As 2024 closes, former Iowa women’s basketball legend and current Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark added one final honor to her remarkable year on Monday by receiving this year’s Female Athlete of the Year award from The Sporting News.
During a year like no other for Clark, she finished her collegiate basketball career as NCAA Division I’s top all-time scorer for both men’s and women’s basketball with 3,951 career points, led the Hawkeyes to their second consecutive National Championship Game appearance, was selected No. 1 overall by the Fever in the WNBA draft, and won WNBA Rookie of the Year.
In her first year with the Fever, Clark helped draw sky-high attendance and viewership numbers for the WNBA, generating a significant uptick in competition throughout the league…