Add the Sullivan Award to Caitlin Clark’s 2023 trophy haul

Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark was named the winner of the 93rd AAU James E. Sullivan Award on Tuesday, presented annually since 1930 to the most outstanding athlete at the collegiate or Olympic level in the United States.

The winner is determined by AAU Sullivan Award Committee, AAU Board of Directors, sports media, and past winners.

Clark becomes the second Iowa athlete to win the award. Spencer Lee was the recipient in 2019.

“I am incredibly humbled,” Clark said in a news release. “It is an honor to be selected for this prestigious award that elects a student-athlete that excels on the court and in the classroom. All the finalists are equally as deserving. It is special to represent the University of Iowa on this stage.”

The award is the latest of many for Clark since she led the Hawkeyes to a runner-up finish in the 2023 NCAA women’s basketball tournament.

She also won the 2023 Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year Award, Honda Cup and was named Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year, plus the 2023 Naismith, Wooden and Wade trophies along with the Associated Press and USBWA Ann Drysdale Player of the Year honors.

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