Iowa Retires Caitlin Clark's #22 Jersey

Feb 2, 2025; Iowa City, Iowa, USA; Former Iowa Hawkeyes player Caitlin Clark reacts with family after the game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena against the USC Trojans. The Hawkeyes retired the jersey of Clark after the game. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images
Feb 2, 2025; Iowa City, Iowa, USA; Former Iowa Hawkeyes player Caitlin Clark reacts with family after the game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena against the USC Trojans. The Hawkeyes retired the jersey of Clark after the game. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images / Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images

The Carver-Hawkeye arena was electric on February 2nd after a 76-69 win over the number four ranked USC Trojans, but the show was not over at the final buzzer. After the win and less than a year after her final game for the University of Iowa, Caitlin Clark’s number 22 jersey was retired and lifted into the rafters.

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Clark has been setting the basketball world ablaze in a short amount of time, but most find the jersey retirement anything but premature. In her time at Iowa, Clark accumulated a laundry list of accomplishments including becoming the all-time leading scorer in the NCAA after surpassing Kelsey Plum’s women’s record and Pete Maravich’s 50-year-old overall and men’s record. 

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Caitlin Clark's highest selling card: 2024 WNBA Panini Select Signatures Gold Vinyl 1/1 Rookie Caitlin Clark PSA 10, Auto 10
Caitlin Clark's highest selling card: 2024 WNBA Panini Select Signatures Gold Vinyl 1/1 Rookie Caitlin Clark PSA 10, Auto 10. Sold for $234,850 on December 7, 2024 on Goldin. / Card Ladder

Clark averaged a career 28.4 points and 8.2 assists in her four years as a Hawkeye and led her team to two NCAA Finals in 2023 and 2024. Her time in Iowa also yielded three Big Ten titles. In 2024, Panini released a product built entirely around Clark and her time at Iowa, including autographs and special inserts and parallels. 

2024 Panini Caitlin Clark Collection Record Breaker #RB-CC Caitlin Clark PSA 10 sold for $50 on December 3, 2024 on eBay.
2024 Panini Caitlin Clark Collection Record Breaker #RB-CC Caitlin Clark PSA 10 sold for $50 on December 3, 2024 on eBay. / Card Ladder

To commemorate the moment and all Clark accomplished in her four years, Nike gifted her a jacket for the ceremony. Many of her career accomplishments were listed in the back panel of the jacket, including being named Rookie of the Year after a stellar performance with the Indiana Fever after being the first pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft. Donning the jacket, Clark looked on with her family as #22 entered the rafters forever.

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2022 Bowman University SuperFractor 1/1 Autograph #50 Rookie Caitlin Clark PSA 10, Auto 10
2022 Bowman University SuperFractor 1/1 Autograph #50 Rookie Caitlin Clark PSA 10, Auto 10 sold for $78,000 on January 25, 2024 on Fanatics Premiere. / Card Ladder

Another 22 jersey was retired on 2-2 at the University of South Carolina with the Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson’s retired jersey joining her 2021 statue at Colonial Life Arena.

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