Sports activities world reacts to Caitlin Clark declaring for WNBA Draft

Appropriate two days sooner than her final frequent-season dwelling sport of the year, Iowa celeb and NCAA females’s basketball scoring document-holder Caitlin Clark announced that she’s going to describe for the upcoming WNBA Draft, forgoing her final year of eligibility. 

An hour after Clark shared the news via social media, the Indiana Fever were immediate to remind other folks that has the No. 1 tell within the upcoming draft:

Though the Indiana Fever carried out 10th within the WNBA with a 13-27 document final season, the team, its avid gamers (each present and old) and its fans already seem hopeful of a doable future with Clark. 

Final season, the Fever additionally held the first general tell and determined to tell three-time AP All-The US first-team desire, Aliyah Boston, out of South Carolina.

The final time Boston and Clark shared the court used to be in March when Iowa upset No. 1-seeded South Carolina within the Closing Four of the 2023 NCAA event. Now the 2 are inclined to portion the court for the upcoming WNBA season. 

Even tennis narrative and females’s sports imply Billie Jean King took to X, previously identified as Twitter, to illustrate her toughen and excitement for Clark’s decision to trot to the WNBA.

But sooner than she heads to the immense leagues, her time taking half in in faculty is now not in actual fact over ethical but.

Clark is anticipated to circulate Pete Maravich because the NCAA Division-I all-time main scorer on Saturday within the route of Senior Night at Carver-Hawkeye Enviornment. Clark needs ethical 17 facets to circulate Pistol Pete. 

Within the frequent-season finale, Iowa is build to face No. 2 Ohio Teach, which ethical lately gained their 2nd consecutive Grand Ten title. All of it goes down on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET and could well well additionally be considered on FOX.