2024
NEWSMAKERS
In her rookie season, the Fever’s Caitlin Clark transcended expectations. She drove attendance at WNBA games in Indiana and everywhere she played, racked up records, and with her teammates helped turned Indiana into a playoff team. She was an easy choice for IBJ’s newsmaker of the year.
Fever’s overall No. 1 pick is an even bigger sensation than predicted
Since the Indiana Fever drafted her with the No. 1 overall pick, basketball sensation Caitlin Clark has transformed not just Indiana’s WNBA team but the league itself.
Clark, a point guard, came to Indianapolis from the University of Iowa as one of women’s basketball’s most popular players—even before she put on a WNBA uniform.
And once she did, she drove attendance in Indiana and every place she played to levels not seen in 22 years—all while piling up rookie and non-rookie records as a player.
Clark won the AP’s and the league’s Rookie of the Year awards after breaking the WNBA single-season record with 337 assists, including a league-record 19 in one game. She broke the single-season rookie scoring mark by averaging 19.2 points per game. She became the first WNBA rookie to ever record a triple-double—and she did it twice. MORE >
2024
YEAR IN REVIEW
Sports and tourism dominated the news cycle in central Indiana in 2024, with the NBA All-Star Weekend, the eclipse, U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials, Indiana Fever and Taylor Swift drawing thousands of visitors to Indiana. But the election and economic development also made headlines.
