Iowa guard Caitlin Clark has won the John R. Wooden women's basketball player of the year award for the second consecutive season.
Clark averaged 31.6 points, 8.9 assists, 7.4 rebounds and 1.7 steals en route to leading Iowa to a national championship game appearance for the second straight year.
She is the sixth woman to win the Wooden award in back-to-back seasons and seventh to win it twice.
Seimone Augustus of LSU (2005, 2006), Candace Parker of Tennessee (2007, 2008), Maya Moore of UConn (2009, 2011), Brittney Griner of Baylor (2012, 2013), Breanna Stewart of UConn (2015, 2016) and Sabrina Ionescu of Oregon (2019, 2020) are all two-time winners as well.
The other four finalists for this year's award included Paige Bueckers of UConn, Cameron Brink of Stanford, JuJu Watkins of Southern California and Hannah Hidalgo of Notre Dame.
The 2024 Wooden Award is just another accolade on a long list of accomplishments for Clark, who has already taken home AP Player of the Year, Naismith College Player of the Year and United States Basketball Writers Association National Player of the Year honors as well.
Clark, who is leaving Iowa for the WNBA, will also finish her career as a three-time unanimous first-team All-American.
By the time this season ended, Clark finished as the NCAA Division I scoring leader (men's or women's). She also scored the most points in a single season in Division I women's basketball history. In addition, Clark is now the all-time scoring leader in NCAA Tournament history.
Undeniably, Clark left a tremendous impact on the game, perhaps best exemplified by the record 18.7 million people who tuned in to watch Iowa take on South Carolina in the national championship on Sunday.
After the Gamecocks' win, South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley took time to acknowledge Clark's legacy and mark on the sport.
Clark will now head to the WNBA, where it's all but certain that she'll be the No. 1 choice in Monday's draft to the Indiana Fever.
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