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{{cquote|We get to live our faith every day. Dowling starts every day with prayer and ends every day with prayer. This is a big reason why Dowling has such a special culture and is such a special place to go to school.<ref name="NC"/>}} | {{cquote|We get to live our faith every day. Dowling starts every day with prayer and ends every day with prayer. This is a big reason why Dowling has such a special culture and is such a special place to go to school.<ref name="NC"/>}} | ||
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| + | Clark has shattered television audience records with her Iowa team's games during [[March Madness]] in 2024. The Iowa-UConn semifinal game on April 5 attracted a television audience of 14.2 million, which exceeded the TV audience for: every other women's college basketball game, every [[NBA]] finals game and every [[World Series]] game in 2023.<ref>https://x.com/JoePompliano/status/1776724852461752447</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 22:21, April 6, 2024
Caitlin Clark is a woman's basketball player from Iowa who won two consecutive AP Player of the Year awards, for 2022-23 and 2023-24. Playing the position of guard, Clark scored more college points in basketball history, men or women.
Devoutly Catholic, Clark is outspoken about her faith, and prays and attends church often.[1]
She said about her education at Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines, Iowa:
| “ | We get to live our faith every day. Dowling starts every day with prayer and ends every day with prayer. This is a big reason why Dowling has such a special culture and is such a special place to go to school.[1] | ” |
Television audience records
Clark has shattered television audience records with her Iowa team's games during March Madness in 2024. The Iowa-UConn semifinal game on April 5 attracted a television audience of 14.2 million, which exceeded the TV audience for: every other women's college basketball game, every NBA finals game and every World Series game in 2023.[2]