Signing
Signs with Iowa
Chose the Hawkeyes over Notre Dame and Iowa State while at Dowling Catholic High School.
Source 01 · Des Moines Register · McDonald’s All-American · opens in a new tab Month from Des Moines Register; day not reported there.The year she turned 17, she signed with Iowa, choosing the Hawkeyes over Notre Dame and Iowa State. The year she turned 18, she was named a McDonald’s All-American and scored 27 points in her first game for Iowa in November. A month later she recorded her first career triple-double. The year she turned 19, she scored a career-high 39 points at Nebraska in February and was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year in March.
The breakthrough yearThe year she turned 20, she recorded back-to-back triple-doubles of 30 or more points, which ESPN reported as a first in Division I history for men or women. She was named Big Ten Player of the Year in March, and in December she reached 2,000 career points in her 75th game.
The year she turned 21, she scored 41 points with a triple-double against Louisville to send Iowa to its first Final Four since 1993, then scored 41 more in the win over undefeated South Carolina. Iowa lost the title game to LSU, and she finished the tournament with a record 191 points. That fall she played before a women’s basketball attendance record of 55,646 at Kinnick Stadium and became Iowa’s all-time leading scorer.
The year she turned 22, she broke the NCAA women’s scoring record in February and passed Pete Maravich’s Division I career mark on March 3. Iowa lost the title game to South Carolina in April. The Indiana Fever selected her No. 1 in the WNBA draft on April 15. She recorded the first triple-double by a WNBA rookie in July, was named Rookie of the Year in October, and was named AP Female Athlete of the Year in December.
The year she turned 23, she opened the season with a triple-double, then missed the rest of the season after playing 13 games.
The year she turned 24, she made her Team USA debut in March and was named MVP of the World Cup qualifying tournament. In July she scored 45 points for the first 40-10 game in WNBA history. The United States beat France in the World Cup final on Sept. 13, and on Sept. 29 she had 27 points and 15 assists as the Fever won Game 2 of a first-round series with Las Vegas.
Caitlin Clark (born Jan 22, 2002) made her Iowa debut on Nov 25, 2020, the year she turned 18. She became known on Jan 20, 2022, the year she turned 20, when she recorded a second straight triple-double of 30 or more points. The Indiana Fever drafted her No. 1 in 2024, the year she turned 22.
Ages are by calendar year (the year minus the birth year), birthdays aside.