Caitlin Clark has her No. 22 jersey retired by Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena

His beloved in Indiana, Ketlin Clark, returned home on Sunday where Iowa retired her 22 shirt at Arena Carver-Hawkeye.

The recently crowned WNBA Rookie team was honored as a player in Iowa III, who retired his shirt, where he joined Megan Gustagon (No. 10, retired in 2020) and Michelle Edwards (No. 30, retired in 1990).

“I already have these butterflies in your stomach when you walk here,” Clark said during a press conference before the match. “Not much for basketball game now, but it is only clear to be around everyone and enjoy this environment. I shouldn’t go and compete for 40 minutes, although I hope I can. To competition. ”

Clark was in the middle court with her family, as the number 22 went up to the rafters. She was smiling throughout the ceremony.

Jersey’s retirement was crowned with a historical profession of Clac in Iowa. The top scorer in the college has become at all while leading Hawkeyes to a successive appearance in the NCAA National Championship match in the last two seasons.

Among the crowd are 14998 Lisa Blooder, the former Clark coach in Iowa, and Stephanie White, the current Clark coach with Indiana fever in WNBA. The fever will play a game in Iowa on May 4.

Former Iowa teammates, Kate Martin and Jabi Marshall, were in a field seats alongside former dialogue host David Litrman. Usc coaches remained on the field after the match to watch the ceremony.

“I’m sure he was not cheap for entering,” Clark said during the ceremony.

“The positive image that I brought to this basketball program, this university, this state, and the basketball for women at the national level, cannot be intended.” “I spent my entire career in an attempt to enable young women. This is what is going on around him. But you have done more than that in the past four years, more than anyone can imagine.”

Clark was reflected before the match at the time with Hawkeyes, when it was part of the teams that reached four NCAA championships and won three titles in the Big Ten Championship.

“The victory came because of the great culture that we had,” she said. “And for me, I hope this is the thing that always remains the same, and I know that he will do that, because of our great training staff and the type of players who are here. We had players who are not selfish. We had players that did not care about the number of points you would do .

Clark knows that she is in the spotlight on the ongoing media these days, whether she is attending concerts or joining Taylor Swift in a pavilion in a playoff in Kansas City Chief. She said that she understands criticism that comes with attention.

“I feel that one of my greatest skills is that I really don’t care,” Clark said. “I don’t care – I believe in myself. I am confident of myself. I am confident of my teammates. Whether it is, whether it is with fever now, and only depends on these people.

The Clark shirt was suspended in the rafters on the same day as South Carolina retired the Aja Wilson shirt. Both wore 22 in college.

[Related: Caitlin Clark by the numbers: Iowa star leaves lasting impact]

In April 2024, Clark was chosen with the first comprehensive choice in the WNBA draft by fever. In her upward campaign, Clark added many decorations to her CV, including becoming the first rising rising in the WnBA game, as it was called in the team of all invitations and leading the league in decisive passes.

Clark, a 2024 AP athlete, is widely a transformative personality in the women’s game, which helps to increase visibility in both university basketball and professional spaces.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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