Caitlin Clark's incredible college basketball career is down to the final games, but the 22-year-old University of Iowa guard's impact figures to be felt for a long time to come.
Caitlin Clark of the Iowa Hawkeyes reacts in the second half against the Nebraska Cornhuskers during the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Championship at Target Center on March 10, 2024 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.WASHINGTON – Caitlin Clark's incredible college basketball career is down to the final games, but the 22-year-old University of Iowa guard's impact figures to be felt for a long time to come.
In the process, a girl from Iowa's state capital of Des Moines has become a global icon, sellout crowds watching her every game and sponsors inking deals even before she departs for the Women's NBA, with Indiana likely to make her a top draft pick. The "Caitlin Clark Effect" has produced "Clarkies" the way singer Taylor Swift has her "Swifties" followers. Iowa's women's team sets attendance records wherever it plays and record viewership marks.
"What we're doing for women's basketball is tremendous," Clark said. "You're seeing the parity across the sport be improved more and more and that's what's attracting more people to our game, the talent level. "When you're 22 and getting this kind of attention, these kind of deals, it's hard to keep your head on straight. It takes a great amount of maturity, of parental support, but I think also it's her ability to be humble and laugh at herself.""I played in the '70s and there were barely 50 people in the stands," Bluder said. "Very thankful for where we are. Can we keep growing? You bet.
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