Iowa's Caitlin Clark was named Naismith National Player of the Year on Wednesday, beating out 2022 winner Aliyah Boston and fellow finalists Maddy Siegrist (Villanova) and Elizabeth Kitley (Virginia Tech).
Clark won the award two days before her Hawkeyes are slated to play Boston's South Carolina Gamecocks in the Final Four.
A junior guard, Clark's averaged 27.3 points, 8.6 assists, 6.9 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game while shooting 47.4% from the field and 39.2% from 3-point distance. She's the nation's third-leading scorer while her assists tally ranks best in the nation.