Caitlin Clark explains why she chose Iowa over Notre Dame for her college basketball home

Caitlin Clark covered a myriad of topics during his much-discussed appearance on New heights with Jason and Travis Kelce.

Clark discussed the year that changed his lifechallenges she faced during her rookie WNBA seasonand even weighed in on the state of NBA ratings.

But Clark also reflected on her college days during her discussion with the Kelce brothers. She explained what it was receive recruitment letters from seventh gradeand finally explained why she chose to make Iowa and not Notre Dame her college basketball home.

Jason Kelce asked Caitlin how she ended up at Iowa, referencing the fact that she almost ended up at Notre Dame.

“Basically, I made it clear pretty early on, during my college recruiting, that I wanted to be like the Midwest, just kind of a homebody. Family person. I just wanted to stay pretty close to home. So that has a lot shrunk. of stuff,” Clark replied.

Clark added that she visited Notre Dame several times and loved the school. She even spoke about her affinity for the Irish when she was young.

“As a kid, you want to go to Notre Dame. It’s the same thing with Notre Dame football. It’s the coolest thing in the world. It’s Notre Dame, there’s this tradition and so many great players have been there in every sport.”

However, the eventual Iowa star explained that she could feel in her gut that she wasn’t supposed to go to Notre Dame. Which ultimately led her to explain why she became Hawkeye instead. With an emphasis on participating in building something.

“So I chose Iowa. Iowa was really good in women’s basketball before I went there too. I made a few Sweet Sixteens. I made the Elite Eight…but they didn’t ‘hadn’t been to the Final Four since 1992. I wanted to go somewhere that was good but maybe hadn’t been like a blue blood in several years, and kind of help them get back there.

Location relative to where she grew up didn’t hinder her decision either. “It was obviously my home country too. Two hours from where I grew up. A perfect distance where your parents can’t show up but also where you can go home if you want.”

Clark continued: “Everything worked out perfectly… obviously I made a good decision. And it worked out pretty well.”

Clark may be underestimating that last part. Because not only did she become the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer while at Iowa, but she also endeared herself to basketball fans across the country. Which clearly carried over into her rookie season in the WNBA with the Indiana Fever.