Caitlin Clark

Her 60-point game was the second-highest single-game point total in Iowa five-on-five girls' basketball history, surpassed only by Abby Roe in 1996.

She also set the state single-game record with 13 three-pointers.

On February 25, Clark set the Class 5A state tournament single-game scoring record with 42 points in a 75–70 triple-overtime win over Waukee High School in the quarterfinals.

She helped Dowling reach the semifinals of the tournament and finish with a 17–8 record.

As a junior, Clark led the state in scoring and averaged 32.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.3 steals per game.

She was named Iowa Gatorade Player of the Year

and repeated as a Class 5A All-State first-team selection by the IPSWA.

As a senior, Clark averaged 33.4 points, eight rebounds, four assists and 2.7 steals per game, leading the state in scoring for a second time.

Her team finished with a 19–4 record and reached the Class 5A regional final, where they were upset by Sioux City East High School.

Clark finished her career with the fourth-most points (2,547) and the sixth-most three-pointers (283) in Iowa five-on-five history.

She was awarded Iowa Gatorade Player of the Year, Des Moines Register All-Iowa Athlete of the Year, and Iowa Miss Basketball, while making the IPSWA Class 5A All-State first-team.

Clark was selected to compete in the McDonald's All-American Game and the Jordan Brand Classic, two prestigious high school all-star games, but both games were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Caitlin Clark (born January 22, 2002) is an American college basketball player for the Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference.

She is the NCAA Division I all-time leading scorer and is regarded as one of the greatest players in women's college basketball history.

Clark attended Dowling Catholic High School in her hometown of West Des Moines, Iowa, where she was named a McDonald's All-American and rated the fourth-best player in her class by ESPN.

In her freshman season with Iowa, she led the NCAA Division I in scoring and earned All-American honors.

As a sophomore, Clark was a unanimous first-team All-American and became the first women's player to lead Division I in points and assists in a single season.

In her junior season, she won all major national player of the year awards and led Iowa to its first national championship game.

Clark again led Division I in assists and set Big Ten single-season marks in points and assists.

As a senior, she became the Division I career scoring leader among women or men.

She also broke the Division I single-season record in three-pointers and the all-time conference record in assists.

At the youth international level, Clark has won three gold medals with the United States, including two at the FIBA Under-19 Women's World Cup, where she was named Most Valuable Player in 2021.

During her college career, she has been credited with drawing unprecedented national interest to women's basketball, dubbed the "Caitlin Clark effect."

Clark was born on January 22, 2002, in Des Moines, Iowa, and grew up in West Des Moines.

She started playing basketball at age five and competed in boys' recreational leagues, because her father could not find a girls' league for her age group.

Clark also played softball, volleyball, soccer, tennis and golf as a child before focusing on basketball.

At age 13, she began playing several years ahead of her age group in girls' leagues.

In sixth grade, Clark joined All Iowa Attack, an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball program based in Ames, Iowa, for whom she played until graduating from high school.

She was coached by Dickson Jensen with Attack, and her AAU teammates included future Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) player Ashley Joens.

Clark drew inspiration from Maya Moore of the Minnesota Lynx, the closest WNBA team to her hometown, and traveled with her father for 3 hours to see their games.

She admired All Iowa Attack alumnus Harrison Barnes and became a fan of the North Carolina Tar Heels after Barnes joined the program.

Clark played four years of varsity basketball for Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines under head coach Kristin Meyer.

As a freshman, she averaged 15.3 points, 4.7 assists and 2.3 steals per game.

She earned Class 5A All-State third-team accolades from the Iowa Newspaper Association and All-Iowa honorable mention from The Des Moines Register.

Clark led her team to a 19–5 record and the Class 5A state tournament, where they lost to eventual champions Valley High School in the first round.

In her sophomore season, she averaged 27.1 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2.3 steals per game, ranking second in the state in scoring.

Clark was named first-team Class 5A All-State by the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association (IPSWA) and Central Iowa Metro League Player of the Year by The Des Moines Register.

She helped Dowling reach the Class 5A state quarterfinals and achieve a 20–4 record.

Following the season, she led All Iowa Attack to the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League championship, scoring 23 points in a 64–61 victory over the Cal Storm in the final.

On February 4, 2019, during her junior season, Clark scored 60 points in a 90–78 win against Mason City High School.