POWERED BY CARL’S AUTO GROUP. CAITLIN CLARK, ALREADY ONE OF THE BEST OF ALL TIME, HAS LANDED ON THE COVER OF TIME, THE FAMOUS MAGAZINE NAMED THE IOWAN ITS 2024 ATHLETE OF THE YEAR. TIMES CORRESPONDENT SEAN GREGORY WRITES. GOOD LUCK NAMING ANOTHER PLAYER WHO ALTERED THE TRAJECTORY OF THEIR ENTIRE TEAM SPORT WITHIN FIVE MONTHS ON THE JOB. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT INTERVIEW ON THE RIVALRY NARRATIVE BETWEEN CLARK AND ANGEL REESE, SHE WROTE, OR SHE SAID ON A QUOTE, I DON’T GET THAT AT ALL. WE’RE NOT BEST FRIENDS BY ANY MEANS, BUT WE’RE VERY RESPECTFUL OF ONE ANOTHER. AND THEN ON THE NARRATIVE THAT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MISSED A GOLDEN MARKETING OPPORTUNITY BY LEAVING HER OFF THE OLYMPIC TEAM. I WANT TO BE THERE BECAUSE THEY THINK I’M GOOD ENOUGH. I DON’T WANT TO BE SOME LITTLE PERSON THAT’S KIND OF DRAGGED AROUND FOR PEOPLE TO CHEER ABOUT AND ONLY WATCH BECAUSE I’M SITTING ON THE BENCH
Forbes names Caitlin Clark among world's Most Powerful Women
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Updated: 12:59 PM CST Dec 12, 2024
Fresh off being named Time's 2024 Athlete of the Year, Caitlin Clark has landed on Forbes' list of 100 World's Most Powerful Women. Clark, the two-time NCAA women's player of the year, earned WNBA Rookie of the Year honors after leading the Fever to their first playoff appearance since 2016. She broke several records in her first season as a professional — including the single-game (19) and season (337) records for assists and points for a rookie (769) — and is the league's first rookie to make the All-WNBA first team since 2008.Video above: Time names Caitlin Clark its 2024 Athlete of the YearAccording to Forbes, Clark is the first basketball player to ever make the Most Powerful Women list and just the second athlete in the last 20 years. Tennis star Serena Williams was included in 2021.In a story about her selection, Forbes staff writer Maggie McGrath writes: "The Indiana Fever rookie lit the match that set women’s sports on fire this year — including a $2 billion media rights deal for the WNBA, gender parity in the Olympics, and record-breaking viewership for professional women’s soccer."See Forbes' full list of the World's Most Powerful Women this year.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Fresh off being named Time's , Caitlin Clark has landed on Forbes' list of
Clark, the two-time NCAA women's player of the year, earned WNBA Rookie of the Year honors after leading the Fever to their first playoff appearance since 2016. She broke several records in her first season as a professional — including the single-game (19) and season (337) records for assists and points for a rookie (769) — and is the league's first rookie to make the All-WNBA first team since 2008.
Video above: Time names Caitlin Clark its 2024 Athlete of the Year
According to Forbes, and just the second athlete in the last 20 years. Tennis star Serena Williams was included in 2021.
In a story about her selection, Forbes staff writer Maggie McGrath writes: "The Indiana Fever rookie lit the match that set women’s sports on fire this year — including a $2 billion media rights deal for the WNBA, gender parity in the Olympics, and record-breaking viewership for professional women’s soccer."
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