Caitlin Clark named unanimous Associated Press preseason All-American

Caitlin Clark is picking right back up where she left off. After averaging 27.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 8.0 assists per game last season, the 6-foot West Des Moines native earned all sorts of accolades.

Clark was named the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year and was the Dawn Staley Guard of the Year Award recipient following the 2021-22 women’s college basketball season. She was also the Big Ten’s Player of the Year and a first-team Associated Press All-American.

The AP expects more of the same. On Tuesday, the Associated Press revealed its preseason women’s college basketball All-American team and Iowa’s Clark was an unanimous selection. She joins South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston in that distinction.

The other members of the AP’s preseason women’s basketball All-America included seniors Haley Jones of Stanford, Ashley Joens of Iowa State and Elizabeth Kitley of Virginia Tech as was sophomore Aneesah Morrow of DePaul.

“We have every reason to have high expectations for this upcoming season. We return, in my opinion, the best point guard in the country. Caitlin Clark not only led the United States in points per game, but also led the United States in assists. First time that’s ever been done in the history of women’s basketball. Obviously a Naismith finalist, the MVP preseason and last year’s pick from the Big Ten,” Iowa head women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder said of Clark.

It’s more than just Clark, too. Iowa brings back one of the nation’s top centers in Monika Czinano along with guards Kate Martin and Gabbie Marshall and post McKenna Warnock. The Hawkeyes added transfer Molly Davis and freshmen Hannah Stuelke and Taylor McCabe.

Bluder and her team are working to embrace the high exactions this season brings. Iowa enters the season as the No. 4 team in the preseason Associated Press Poll.

“Honestly, I think if you think about it all the time, you’re going to strangle it. We don’t want to do that. We want to enjoy it. I told the team the other day when we were picked as the No. 1 team in the pre-season in the Big Ten that that can be a lot of pressure, but it can also be something that’s really enjoyable. You’ve earned this,” Bluder said.

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