Caitlin Clark, 2024 WNBA No. 1 total choose by the Indiana Fever, lately opened up on her expertise on the ‘Contemporary Discuss’ podcast, hosted by Jada Gyamfi, alongside her former Iowa teammates Kate Martin and Gabbie Marshall.
Wanting again, Clark admitted she felt “so upset” with how the night unfolded after her choice on the Brooklyn Academy of Music on April 15. “I used to be so upset as a result of after I bought drafted, I simply bought drug out instantly, and I didn’t get to see any of the draft,” Clark shared.
“I had my telephone however I actually couldn’t go on it. It made me so upset. I didn’t even get to see Kate get drafted … but it surely made me actually upset,” she continued.
“Then we went and had enjoyable, however … I didn’t even take photos with you guys, my household, [boyfriend] Connor McCaffery — nobody.”
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Clark’s draft night time was particular for her Iowa teammate Kate Martin, who was drafted by the Las Vegas Aces with the 18th total choose. Martin was within the viewers, eagerly ready her flip, and was thrilled to listen to her identify referred to as within the second spherical by WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert.
Clark graduated from Iowa as probably the most iconic gamers in NCAA historical past, setting the all-time scoring report in Division I basketball — for each males’s and girls’s groups with back-to-back Last 4 appearances in 2023 and 2024.
Following her choice, Clark’s speedy post-draft duties took her away from the occasion’s foremost stage.
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Later that night time, nonetheless, she and her group, which included McCaffery, Marshall, Martin, Gyamfi, and Iowa assistant coach Raina Harmon, headed to The Fleur Room at Moxy Chelsea. The lounge, situated on the lodge’s thirty fifth flooring, options floor-to-ceiling views of New York’s skyline.
Clark, in her rookie season, broke a number of data, earned a spot on the WNBA All-Star workforce, and claimed the league’s 2024 Rookie of the 12 months award.
