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The Iowa senior was honored in a ceremony held
Wednesday in Cleveland, where the Hawkeyes will play in the
Final Four on Friday.
The other nominees were USC freshman JuJu Watkins, UConn's Paige
Bueckers and Stanford's Cameron Brink.
"I think it's been a special year for women's basketball, and
also to win this award is really special," Clark said. "But to
be back here playing with my team, I couldn't script it any
better. ... This (award is just as much my teammates') as it is
mine. I'm just very grateful and thankful, and I'll see you all
on Friday night."
Clark is averaging 32 points and nine assists per game, both
figures leading the nation. She also pulls down 7.3 rebounds per
contest.
Her record point totals stand at 1,183 this season and 3,900 for
her four-year career.
She is the first women's player to win multiple Naismith awards
since UConn's Breanna Stewart captured three straight from
2014-16.
Bueckers, back after missing a season due to a torn anterior
cruciate ligament, is contributing 22 points, 5.2 rebounds and
3.9 assists per game for the Final Four-bound Huskies. She and
UConn will oppose Clark and Iowa on Friday.
Watkins averaged 27.1 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists, as
she broke the Division I freshman record for scoring.
Brink logged 17.4 points, 11.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists and a
nation-best 3.7 blocks per game.
--Field Level Media
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