DALLAS — University of Iowa junior Caitlin Clark has been selected as the winner of the 2023 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award as the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) National Player of the Year.

Clark will formally receive the award at the upcoming USBWA College Basketball Awards Banquet on April 12 in St. Louis hosted by the Missouri Athletic Club.

Clark is the second Hawkeye to win the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award alongside Megan Gustafson, a two-time USBWA All-American who won the award in 2019. Clark and Gustafson are the only Big Ten players to earn the award in its now 36-year history since the 1988 season. Clark is the first Iowa player to earn three USBWA All-America honors as the Hawkeyes’ eighth all-time All-American and the first with multiple honors since Gustafson in 2018 and 2019. 

The most dominant player in women’s college basketball, Clark has already been recognized as the 2023 Naismith Trophy, Wade Trophy, Associated Press and The Athletic National Player of the Year, as well as being voted a Big Ten Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. A unanimous first team Associated Press and All-Big Ten honoree, Clark also excels in the classroom being voted the 2023 Academic All-American of the Year. Clark is also a finalist for the Wooden, Dawn Staley and Nancy Lieberman awards.