Caitlin Clark’s No. 22 to be retired throughout February ceremony at Iowa

No Iowa Hawkeyes ladies’s basketball participant will put on Caitlin Clark’s No. 22 once more.

The quantity shall be retired in a ceremony Feb. 2 at Carver-Hawkeye Enviornment, the Iowa athletic division introduced Wednesday.

Clark completed her faculty profession final season because the all-time main males’s or ladies’s scorer in NCAA Division I historical past and is broadly considered a transformational determine within the ladies’s recreation. The aptitude of her recreation and long-distance 3-point photographs spawned a legion of followers adorned in her No. 22 jersey at video games each dwelling and away.

“I am ceaselessly proud to be a Hawkeye and Iowa holds a particular place in my coronary heart that’s greater than simply basketball,” Clark stated. “It means the world to me to obtain this honor and to rejoice it with my household, mates and alumni. Will probably be a fantastic feeling to search for within the rafters and see my jersey alongside those who I’ve admired for thus lengthy.”

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 solely redefined excellence on the court docket however has additionally impressed numerous younger athletes to pursue their goals with ardour and dedication,” Iowa athletic director Beth Goetz stated. “Her outstanding achievements have left an indelible mark on the College of Iowa and the world of ladies’s basketball. Retiring her quantity is a testomony to her extraordinary contributions and a celebration of her legacy that may proceed to encourage future generations. Hawkeye followers are desirous to say thanks for thus many unbelievable moments.”

In a 17-day span from Feb. 15 to March 3, Clark broke Kelsey Plum’s report to change into the all-time ladies’s NCAA Division I scoring chief, handed AIAW star Lynette Woodard for the foremost faculty scoring report 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 ladies’s basketball historical past to steer her convention in scoring and assists in 4 consecutive seasons.

Reporting by The Related Press.

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