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Caitlin Clark is now 2-for-2 in major player of the year awards this season.Iowa's superstar guard was named Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year on Thursday, one day after she won the Naismith Trophy's Player of the Year award. She received 20 votes from the 28-member national media panel that votes on the AP Top 25 each week, according to the AP. Voting was done before March Madness began.“It’s a huge honor,” Clark said. “I picked a place that I perfectly fit into and that’s allowed me to show my skill set. I’d be lying if I said it didn’t mean something. It’s not the reason you play basketball, it’s just something that comes along with getting to do what you love.”Megan Gustafson is the only other Hawkeye to win the AP award. She was AP's player of the year in 2019.Clark and second-seeded Iowa (30-6) face returning champion and top-seeded South Carolina (36-0) at 8:30 p.m. Friday in the Final Four at American Airlines Center in Dallas.Caitlin Clark by the numbersClark averages 27.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 8.6 assists and 1.6 steals for the Hawkeyes, who advanced to the program's first Final Four in 30 years by beating Louisville in the Elite Eight. Her 41 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists against the Cardinals made her the first player to record a 40-point triple-double in NCAA Tournament history.In 98 career games, Clark has 2,646 points. That's 881 points behind all-time NCAA Division I women's basketball career-scoring leader Kelsey Plum, who scored 3,527 points at Washington between 2013-2017.Clark scored 799 points as a freshman (26.6 ppg), 863 as a sophomore (27 ppg) and 984 (27.3 ppg) with at least one more game to go this season. She could play two more years due to a bonus COVID year of eligibility, so it's possible she could become the first 4,000-point scorer in Division I history. (LSU legend "Pistol" Pete Maravich is the men's career leading scorer with 3,667 points between 1967-1970.)“She is spectacular. I don’t know how else to describe what she does on the basketball court,” Bluder said.Related coverageHow to watch the Iowa women's Final Four game against South Carolina Iowa students excited for the school's first Final Four in 30 yearsMeet Caitlin Clark, the Iowa women's basketball star making historyIowa women's roster: Meet the Hawkeyes playing in the Final FourClark surprised with news at Stead Family Children’s Hospital The Iowa coaching staff surprised Clark by sharing that she won the award while they were visiting the Iowa Children’s Hospital — a place near and dear to her. It also has huge ties to the Hawkeyes athletic department.They put together a video of some of the children in the hospital congratulating Clark on an outstanding season, and in the middle of it, Iowa coach Lisa Bluder popped on the screen to tell her she won.“I’m there for inspiring the next generation and being there for the people that you know are going through a hard time,” said Clark, who grew up in Iowa. “Being able to give joy to people that watch you play and watch your team play is amazing."— Information from the Associated Press was used in this article.Iowa's road to the Final FourThe Hawkeyes opened the NCAA Tournament with a 95-43 win against No. 15 Southeastern Louisiana and beat No. 10 Georgia in the round of 32, 74-66. They beat No. 6 Colorado 87-77 in the Sweet 16 before downing No. 5 Louisville in the Elite Eight, 97-83.Final Four: Iowa vs. South CarolinaTime: 8:30 p.m. (CST) Friday, March 31TV: ESPNLocation: American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year award winners2022: Aliyah Boston, South Carolina2021: Paige Bueckers, Connecticut2020: Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon2019: Megan Gustafson, Iowa2018: A'ja Wilson, South Carolina2017: Kelsey Plum, Washington2016: Breanna Stewart, Connecticut2015: Breanna Stewart, Connecticut2014: Breanna Stewart, Connecticut2013: Brittney Griner, Baylor2012: Brittney Griner, Baylor2011: Maya Moore, Connecticut2010: Tina Charles, Connecticut2009: Maya Moore, Connecticut2008: Candace Parker, Tennessee2007: Candace Parker, Tennessee2006: Seimone Augustus, LSU2005: Seimone Augustus, LSU2004: Alana Beard, Duke2003: Diana Taurasi, Connecticut2002: Sue Bird, Connecticut2001: Ruth Riley, Notre Dame2000: Tamika Catchings, Tennessee1999: Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee1998: Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee1997: Kara Wolters, Connecticut1996: Jennifer Rizzotti, Connecticut1995: Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut