10 things you didn’t know about Caitlin Clark

It feels like Caitlin Clark is everywhere sports fans turn these days. She’s taken the WNBA by storm, and is one of the most recognizable figures in all of sports. Despite the massive amount of attention she receives, there are a lot of things people might not know about her. We’ve compiled 10 of the most interesting facts about the Indiana Fever phenom.

For as passionate as the basketball sensation is about her primary sport, Clark is also a huge fan of golf. As ESPN documented, she once joked that she would spend her offseason training to become a professional golfer. While she said that tongue in cheek, Clark also describes herself as an “average golfer” with a 16 handicap.

In November 2024, Clark participated in an LPGA pro-am event called The Annika, named after golf legend Annika Sorenstam. Although she had a shaky shot that made a beeline for spectators off the tee, Clark enjoyed her time at the event. According to Women’s Health Magazine, Clark has been playing golf since she was about six years old.

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Clark’s astronomical popularity opens doors for her to earn income in nearly every way imaginable, but she’s had a specific business idea for quite some time. She said on the Taco-Bout Network podcast that she told her mom that she wanted to build a restaurant on a vacant lot near where she grew up in Iowa.

Clark said she wanted to open a barbecue restaurant on the land. “I think it was like rib… No, it was Rib Crib. I always wanted to open this restaurant called Rib Crib and like I was devastated when the lot got purchased and they built a retirement home.”

There was a lot of controversy surrounding Caitlin Clark and the USA Basketball’s decision not to include her on the Olympic team in the summer of 2024. While that was disappointing for her and her most ardent supporters, it gave the Fever star some much-needed time off. She soaked up the sun with some of her WNBA teammates in Cabo, Mexico.

Clark’s boyfriend Connor McCaffery also joined in on the trip. She told the Indianapolis Star before leaving, “I honestly can’t wait to not touch a basketball for a while. I’ve shot too many times the past year.”

Clark has one older brother named Blake, and one younger brother named Colin. It probably shouldn’t surprise anyone that both of the Clark boys have been involved in sports, just like their famous sister.

Blake Clark used to play on the Iowa State University’s football team. He didn’t get much playing time with the Cyclones, having only logged one pass attempt in four seasons. That’s because he played behind San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy in college. Meanwhile, Colin Clark is a basketball player like his sister, as Today’s website noted.

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Anyone even remotely familiar with Caitlin Clark’s game on the basketball court knows that she likes to push the pace. However, the music she likes is much more relaxed. She told Iowa Everywhere in 2023, “Okay, this is probably gonna be surprising to a lot of people, but I go more, like calm music when I’m warming up.” She added that the soundtrack usually consists of country music tunes.

Taste of Country’s website quoted Clark: “Luke Combs, that’s my favorite artist of all time… That’s pretty cool. He’s a women’s basketball fan, so that’s amazing. I was not expecting that.” Clark and Fever teammate Lexie Hull also joined country singer Jordan Davis on stage in the summer of 2024 to sing his hit song called “Buy Dirt.”

Clark plays with a relentless energy and without any sort of reservation in her game. Her competitive fire is one of the main reasons why she’s so beloved by basketball fans and the sports community in general. With that said, she did admit to being afraid of one thing.

Cats! She told People’s website, “There was this black cat on my street growing up and it was so mean. I’m scarred. So, I’m really scared of cats.” Clark didn’t seem to be too shaken by the Minnesota Lynx, but we’ll take her at her word.

One thing that fans often forget about professional athletes is that they have a lot of downtime when they aren’t playing their sport or training. Like the rest of us, Caitlin Clark isn’t above watching a TV show or a movie to pass the time. She told the Des Moines Register in 2018 that her favorite movie is The Parent Trap, the newer version starring Lindsay Lohan.

As fans of the older or newer version know, The Parent Trap involves the conniving plan of two children looking to switch lives. There are many fans who would likely give their left arm to experience one day in the life of Caitlin Clark.

Clark has made it known that she’s a part of Chiefs kingdom. After a thrilling Kansas City win in early November 2024, the basketball star posted “CHIEFSSSSSSSSSS” with many more exclamation points. She’s been a fan of the franchise since she was a little girl, as evidenced by pictures of Clark as a youngster wearing Kansas City gear.

While she bleeds Chiefs red through and through, Clark admired Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning, especially during his time with the Colts. She told the Indianapolis Star that she had a pink Colts jersey growing up.

As we touched on earlier, Clark’s off the court career has a chance to go in a million different directions. We can add baseball commentator as one of the many options on her list.

The Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers have openly given Clark the chance to step into the booth when she wants. This all came about when Indiana teammate Lexie Hull posted a video of Clark casually calling a Phillies-Brewers game in September, where the two WNBA players were clearly enjoying making off the cuff remarks about the tilt.

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Caitlin Clark has made the number 22 iconic throughout her time in college basketball, and during her short time in the WNBA. There’s a pretty obvious reason why she decided to don the number during her basketball career.

Clark told Sporting News, “Honestly, I’m not a very creative person, I was born on January 22, so it’s what I went with when I was about five years old.”