Former University of Iowa guard, Caitlin Clark, was named 2023-24 Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year, announced today by the Big Ten Conference Office.
She is also the third Hawkeye student-athlete to win the award, joining Kristy Gleason and Megan Gustafson . She is also ninth women’s basketball student-athlete to win the award, joining Gustafson, Purdue’s Joy Holmes , MaChelle Joseph , Stephanie White and Katie Douglas , Penn State’s Kelly Mazzante , Ohio State’s Jessica Davenport , and Minnesota’s Rachel Banham .
Clark won the 2024 Honda Cup on Monday, and was named Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year as by THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards . She also won the 2024 Naismith, Wooden and Wade Trophies along with the Associated Press and USBWA Ann Drysdale Player of the Year honors. Clark, who now plays for the WNBA’s Indiana Fever, is the NCAA basketball all-time leading scorer and the only player in NCAA Division I men’s or women’s basketball history to lead her conference in scoring and assists in four consecutive seasons. Clark led the nation in 10 different offensive categories, including averaging 31.6 points and 8.9 assists per game and also broke the NCAA women’s tournament scoring record during the Hawkeyes’ final NCAA Tournament run.