Hawkeyes’ Clark earns record-setting fifth Player of the Week honor as a freshman

Player and Freshman of the Week

Caitlin Clark, Iowa

Fr. – G – West Des Moines, Iowa – Dowling Catholic – Major: Undeclared

Averaged 26.3 points, 10.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds per game with a .500 field-goal percentage, .514 three-point percentage and a double-double in a 2-1 week for the Hawkeyes

Scored 34 points (including a career-high nine three-pointers) in a Feb. 23 loss at No. 8/8 Maryland, her fifth consecutive and ninth overall 30-point game this season, both the most by an NCAA Division I freshman since 2000

Tallied 27 points (10-17 FG, 7-12 3FG) and delivered nine assists in a Feb. 25 win over No. 12/12 Michigan

Registered her seventh double-double of the season Sunday at Wisconsin with 18 points and a career-high 14 assists, breaking the Iowa freshman record for assists in a season (149; previous record was 148 by Kathleen Doyle in 2016-17)

Earns her fifth career Big Ten Player of the Week award, setting a conference record for most Player of the Week awards by a freshman, surpassing the four honors by Minnesota’s Amanda Zahui B. in 2013-14

Last Iowa Player of the Week: Caitlin Clark (Feb. 15, 2021)

Collects the 12th Big Ten Freshman of the Week award of her career, extending her conference record in that category

Has the most individual weekly awards in a single season (17 – 12 freshman/5 player) in Big Ten women’s basketball history, supplanting Iowa’s Megan Gustafson, who had 13 Big Ten Player of the Week honors in 2018-19 on the way to being chosen the consensus National Player of the Year

Last Iowa Freshman of the Week: Caitlin Clark (Feb. 22, 2021)

Big Ten Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll

Mackenzie Holmes, So., F, IND: Averaged 20.0 ppg., 8.5 rpg. and 4.5 bpg. with a .652 field-goal percentage last week, including 17 points, eight rebounds and four blocks in a Feb. 27 win at No. 15/14 Ohio State

Diamond Miller, So., G, MD: Posted 20.0 ppg. and 6.0 rpg. in Maryland’s three wins last week, scoring 27 points in a Feb. 23 win over Iowa and recording a double-double (17 points/10 rebounds) Sunday at No. RV/25 Northwestern

Makenna Marisa, So., G, PSU: Tallied 14.5 ppg., 6.0 rpg. and 5.5 apg. last week, including 17 points, eight rebounds and eight assists on Feb. 24 in the Lady Lions’ win over No. 15/14 Ohio State