For Connor McCaffrey, there was no different selection for the AP WNBA Rookie of the 12 months for the 2024 season.
Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark was named the award winner on Sunday, hours earlier than the staff fell in Recreation 1 of its postseason matchup to the Connecticut Solar. Clark was named the unanimous winner of the award, and it led to her boyfriend’s one-word response.
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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark, #22, warms up earlier than sport one of many first spherical of the 2024 WNBA Playoffs at Mohegan Solar Area in Uncasville, Connecticut, on Sept. 22, 2024. (Mark Smith-Imagn Pictures)
“Duh,” he wrote on his Instagram Tales.
Clark was additionally named to the All-WNBA First Crew and All-WNBA Rookie Crew. She additionally completed fourth in WNBA MVP award voting, although Las Vegas Aces middle A’ja Wilson gained the award unanimously.
“This is a tremendous honor to be named The Associated Press Rookie of the Year,” she stated. “This recognition wouldn’t be possible without an incredible group of teammates and coaches, and we are looking forward to continuing an exciting regular season in the postseason.”
CAITLIN CLARK BRUSHES OFF EYE INJURY AS CATALYST FOR POOR PLAYOFF GAME: ‘WE PLAYED A CRAPPY GAME’
Caitlin Clark, left, poses with WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert after she is chosen with the primary general decide to the Indiana Fever within the 2024 WNBA Draft at Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York, on April 15, 2024. (Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports activities)
The Fever guard broke the league’s single-season help mark (337) and scored essentially the most factors ever for a rookie (769) en path to main Indiana to the postseason.
Clark began all 40 regular-season video games for the Fever and averaged 19.2 factors per sport. She was the primary rookie to report a triple-double and the primary participant in Fever’s franchise historical past to report a triple-double. She set the WNBA report for many assists in a sport with 19 towards the Dallas Wings in July.
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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark, #22, rushes up the court docket on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024 throughout the sport at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Grace Hollars/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK through Imagn Pictures)
McCaffrey not too long ago accepted a place with the Butler Bulldogs males’s basketball program underneath head coach Thad Matta.
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