guide her convention in scoring and assists in 4 consecutive seasons.
