Featured Columnist IVSeptember 22, 2024
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Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark completed fourth within the WNBA MVP balloting for the 2024 season.
Six of the 67 voters had Clark third and one other 26 listed her as fourth. Her 130 factors put her behind the Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson, Minnesota Lynx’s Napheesa Collier and New York Liberty’s Breanna Stewart.
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Simply in from the #WNBA:
Aces celebrity A’ja Wilson is the unanimous league MVP, marking her third MVP general.#IndianaFever rookie Caitlin Clark finishes fourth in MVP voting.
Listing:
• A’ja Wilson
• Napheesa Collier
• Breanna Stewart
• Caitlin Clark
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The 6’0″ guard hit quite a few impressive benchmarks, most notably setting assists data in a single sport (19) and throughout a complete season (337).
Clark’s enchancment and the Fever’s rise within the second half of the season after the Olympic break undoubtedly catapulted her up within the MVP race and made her the presumptive Rookie of the 12 months.
Indiana punched its ticket to the playoffs for the primary time since 2016 and Clark emerged as its offensive engine. In her final 14 games, she averaged 23.1 factors and eight.9 assists whereas capturing 43.5 p.c from the ground and 37.0 p.c from past the arc.
For the season, Clark put up 19.2 factors, 8.4 assists and 5.7 rebounds per contest. Along with her help file, her 769 factors have been probably the most ever for a rookie. She additionally had the primary triple-double by a rookie when she dropped 19 factors, 12 boards and 13 dimes in an 83-78 victory over the Liberty on July 6.
The Fever begin their best-of-three playoff collection with the Connecticut Solar on Sunday, and upsetting the third seed is definitely on the desk with how effectively they’re taking part in.
On the subject of Clark, the 22-year-old has already cemented her standing as a foundational cornerstone for the franchise.
