Age, Biography, and Wiki
Her achievements at the University of Iowa solidified her status as a generational talent, leading the Hawkeyes to two national championship games and collecting multiple national player of the year awards. Clark was selected first overall in the 2024 WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever, where she immediately made her mark by winning Rookie of the Year and setting several league records.
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| Date of Birth | 22 January 2002 |
| Age | 23 Years |
| Birth Place | Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |
| Horoscope | Aquarius |
| Country | U.S |
Height, Weight & Measurements
While exact current measurements may vary slightly by source, Caitlin Clark is listed as approximately 6 feet tall (183 cm), a typical height for a guard in top-level women’s basketball. Reports and rosters generally describe her as lean and athletic, weighing around 155–165 pounds (70–75 kg). These physical attributes contribute to her versatility on the court, allowing her to shoot over defenders and handle the ball with speed and precision.
| Height | 183 cm |
| Weight | 75 kg |
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Dating & Relationship Status
As of public records and available media coverage, Caitlin Clark has kept her dating and relationship status relatively private. There is no widely confirmed or acknowledged romantic partner, and she maintains a focus on her professional basketball career. Any updates to her relationship status would likely surface through her social media or mainstream sports news.
Anne's father was the football coach and a school administrator at Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines. Caitlin grew up in the city. She began playing basketball at age five and competed in boys' recreational leagues, because her father could not find a girls' league for her age group.
Clark also played softball, volleyball, soccer, tennis, and golf as a child before focusing on basketball. At age 13, she began playing several years ahead of her age group in girls' leagues. In sixth grade, she joined All Iowa Attack, an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball program based in Ames, Iowa, and played for teams in the program until graduating from high school. She was coached by Dickson Jensen with Attack, and her AAU teammates included future Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) player Ashley Joens. Clark drew inspiration from Maya Moore of the Minnesota Lynx, the closest WNBA team to her hometown, and often attended their games with her father. She admired All Iowa Attack alumnus Harrison Barnes and became a fan of the North Carolina Tar Heels after Barnes joined the program.
Clark's father, Brent Clark, is a sales executive at Concentric International and played basketball and baseball at Simpson College. Her mother, Anne Nizzi-Clark, who is of Italian descent, is a former marketing executive and the daughter of former Dowling Catholic High School football coach Bob Nizzi. Clark has an older brother, Blake, who played college football for Iowa State, and a younger brother, Colin. Her cousin, Audrey Faber, played college basketball for Creighton. Two of Clark's uncles are former college athletes: Tom Faber played basketball for Drake and Utica, and Mike Nizzi played football for Nebraska–Omaha. She is dating Connor McCaffery, who played basketball and baseball for Iowa and is the son of former Hawkeyes men's basketball head coach Fran McCaffery.
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Net Worth
Caitlin Clark is highly active on social media platforms, including Instagram and Twitter (now X), where she shares updates about her career, interacts with fans, and posts about community and sports events. Her presence is marked by a positive, engaging style that has helped her amass a large and dedicated following, further cementing her status as a leading sports celebrity.
Clark is credited with popularizing women's basketball since her college career at Iowa, a phenomenon known as the "Caitlin Clark effect". In her senior season, publications attributed a rise in attendance and television viewership for the sport to Clark. As a junior, she helped the 2023 national championship game become the most-viewed women's college basketball game in history (9.9 million). Before her senior season, her team set the women's basketball attendance record (55,646) in a preseason exhibition game. The Iowa women's basketball program sold out its 2023-24 ticket slate and generated $3.26 million in ticket sale revenue, the most in history by an women's college basketball team. At the 2024 NCAA tournament, Clark's final three games each broke the women's college basketball viewership record, culminating with 18.9 million viewers for the national championship game. It was the most-viewed basketball game at any level since 2019 and the first women's NCAA tournament final to draw more viewers than the men's final. In her first WNBA season with the Indiana Fever, she continued to drive historic attendance and viewership. The Fever set a franchise single-season attendance record, and their regular season finale set the league attendance record (20,711).
Education
Caitlin Clark attended Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines, Iowa, where she was recognized as a McDonald’s All-American and one of the top high school prospects in the country. She then played college basketball for the University of Iowa, where she majored in communications. Her academic background supports her growing brand and media presence, as she is frequently interviewed and appears in commercials and public service announcements.
Caitlin Elizabeth Clark (born January 22, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Regarded as one of the greatest collegiate players, Clark was twice named national college basketball player of the year while playing for the Iowa Hawkeyes; she remains the NCAA Division I all-time leading scorer. She has helped popularize women's basketball, a phenomenon dubbed the "Caitlin Clark effect".
Clark played four years of varsity basketball for Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines under head coach Kristin Meyer. As a freshman, she averaged 15.3 points, 4.7 assists and 2.3 steals per game. She earned Class 5A All-State third-team accolades from the Iowa Newspaper Association and All-Iowa honorable mention from The Des Moines Register. Clark led her team to a 19–5 record and the Class 5A state tournament, where they lost to eventual champions Valley High School in the first round. In her sophomore season, she averaged 27.1 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2.3 steals per game, ranking second in the state in scoring. Clark was named first-team Class 5A All-State by the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association (IPSWA) and Central Iowa Metro League Player of the Year by The Des Moines Register. She helped Dowling reach the Class 5A state quarterfinals and achieve a 20–4 record. Following the season, she led All Iowa Attack to the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League championship, scoring 23 points in a 64–61 victory over the Cal Storm in the final.
In her first two years at Dowling, Clark was a starter on the school's varsity soccer team but focused on basketball for her final two years. In her freshman season, she scored 23 goals and was named to the Class 3A All-Iowa team by The Des Moines Register.
On March 5, 2022, in the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament, Clark recorded 41 points and nine rebounds in an 83–66 win over Nebraska. She led Iowa to the title and was named the tournament's most outstanding player (MOP). Her team was upset by 10th-seeded Creighton in the second round of the NCAA tournament, where Clark was held to a season-low 15 points and 11 assists, shooting 4-of-19 from the field, in a 64–62 loss. She was a unanimous first-team All-American: she earned first-team All-American honors from the AP and the USBWA, and was a WBCA Coaches' All-America Team selection. For her sophomore year, she was named a first-team Division I Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America, since renamed College Sports Communicators (CSC). Clark became the first back-to-back recipient of the Dawn Staley Award and won the Nancy Lieberman Award as the top Division I point guard. As a sophomore, she averaged 27 points, eight rebounds and eight assists per game. Clark was the first women's player to lead Division I in points and assists per game in a single season. She also led Division I in total points, free throws and triple-doubles.
Clark won all major national player of the year awards: AP Player of the Year, the Honda Sports Award, the John R. Wooden Award, Naismith College Player of the Year, USBWA National Player of the Year and the Wade Trophy. She was the first unanimous national player of the year in Big Ten history. Clark won the Nancy Lieberman Award for a second time and became the first three-time winner of the Dawn Staley Award. She was a unanimous first-team All-American for a second straight season, earning first-team recognition from the AP and USBWA and making the WBCA Coaches' All-America Team. Clark was again honored by the CSC as the 2023 Division I Women's Basketball Academic All-American of the Year, before winning the same award for all Division I sports in 2023. As a junior, Clark averaged 27.8 points, 8.6 assists and 7.1 rebounds per game, leading Division I in assists and ranking second in scoring. She set Big Ten single-season records in points, assists, three-pointers and free throws, and tied her own conference record with five triple-doubles. She had the fourth-most points and assists and the third-most three-pointers in a season in Division I history. Following the season, Clark won the Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award and the Honda Cup, both honoring the top women's college athlete, and the James E. Sullivan Award, presented annually by the AAU to the top college or Olympic athlete in the United States. She was selected as the Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year.
Following the conclusion of Clark's senior season, it was announced that Iowa would retire her jersey number, making her the third player in program history to receive the honor. On February 2, 2025, following the Hawkeyes' win over No. 4 USC, Clark's No. 22 jersey was retired by the University of Iowa.
In March 2024, Clark was one of 14 players, and the only college player, to receive an invitation from the United States national team to the final training camp for the 2024 Summer Olympics. However, she was unable to attend the camp because she was playing in the 2024 NCAA tournament that same week. Clark was not named to the final roster, a decision that faced scrutiny due to her popularity. The Olympic selection committee stated their criteria for selecting players included "adaptability to the international game" and experience playing with the senior national team which ultimately contributed to their decision to exclude Clark from the final roster.
Clark was raised in the Catholic Church and is a parishioner at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Des Moines. While in high school at Dowling Catholic, she attributed the school's "special culture" to its emphasis on prayer and the ability to "live our faith every day."
Clark majored in marketing at the University of Iowa, graduating in May 2024. Clark is an avid golfer, having played the sport since her childhood. She played in the 2023 John Deere Classic Pro-Am alongside professional golfers, Zach Johnson and Ludvig Åberg. In 2024, she played in The ANNIKA with Nelly Korda and Annika Sörenstam, and in the RSM Classic with Zach Johnson. She has been a lifelong fan of the Chicago Cubs and has thrown out the first pitch for both the team and its Triple-A affiliate, the Iowa Cubs. She also supports the Kansas City Chiefs and appeared on the ManningCast for a Monday Night Football game featuring the Chiefs in 2023, becoming the first college athlete to appear on the broadcast.
Clark made a cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live in April 2024. As part of a skit during the Weekend Update segment, she criticized co-anchor Michael Che's past jokes about women's basketball and wrote new jokes for him to read aloud. Clark served as an executive producer on the ESPN+ docuseries Full Court Press, which premiered in May 2024. The series followed three women's college basketball players, including Clark herself, during the 2023–24 season.
In October 2023, Clark formed the Caitlin Clark Foundation, a nonprofit organization with a mission "to uplift and improve the lives of youth and their communities through education, nutrition, and sport." Beneficiaries from the Caitlin Clark Foundation include University of Iowa Children's Hospital, the Coralville Community Food Pantry, the Boys & Girls Clubs within Iowa, and the Iowa–East Central Special Olympics chapter. Many of Clark's sponsorship and endorsement deals have included pledges of support, monetary donations, or product donations to the Caitlin Clark Foundation, including Gainbridge, Gatorade, Hy-Vee, State Farm, and Wilson Sporting Goods.
In 2024, an autographed trading card featuring Clark sold for $78,000, the most ever for a women's basketball card. The record was broken later that year after her card sold for $84,000, the second-most expensive card of a female athlete behind tennis player Serena Williams. In February 2024, Clark became the top-selling college athlete on the online sports merchandise retailer Fanatics, surpassing Colorado Buffaloes quarterback, Shedeur Sanders.
