It seems almost impossible to discuss former NCAA stars currently tearing up the WNBA and setting records without mentioning Caitlin Clark. The Indiana Fever star has been an absolute phenomenon since entering the league. Three seasons in, she has not stopped delivering electric performances, piling up numbers, and rewriting record books.
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Apparently, the NCAA does not see it that way. Their latest promotional video, put out to highlight top-performing former collegiate players currently excelling in the WNBA, bizarrely left Clark out entirely. And as expected, the omission attracted immediate and pointed backlash from fans, analysts, and sports commentators. Even former ESPN host Linda Cohn found it impossible to stay quiet.
“You got to be kidding me. You don’t have to ignore and exclude the game’s biggest star, Caitlin Clark, in order to praise others? Why can’t you do both!?!?!?” Cohn wrote, reacting to the NCAA’s post on X.
The post in question featured A’ja Wilson joining Diana Taurasi as one of only two players in WNBA history with 100 career 25-plus-point games. It highlighted Paige Bueckers for being the fastest WNBA player in history to reach 1,400 points and 400 assists. It also spotlighted Angel Reese for the most rebounds in a single game and in a single season. Even Minnesota Lynx rookie Olivia Miles was acknowledged for recording the second-most assists by a rookie in WNBA history.
Interestingly, the same record that Miles was spotlighted for, Caitlin Clark actually tops that list. Caitlin Clark holds the record for the most assists by a rookie in WNBA history with 337. In fact, that record is also the league’s all-time single-season record she set during her historic 2024 debut campaign.
And that is not the only record Caitlin Clark has to her name. Clark also currently holds the record for most 30+ point, 10+ assist games, with five games. She owns the single-season and career records for most 20+ point, 10+ assist games, and she was the fastest player to 200+ assists and 200+ rebounds in the WNBA, among other records and milestones.
To spotlight the second-place record holder while completely ignoring the first is definitely a choice Linda Cohn couldn’t understand. And this is not the first time this pattern of omission has appeared. Earlier this season, Clark was left off the WNBA’s 30th Anniversary poster.
The graphic included Paige Bueckers, Angel Reese, Breanna Stewart, and A’ja Wilson. And just recently, a pregame promotional graphic for the August 20th Indiana Fever versus Dallas Wings game featured Lexie Hull and Raven Johnson on the Fever side, while the Wings had their headline stars Paige Bueckers and Arike Ogunbowale.
Caitlin Clark’s influence, both in the WNBA and in college basketball, including two NCAA Finals appearances and averages of 28.4 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 8.2 assists across 139 games, is absolutely undeniable to the WNBA analyst. The records are there. The numbers are there. The only thing missing is her name.