The mainstream media rarely gets it right, but they did on Sunday.
Caitlin Clark was the unanimous selection by the 15-member selection committee for the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award.
“I am so honored to be named the Associated Press Newcomer of the Year,” she told The Associated Press. Doug Feinberg“I credit my great teammates and coaching staff for this recognition, and we look forward to continuing our exciting regular season into the postseason.”
The media foolishly and desperately tried to frame the Rookie of the Year race as a two-man contest between Clark and Chicago Sky's Angel Reese, but as the season went on, Clark started breaking records and Reese began to hurt her joints, making it clearly a no-go.
Reese had a great double-double, but it was only because she picked up rebounds off of her own missed shots, a fact that was made evident by her woefully low shooting percentage.
Meanwhile, Clark recorded an astounding field goal percentage, and set new records for most points by a rookie in WNBA history, all-time points by a point guard, most assists in a single game, most assists by a WNBA player in a single season, most triple-doubles by a rookie in a season, and moved into second place in three-pointers made in a season, passing Diana Taurasi.
The scary thing is that she's still a newbie. She's going to get better and better and she's going to win a lot more awards.
