Caitlin Clark Makes More WNBA History With 2 Major Awards

Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark made WNBA history yet again.

On Wednesday, Clark was named the WNBA Rookie of the Month and Eastern Conference Player of the Month for August. With the latter award, she became the first rookie in WNBA history to earn a Player of the Month award, per StatMamba on X.

This is Clark’s third Rookie of the Month award after taking home the honors in both May and July. On top of the Player of the Month award, Clark has also won two Eastern Conference Player of the Week awards.

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Clark is coming off a month of August in which she averaged 24 points, 8.5 assists, and 5.2 rebounds per game. She led the entire WNBA in assists in August, and leads the league in assists per game at 8.4.

Most importantly, Clark led the Fever to a 5-1 record in August. Due to their dominant August, the Fever clinched a playoff spot for the first time since 2016. This ended the longest active postseason drought in the WNBA.

Clark has completely turned around the Fever in her first year in Indiana. After being selected with the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft, Clark has emerged as not only the best rookie in the WNBA, but one of the best players in the league, altogether.

Across 33 games (all starts), Clark is averaging 18.7 points, 8.4 assists, 5.3 rebounds, and 1.4 steals per game while shooting 42.4 percent from the field, 34.1 percent from deep, and 89.7 percent from the free-throw line.

Clark was named an All-Star in her rookie season, and has made tons of history along the way. She was the fastest player in WNBA history to surpass 100 points and 50 assists (eight games). She became the first Fever player ever and first rookie in WNBA history to record a triple-double. She holds the WNBA single-game record for assists (19), and the the most double-doubles (12) in a single-season by a guard in league history.

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The fever have seven more regular season games to close out September. Then, Clark will get her first taste of postseason basketball, as she looks to continue a breakout season for both herself and the Fever.

After starting the season 3-10, the Fever are now 17-16, and are looking to make some serious noise in the postseason later this month.