WNBA phenom Caitlin Clark showed the extent of her kindness via a phone call when de-committing from Notre Dame to play for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
At just 22 years old, Clark has swiftly turned from a promising rookie to the face of her league , breaking record after record and rallying her Indiana Fever to an unsuccessful but stunning playoff berth – leading them in both points and assists.
However, her path to stardom went through the Big Ten, where her record-breaking reputation first began. It was with Iowa that, despite not winning a national championship, Clark grew into the player she is now. Yet, things could have gone very differently had she stuck with her Fighting Irish commitment – which she quite considerately backed out of.
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Rated as a five-star recruit – and the fourth-best player in her high school class by ESPN – having been named a McDonald’s All-American, Clark narrowed down her collegiate choices early, and it seemed for some time that South Bend would be her preferred destination. However, this isn’t how things played out. Despite a verbal commitment, Clark eventually chose the Hawkeyes’ hat on November 12, 2019…