SUMMARY
- After a stellar high school career, Caitlin Clark joined the University of Iowa in 2020 and has changed the landscape of the team ever since.
- Recently, the future WNBA player spoke about her record-breaking season and her remarkable milestones.
Caitlin Clark is a widely celebrated player in the basketball world. Her extraordinary skills and impressive performances have taken over the hearts of her fans. She is currently a senior at the University of Iowa and her college career now stands among the most successful ones with record-breaking moments. Recently, she opened up about the same in an interview on ‘Good Morning America.’
Notably, Clark began her basketball journey with Dowling Catholic High School in Iowa. After a stellar high school career where she averaged 33.4 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 4.0 assists per game, Clark joined the University of Iowa in 2020. Ever since she stepped on the NCAA court, she changed the landscape of Iowa Hawkeyes by taking them to greater heights.
One of the milestones in her storied college career is reaching the all-time leading scorer in NCAA Division I basketball. While talking about this, Clark in a recent interview said, “This is what I dreamed of like I dreamed of playing in front of these types of crowds and these types of environments.” She continued to explain that she try to take a deep breath and look around to soak in the moment.
Caitlin Clark went numb right after her NCAA record-breaking moment
Caitlin Clark who has never shot below 45% from the field is currently in the prime of her college career. She has had record-breaking moments this season like breaking Kelsey Plum’s NCAA scoring record and now reaching the all-time leading scorer in NCAA Division I basketball, etc. In the same interview, she reflected on how she went numb right after a recent record-breaking moment.
“We’re playing the No. 2 team in the country, on Senior Night, on the home court, you can’t really script it any better,” Clark stated. She continued to reveal that she didn’t even realize it until everybody around her started going wild. In addition to this, Clark emphasized that “it’s just cool to have so many people in the stands”, and they appreciate women’s basketball and understand its history of it as well.
LeBron James congratulated Caitlin Clark for becoming the All-Time leading scorer
The current season has been going spectacular, to say the least for Caitlin Clark. Her college career wherein she is having record-breaking moments and impressive NCAA stats is the talk of the town. Recently, Clark officially declared for the upcoming WNBA Draft 2024 and is projected to be the first overall pick. In the same interview, she spoke about franchises competing for her.
CONGRATS @CaitlinClark22 on becoming the All-Time leading scorer!! 🪣🪣🪣🪣🪣🪣🪣🪣🪣🪣🪣🪣🪣. 🙏🏾🫡👑
— LeBron James (@KingJames) March 3, 2024
After becoming the All-Time leading scorer, numerous sports and other famous personalities congratulated the basketball sensation. Among them is one of the greatest NBA players, LeBron James who recently reached the milestone of reaching 40,000 career points. He wrote, “CONGRATS @CaitlinClark22 on becoming the All-Time leading scorer!!” on his ‘X’ account and added a couple of emojis including a saluting one.