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Caitlin Clark named Academic All-America Team Member of the Year and USBWA First Team All-American

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March 15th, 2023 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The College Sports Communicators (CSC) announced Wednesday the 2022-23 Academic All-America® women’s basketball teams for NCAA Division I-II-III and NAIA, headlined by University of Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, Brooke Olson from the University of Minnesota Duluth, Anderson University’s (IN) Lexi Dellinger, and Grace Beyer of the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis.

Clark (Division I), Olson (Division II), Dellinger (Division III) and Beyer (NAIA) have each been named the Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year award winner for their respective divisions.

The West Des Moines, Iowa, native, carries a 3.60 GPA while majoring in marketing. This year, she is averaging 27.0 points, 8.3 assists, 7.5 rebounds, and 1.4 steals per game for the Big Ten champion Hawkeyes. She currently leads Division I in several statistical categories including assists per game, three pointers made (108), and triple doubles (4).

Clark was also named a First Team All-American by the United States Basketball Writers Association for the second consecutive year on Wednesday.

This season, Clark is the only player in the nation with more than 860 points, 235 rebounds, 265 assists, and 45 steals. She has registered +25 points, +5 rebounds, and +5 assists in 16 games this year and 38 times in her career which is the most in NCAA women’s basketball history.