Caitlin Clark has been named the AP Female Athlete of the Year after raising the profile of women’s basketball to unprecedented levels in both college and the WNBA.

Former Iowa women's basketball star Caitlin Clark was named Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year this week. Clark led Iowa to its second consecutive national runner-up finish in March before being selected No. 1 by Indiana in the WNBA Draft. Clark was the league's Rookie of the Year and an All-WNBA selection.

It was Caitlin Clark's world in 2024, and she was honored accordingly Tuesday. Doug Feinberg of the Associated Press noted Clark was named the

As a memorable 2024 comes to a close in the coming days, Caitlin Clark continues to add to her mantle of honors with the Associated Press (AP) recognizing the former Iowa women’s basketball legend and current Indiana Fever star as its 2024 Female Athlete of the Year on Tuesday.

Caitlin Clark. Not only did she break the NCAA scoring record while leading Iowa back to the national championship game, but she took the entire WNBA by storm as a rookie with the Indiana Fever. Both her play and her massive impact on the sport of women's basketball have been honored in a variety of ways as a result.

Indiana Fever sensation Caitlin Clark is undoubtedly one of the most famous and most prominent athletes on the planet right now, and a recent auction showed just how insane her fame truly is. As the Caitlin Clark fan account “The Clark Report” pointed out,

Clark is the fourth women's basketball player to win the award since its inception in 1931. She joins Sheryl Swoopes (1993), Rebecca Lobo (1995) and Candace Parker (2008, 2021) as other basketball stars to receive the honor.