Caitlin Clark's WNBA rookie season was one to remember, but she also remembers the moment she found out she was in professional baseball.
Her “Welcome to the WNBA” moment.
Clark appeared on the latest podcast “New Heights” with Travis and Jason Kelce and was asked about the moment he was welcomed by his fellow WNBA players.
She knew the answer right away.
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Indiana Fever player Caitlin Clark, 22, speaks out over a phone call with a referee during the second half of a game against the Washington Mystics at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on June 19, 2024. do. (Emily Chin/Getty Images)
“Someone put a screen on me and I hit that kid right in the ear and it cracked my eardrum,” Clark said of the Fever's June 2 game against the New York Liberty. He talked about the Fever game against the New York Liberty on June 2nd. I've done it before [while tubing in a lake]. It hurts so much. …That was Welcome to the W moment. ”
Clark said her ears weren't bleeding, but her hearing wasn't the same as it was a few weeks ago.
“Healing will take several months,” Clark added. “So after the season ended, doctors had to go back and forth to see if the hole had closed. And if it didn't, a simple procedure was needed. But luckily, the hole closed. So I did it.'' ”
Liberty won 104-68 against the Fever, making it Clark's 11th game of his rookie season.
The injury occurred in the final fourth quarter of the game, and Clark had to walk back to the locker room at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, after being admonished by trainers on the bench.
Former Iowa Hawkeye and current Indiana Fever WNBA star Kaitlyn during the Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Northwestern Wildcats game at Kinnick Stadium on October 26, 2024 in Iowa City, Iowa.・Clark is honored. (Jeffrey Becker Imagine Images)
Clark missed the remainder of the game.
“I don't want to explain it. It's probably going to be pretty bad. But no, I feel fine,” Clark told reporters at the time of the injury. “I can't hear well in one ear.”
Despite the injury, Clark was able to break a number of records, including the most assists in a season.
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark runs onto the court during a game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on July 12, 2024. (Grace Hollers/IndyStar/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
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Clark was named Time Magazine's Athlete of the Year and 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year. She was also selected as a WNBA All-Star for the first time.
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