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Hello and welcome to the excerpt. I'm Taylor Wilson. Today is Wednesday,

Wednesday, May 1st, 2024, and, has set the sports world on fire.

This year she became the all-time leading scorer in the history of college basketball, that's for men and women, and

she reached the record in style, hitting three-pointers from near half-court and lighting up the

sport with her electric passing. Fans took notice, including a record 18.7 million people

who tuned into the NCAA championship game this year

to watch South Carolina defeat Clark's Iowa team.

Now a new challenge awaits as Clark gets ready for her first

W.N. A season. Can she do for the W.N. B. What she did for the college game.

I'm now joined by USA Today Sports National Correspondent Lindsay

Lindsay, thanks for hopping on the excerpt today.

Yes, of course, thanks for having me.

So Caitlin Clark has been drafted by the Indiana Fever.

What kind of a milestone was this moment?

First of all, I think we all knew it was going to happen.

Everyone had suspected that if she did, in fact, forego her COVID year, that she would go number

one. And I think it's really a cool moment for her and for

women's basketball fans in the Midwest because she has such a strong foundation there. I mean don't get me wrong wherever she goes

she's going to be popular but to be in Big Ten Country which is where she's

played the last four years at the University of Iowa is pretty cool.

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