Caitlin Clark's GPA emerges online
By ISABEL BALDWIN
Caitlin Clark has proven that she was a star both on the court and in the classroom after GPA from the University of Iowa was revealed.
The WNBA superstar, who graduated from the University of Iowa last year, has rocketed into the spotlight over the past couple of years thanks to her prowess on the collegiate and professional basketball stages.
However, it has now emerged that the 22-year-old didn't rack up achievements with her sporting ability alone.
Clark starred as the guest in a special episode of Travis and Jason Kelce's New Heights podcast Thursday when the NFL star brothers quizzed her on her college experience.
Philadelphia Eagles legend Jason asked Clark which accomplishment has meant the most to her.
Instead of listing her own, the Indiana Fever star revealed what her mother considered to be the most memorable: being named an Academic All-American at the University of Iowa during the 2023-24 season.
It has been revealed that Caitlin Clark earned a 3.64 GPA from the University of Iowa
The Indiana Fever superstar joined Jason and Travis Kelce on their New Heights podcast
'She was proud of me for being a good student in college,' the 2024 Rookie of the Year added with a big grin on her face.
Following Clark's admission, sleuths online went digging for her GPA with DraftKings revealing that she earned an impressive 3.64 while majoring in Marketing.
Whilst also seemingly being a whizz in her studies, Clark was, of course, best know for being a standout at Iowa - a trait she has translated to the WNBA.
Clark was selected by the Fever with the No. 1 overall draft pick last April and went on to boost the profile of the entire league.
She went on to smash countless records in her debut campaign for the Indiana Fever while bringing unprecedented attention to women's basketball, earning her nods as Rookie of the Year and TIME Magazine's Athlete of the Year.
The Indiana Fever guard had also opened up on her college recruitment experience in teaser clip for the episode, which was shared Wednesday.
She revealed that she began receiving offers from schools to join their basketball programs as young as seventh grade.
However, her parents, Brent and Anne, developed tactics to shield Clark from the limelight in order to allow her to live a normal teenage life.
Clark is pictured with her parents, Anne (left) and Brent (right), ahead of the 2024 Final Four
Clark revealed that her parents would tell her older brother to get the mail so that she wouldn't have to see the offers flooding in.
'They wanted me to just be in seventh grade and enjoy middle school and hang out with my friends. You shouldn't have to be worrying about where you're going to college,' she told the NFL star brothers.
'So I didn't really take any visits until my freshman year of [high school] and then I didn't decide until my senior year. I was never in a rush and my parents did a really good job of making sure I had a really good circle around me.'
Jason, who retired from the NFL following a 13-season career with the Philadelphia Eagles last year, then commented on the trend of athletes posting the college offers on line.
The former Super Bowl-winning center asked Clark if the fad had begun to occur towards the end of her high school years.
Clark confirmed that she had just managed to avoid the trend but admitted that it had begun to creep in among high school athletes.
The WNBA 2024 Rookie of the Year went on to open up on the 'sad' development of college recruitment.
'Now it's all you see on social media,' she said, referring to offers being posted on social media. 'It's all people talk about. It's crazy. But obviously times have changed too.'
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