Current:Home > NewsRekubit Exchange:Give me a 'C'! Hawkeyes play Wheel of Fortune to announce Caitlin Clark as AP player of year -AssetVision
Rekubit Exchange:Give me a 'C'! Hawkeyes play Wheel of Fortune to announce Caitlin Clark as AP player of year
TrendPulse View
Date:2025-04-11 10:51:23
Caitlin Clark continues to rack up the postseason awards.
Less than 24 hours after winning her second consecutive Naismith National Player of the Year,Rekubit Exchange the Iowa basketball star was named Thursday as the Associated Press' Women's College Basketball Player of the Year for the second straight year. And the Hawkeyes had some fun with the announcement to Clark: a game of Wheel of Fortune.
At what looked to be the end of the team's film session in preparation for Friday night's Final Four game vs. No. 3 seed UConn, Hawkeyes coach Lisa Bluder did her best Vanna White impersonation and served as the game-show hostess.
As Clark's teammates were close to solving the puzzle, sophomore forward Jada Gyamfi shouted out "Caitlin is coming back" to which the entire room busted out in laughter, including Clark.
Clark, the presumed No. 1 overall pick in this month's WNBA draft, is averaging 32.3 points per game in the NCAA Tournament this season. In what has been a year of Clark making history with new records day in and day out, she made more history Thursday as she became the first player to win the award in back-to-back years since Breanna Stewart won three consecutive from 2014 through 2016.
FOLLOW THE MADNESS: NCAA basketball bracket, scores, schedules, teams and more.
Clark is the first player to lead the nation in assists (9.0 per game) and in scoring (32.0 per game) in back-to-back seasons, according to Iowa's Sports Information Department.
The Hawkeyes play the Huskies on Friday (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) in the Final Four at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland.
veryGood! (29)
Related
- Could Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft reunite? Maybe in Pro Football Hall of Fame's 2026 class
- Former Alabama coach Nick Saban joining ESPN as analyst on 'College GameDay'
- Biden is sending aides to Michigan to see Arab American and Muslim leaders over the Israel-Hamas war
- King Charles III's cancer, Prince Harry and when family crises bring people together
- Costco membership growth 'robust,' even amid fee increase: What to know about earnings release
- Your Heart Will Go On After Seeing Céline Dion Sing During Rare Public Appearance Céline Dion
- Woman charged in fatal Amish buggy crash accused of trying to get twin sister to take fall
- A 94-year-old was lying in the cold for hours: How his newspaper delivery saved his life
- Angelina Jolie nearly fainted making Maria Callas movie: 'My body wasn’t strong enough'
- Georgia legislators want filmmakers to do more than show a peach to earn state tax credits
Ranking
- South Korea's acting president moves to reassure allies, calm markets after Yoon impeachment
- Watch this adorable 3-year-old girl bond with a penguin during a game of peekaboo
- Super Bowl food deals: Get specials on wings, pizza and more at Hooters, Little Caesars
- King Charles III's cancer, Prince Harry and when family crises bring people together
- Don't let hackers fool you with a 'scam
- U.S. detects and tracks 4 Russian warplanes flying in international airspace off Alaska coast
- U.S. kills senior leader of Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah in strike in Iraq, says senior U.S. official
- 'Lisa Frankenstein' review: Goth girl meets cute corpse in Diablo Cody's horror rom-com
Recommendation
'We're reborn!' Gazans express joy at returning home to north
ACLU settles for $500k with a Tennessee city in fight over an anti-drag ordinance
Super Bowl 2024 on Nickelodeon: What to know about slime-filled broadcast, how to watch
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel told Trump she'd resign as chair
Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
Pro-Haley super PAC airing ad during Fox News' Hannity that calls Trump chicken
U.S. kills senior leader of Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah in strike in Iraq, says senior U.S. official
Half of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders want more US support of Palestinians, a poll shows