The expectations were high for Caitlin Clark even before she declared for the WNBA Draft. Throughout the ensuing months they only grew for the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer tasked with bringing the Indiana Fever back to prominence. And she delivered.
Despite a rocky start that Clark joked during the playoffs she doesn’t like to think about, she delivered one of the best first-year seasons in league history to lead Indiana back to the playoffs and earn the honor of 2024 Rookie of the Year, the WNBA announced on Thursday.
clark received 66 of the 67 votes for Rookie of the Year, with Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky earning the other vote.
The voting pool is made up of two writers from each WNBA market and a number of national WNBA writers, reporters, and broadcasters.
Clark averaged 19.2 points, 8.4 assists and 5.7 rebounds per game in the regular season. She ranked seventh in scoring, shooting 41.7% overall, 24.4% from 3 and 90.6% from the free-throw line. She led the league in assists to earn the peak performer award and added 1.3 steals and nearly a block per game. As the year progressed, she became a clear MVP candidate and finished fourth in the MVP vote won by A’ja Wilson. Clark is likely to be an All-WNBA first-team selection. The Fever were eliminated from the first-round of the playoffs by the Connecticut Sun.
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