Iowa and Minnesota Earn Big Ten Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards

Player of the Week

Caitlin Clark, Iowa

Sr. – G – West Des Moines, Iowa – Dowling Catholic – Major: Business

• Set an Iowa single-game record with 49 points against Michigan to become the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer in women’s college basketball history with 3,569 points

• Passed Washington’s Kelsey Plum (3,527 points) for the NCAA scoring title with a logo three-pointer in the first quarter

• Had 13 assists, five rebounds and a steal versus the Wolverines and tied her career mark with nine three-pointers

• Recorded her 18th career game with 30+ points and 10+ assists, the most in women’s college basketball over the last 25 seasons

• Earns her 27th career Big Ten Player of the Week award (all-time leader in conference history)

• Her ninth weekly honor ties for second-most in a single season in Big Ten history

• Last Iowa Player of the Week: Caitlin Clark (Feb. 5, 2024)

Big Ten Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll

Jakia Brown-Turner, MD: Scored a career-high 32 points, including 28 in the second half, with seven rebounds and three steals in a win over Penn State

Alexis Markowski, NEB: Averaged 14.5 points, 18.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.5 blocks in games at Ohio State and Purdue, including a 20-point, 21-rebound effort against the Boilermakers

Kendall Bostic, ILL: Tallied 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the field and 10 rebounds to defeat Penn State

Freshman of the Week

Grace Grocholski, Minnesota

G/F – North Prairie, Wis. – Kettle Moraine – Major: Undeclared

• Contributed 25.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.0 steals in Minnesota’s two-game week

• Went 7-for-12 from beyond the arc versus Rutgers, which tied the Gophers’ rookie single-game record

• Finished with 23 points, two rebounds and two assists against the Scarlet Knights

• Dropped a career-high 27 points with five rebounds and two steals in a victory over Northwestern

• Earns her third Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor

• Last Minnesota Freshman of the Week: Grace Grocholski (Jan. 22, 2024)

2023-24 Big Ten Players of the Week

Nov. 13

P: Caitlin Clark, IOWA

F: Natalie Potts, NEB

Nov. 20

P: Sara Scalia, IND

F: Rashunda Jones, PUR

Nov. 27

P: Caitlin Clark, IOWA

F: Natalie Potts, NEB

Dec. 4

P: Celeste Taylor, OSU

F: Grace Grocholski, MINN

Dec. 11

P: Caitlin Clark, IOWA

F: Natalie Potts, NEB

Dec. 18

P: Caitlin Clark, IOWA

F: D’Yanis Jimenez, WIS

Jan. 2

P: Caitlin Clark, IOWA

F: Mary Ashley Stevenson, PUR

Jan. 8

P: Caitlin Clark, IOWA

F: Natalie Potts, NEB

Jan. 15

P: Caitlin Clark, IOWA

F: Natalie Potts, NEB

Jan. 22

P: Cotie McMahon, OSU

F: Grace Grocholski, MINN

Jan. 29

P: Serah Williams, WIS

F: Tessa Grady, WIS

Feb. 5

P: Caitlin Clark, IOWA

F: Jillian Huerter, RUT

Feb. 12

P: Jaz Shelley, NEB

F: Natalie Potts, NEB

F: Mary Ashley Stevenson, PUR

Feb. 19

P: Caitlin Clark, IOWA

F: Grace Grocholski, MINN