Caitlin Clark, a junior guard from West Des Moines, Iowa, led the Hawkeyes to a Big Ten Tournament Championship and the National Championship game. She recorded the first triple-double in Big Ten Tournament Championship history in the win over Ohio State.

Clark eventually followed up with the first pair of back-to-back 40-point performances in the Elite 8 and national semifinal, becoming the first player in Division I men’s or women’s basketball to accomplish the feat. In the National Semifinal against No. 1 overall seed, South Carolina, Clark registered 41 points, eight assists and six boards.

She led her team to its first-ever NCAA Championship game and helped post the Hawkeye’s most wins in a single season. During the NCAA Tournament, she broke the NCAA single-tournament records for most 3-point FG made (24) and most points scored (191). This season, she is the only player in the nation with 1,000 points, 240 rebounds, 310 assists and 45 steals.

Overall, Clark became the first player in Division I women’s basketball history to record more than 1,000 points and 300 assists in the same season and was fastest Division I player (men’s or women’s) to reach 1,500 career points over the last 20 seasons.  She was a 2021-22 Wooden Award All American and the first women's Wooden Award winner from the University of Iowa.

Off the court, she is a two-time First Team Academic All-American and was named the 2023 CSC Academic All-America of the Year.