Iowa to retire No. 22 jersey of Caitlin Clark in Febuary

Superstar women’s basketball player Caitlin Clark will have her jersey retired at Iowa, according to a report from the Associated Press. The jersey retirement for Clark’s No. 22 will come on Feb. 2, when Iowa hosts national power USC.

Clark put together one of the most remarkable college careers in the sport’s history and has continued her success at the next level in the WNBA. There, Clark was named to the All-Star team as a rookie.

Clark also captured 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year honors, made the All-WNBA first team and rookie team and finished as the WNBA’s assists leader in 2024.

But 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.

Clark set the NCAA all-time scoring record, surpassing LSU’s Pete Maravich in the process.

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.

Bottom line: Caitlin Clark did things on the court that will not be replicated for a long, long time, if ever. She will now have her jersey retired at Iowa, deservingly so.