Indiana Fever selected Iowa’s Caitlin Clark No. 1 in 2024 WNBA draft.

**NEW YORK—Caitlin Clark Goes Pro.**

Caitlin Clark, the record-setting star of women’s college basketball, was selected as the No. 1 overall pick by the Indiana Fever in the 2024 WNBA Draft, held Monday night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

For the first time since the 2014-2016 drafts, the event was open to fans, and the 1,000 available tickets sold out within 15 minutes months ago.

Clark’s top pick had been widely expected since she announced in late February that she would enter the draft rather than use her extra year of eligibility in college. However, the moment was still deeply meaningful for Clark, her family, her Iowa community, and the excited fans gathered at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, who watched her hold up a Fever jersey on the jumbotron.

“Waiting at the table for your name to be called really lets the emotions build,” Clark said. “Sharing that moment with my family, who have always supported and believed in me, made it incredibly special.”

The Los Angeles Sparks, in a rebuilding phase after Nneka Ogwumike left in free agency, picked two players in the lottery: Stanford’s Cameron Brink at No. 2 and Tennessee’s Rickea Jackson at No. 4. Brink is the third Stanford player, after Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike, to be chosen in the top two of the WNBA Draft and is Stanford’s 15th first-round pick.

“I’m thrilled to stay on the West Coast and grateful they took a chance on me,” Brink said. “I’m ready to work hard and contribute, and being close to family means a lot to me.”

Jackson, who began her college career at Mississippi State, became Tennessee’s 19th first-round pick, the second-highest total in WNBA Draft history.

The Chicago Sky made headlines by selecting South Carolina’s Kamilla Cardoso at No. 3 and LSU’s Angel Reese at No. 7. Cardoso and Reese were the Most Outstanding Players in the 2024 and 2023 Final Fours, respectively. Cardoso had just helped the Gamecocks win their third national title, completing an undefeated season, and attended the team’s championship parade before heading to New York.

“She’s a great player, and so am I,” Cardoso said about Reese, whom she faced in high school and SEC competition. “No one’s getting any rebounds against us,” she joked.

In a new era under WNBA legend Teresa Weatherspoon, the Sky traded picks with Minnesota on Sunday to move up and select Reese at No. 7.