(Photo : Sarah Stier/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Caitlin Clark poses with WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert after being chosen first total choose by the Indiana Fever throughout the 2024 WNBA Draft at Brooklyn Academy of Music on April 15, 2024 in New York City.
The Indiana Fever has formally chosen Iowa Hawkeyes star Caitlin Clark as the primary total choose within the 2024 WNBA Draft, held on Monday, April 15, on the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York.
While Clark is already a well known family identify in basketball, her rookie contract could seem modest in comparison with contracts in different sports activities.
Clark is set to signal a four-year rookie contract with the Fever with a projected worth of $338,056, and the ultimate yr being a participant choice, in accordance with Spotrac.
In her rookie season, the 22-year-old is slated to earn $76,535, with gradual will increase in subsequent years to $78,066 in 2025 and $85,873 in 2026.
The contract culminates with a participant choice value $97,582 in 2027.
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The first 4 picks of the 2024 WNBA Draft are anticipated to obtain similar contracts. Cameron Brink, Kamilla Cardoso, and Rickea Jackson are all slated to signal the identical contract phrases with the Los Angeles Sparks, Chicago Sky, and as soon as once more with the Los Angeles Sparks, respectively.
Caitlin Clark’s NIL worth is far more than WNBA contract
Clark concluded her faculty tenure at Iowa ranked second in Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) worth amongst all feminine faculty athletes nationwide.
Her valuation was $3.2 million, trailing solely LSU Tigers gymnast Livvy Dunne, who had a valuation of $3.7 million.
Although her preliminary WNBA contract could appear modest in comparison with her NIL valuation, Clark is anticipated to offset this by way of varied endorsement offers as she begins her skilled profession.
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