Indiana Fever rookie guard Caitlin Clark made franchise historical past on Tuesday when she was named the Jap Convention Participant of the Week.
The WNBA Rookie of the Yr favourite averaged 25.0 factors, 10.0 assists and seven.7 rebounds per contest from Sept. 2-8, a span the place the Fever went 2-1.
Clark opened the stretch with a 24-point, 10-assist, 10-rebound triple-double through the group’s 93-86 victory vs. the Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday. The feat made her simply the sixth player in WNBA historical past to put up a number of triple-doubles in a season.
Clark performed a career-high 45 minutes throughout Indiana’s 104-100 extra time win towards the Atlanta Dream on Sunday and recorded her 14th double-double of the yr (a single-season franchise report). Clark completed the sport with 26 factors, 12 assists and 5 rebounds on 7-for-17 capturing (together with 4-for-13 from three-point land).
The previous Iowa famous person’s award on Tuesday comes on the heels of her Participant of the Week honors for the interval of Aug. 15-25 and Aug. 26-Sept. 1. Clark also won the league’s Rookie of the Month and Jap Convention Participant of the Month for August as properly.
In keeping with a release, the NCAA’s all-time main scorer approaches the ultimate 4 regular-season video games on the Fever’s slate simply 53 factors away from breaking Seimone Augustus’ single-season rookie franchise report of 744 factors scored.
When Clark entered the Affiliation this summer time, expectations had been traditionally excessive. In some way, the 22-year-old has surpassed them by main the WNBA in assists (8.5) and all rookies in factors (19.2), steals (1.3) and minutes per sport (35.8).
With the Fever going again to the playoffs for the first time since 2016, the Caitlin Clark expertise could be getting began.