Caitlin Clark rocked a head-to-toe Prada ensemble as she walked the 2024 WNBA draft red carpet. Getty Images Clark, 22, made history as she became the first athlete — male or female — to be dressed by the designer for the NBA or WNBA draft. Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports The No. 1 draft pick was snatched up by Indiana Fever. Getty Images
The former Iowa Hawkeye, who closed out her record-breaking college career with 3,951 points scored, was picked up by the Indiana Fever.
“I got a little anxious there before the pick,” she told ESPN’s Holly Rowe shortly after the draft.
“I dreamed of this moment since I was in second grade, and it’s taken a lot of hard work, a lot of ups and downs, but more than anything, just trying to soak it in.”
Clark notably made it all the way to 2024 NCAA championship game with the Hawkeyes — their second appearance during her tenure — where the team fell in second place to the South Carolina’s Gamecocks.
Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes team fell in second place to the South Carolina’s Gamecocks in this year’s NCAA championship game. Getty Images Clark closed out her record-breaking college career with 3,951 points scored. Julia Hansen/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORK
Clark broke the NCAA Division 1 all-time leading scoring record among men and women with 3,686 career points on March 3. Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust
“It’s really hard to win these things. I think I probably know that better than most people by now,” Clark said on Instagram after the loss on April 7.
“To be so close twice, it definitely hurts. But at the same time, we were right there. We battled. We took down some really great teams to get back to this point and [did] something that’s really hard to do.”
During the March Madness 2024 tournament, she broke the NCAA Division 1 all-time leading scoring record among men and women with 3,686 career points in the March 3 game versus the Ohio State Buckeyes.
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