After an outstanding season in which she undoubtedly exceeded lofty expectations following a historic career at the University of Iowa, Caitlin Clark was named the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year in a near-unanimous vote.
The Indiana Fever guard’s achievements this year were groundbreaking.
She became the WNBA single-season assists record holder (337), an accomplishment which included a league-record 19 assists in one game. Her 8.4 assists per game average is also a WNBA record. Clark also became the first rookie to record a triple-double and holds the record for most three-pointers made (122) by a rookie in league history.
According to the league, Clark received all but one of the 67 votes from a national media panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. The other vote went to the Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese.
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