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Caitlin Clark has Iowa No. 22 jersey retired, lifted into rafters at Carver-Hawkeye Arena

Wade-Peeryby:Wade Peery•02/02/25
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Caitlin Clark set every sort of women’s basketball record imaginable during her time with the Iowa Hawkeyes. She cemented her legacy as the best women’s player in Hawkeye basketball history, undoubtedly. And on Sunday afternoon, she officially got to see her No. 22 jersey retired and lifted into the rafters at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Caitlin Clark was one of the all-time greats

Before Clark starred in the professional ranks, she was an absolute terror in college. She won virtually every award you could, while being named to all sorts of postseason teams recognizing the best of the best.

She also set NCAA records for the most single-game assists, dishing out 15 in a game against Colorado in the NCAA Tournament. She took the NCAA’s all-time career field goals made record, as well, doing so in the same game against Colorado.

In addition, she became just the sixth player ever to amass 1,000 or more career assists. Clark also became the first Division I player to produce back-to-back 1,000-point seasons.

Clark is the all-time leader in 30-plus point performances in men’s and women’s college basketball over the last 25 seasons, notching 59 such games. She had 20 career games with 30-plus points and 10-plus assists, with no other woman in college basketball in the past 25 seasons having more than two such games.

In 2023 and 2024, Clark played a critical role in propelling the Hawkeyes to back-to-back NCAA Tournament Championship Game appearances. In 2023, she broke the women’s scoring record for a single NCAA Tournament. In the national championship game, Iowa lost to LSU 102-85. In the title game, she made eight three-pointers, the most by a woman’s player ever in the championship game.

In 2024, Clark once again propelled Iowa to the championship game, where Iowa lost to South Carolina, the No. 1 overall seed, 87-75. In the title game, she stuffed the stat sheet with 30 points, eight rebounds, and five assists. Clark managed to score 18 points, the most by a player in a single quarter in championship game history.

On3’s Nick Kosko also contributed to this article.