Caitlin Clark
(Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)Caitlin Clark was named WNBA Rookie of the Year with her boyfriend, Connor McCafferyhave a complete answer.
“Duh,” McCaffery, 26, wrote on an Instagram Story, where she shared the Indiana Fever’s post announcing Clark, 22, as the Associated Press WNBA Rookie of the Year on Sunday, Sept. 22, the same day she made her debut. the first. at Connecticut against the Suns. (The Fever lost to the Connecticut Sun 93-69.)
As the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft, the Fever guard was unanimously named the top rookie in the league by the Associated Press. According to Indiana Fever, Clark and Aliyah Boston they are the team’s only players to ever be named AP Rookie of the Year.
“Caitlin is special. Everyone knows that. He was special,” the Fever coach Christie Sidehe told Clark’s IndyStar on Sunday in a postgame interview. “He entered the best league in the world. He found his footing. He continued to improve. He has put himself in a position to be one of the best players in this league. He is one of the reasons we are here today.”
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Clark spoke to the AP about the “huge honor,” and took the opportunity to hug his teammates. “This honor would not be possible without an amazing group of teammates and coaches, and we look forward to continuing the exciting regular season last season,” he said on Sunday.
Clark was also honored by being named to the All-WNBA first team, where she joined Napheese Collier, Breanna Stewart, Alyssa Thomas again Go Wilsonand the AP All-Rookie team on the sidelines Kamilla Cardoso, Leonie Fiebich, Rickea Jackson again Angel Reese.
It’s no secret that McCaffery and Clark are big fans of each other. After she was named the WNBA’s No. 1 draft pick, the couple celebrated her career milestone with a night out in New York City. Meanwhile, Clark gushed about her boyfriend in a sweet post on her Instagram Story.
“My favorite person in the world,” she captioned April’s post. (Clark and McCaffery went public with their romance in August 2023.)
Clark has broken multiple WNBA records since her season began. In a July 6 game against the New York Liberty, Clark not only had the first triple-double of her career but the first triple-double by a rookie in the WNBA. Last month, he broke the rookie record for most assists in a season while playing with the Seattle Storm, leading the league with an average of 8.3 assists per game.
“If you would have told me I was going to lead the league in assists in my rookie season, I would have told you you were lying,” Clark said during an August postgame interview, ESPN reported. “But I’m very proud of that. I want to stop my teammates first because that will help you have a more successful team.”
While Clark was named Rookie of the Year, she finished fourth in the AP voting for WNBA Player of the Year, which was awarded unanimously. Wilson. “It means a lot,” Wilson, 28, told the AP on Sunday. “The preparations you put in, the path I set for myself this season.”