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After underlining her emergence as one of America’s major sporting stars, Caitlin Clark drew the line under her rookie season on Wednesday by thanking fans on social media for their support in a debut campaign that captivated the country.

Picked first at the WNBA Draft in New York in April by the Indiana Fever, Clark’s arrival drove interest and excitement in
the league to a level never seen before.

Clark and the Fever played at multiple sold-out NBA venues while millions more tuned in on television around the country. Fans couldn’t get enough of Clark’s breathless free-scoring performances, combined with her on-court rivalries with Angel Reese and other stars across the division.

The Fever were eventually eliminated by Connecticut Sun in the playoffs last week and the 22-year-old now has time to rest and recover from playing the lead role in an unprecedent year for women’s basketball.

So what comes next for Caitlin Clark? What does her offseason look like?

Caitlin Clark has finished a blockbuster rookie season in the WNBA with Indiana Fever

After controversially being left out of the USA Olympic team, Clark headed to Mexico in July on a midseason break in Cabo.

She went away with her boyfriend, Conor McCaffrey, her Fever teammate Lexie Hull and former baseball pitcher Will Matthiessen.

But it was a fleeting break, with Clark needing to get back to Indiana to practice with the WNBA season on pause for a month due to the Paris Games. Now, she can properly get away and switch off.

It can’t be understated how important that is for her. She had played a full college season with Iowa before being drafted and heading straight into the WNBA.

She explained the time off midseason this summer was her first break since her sophomore year. So by that logic, with next year’s season not set to start until May, she has time for a proper rest – her longest since she was 15, as she said.

‘It feels like everybody is watching your every single move, no matter what you’re doing,’ Clark said this week about life in the spotlight. ‘I’ve tried to be the same person off the court

‘It will be a little bit of an adjustment period for myself. It’s going to be nice, though, getting out of the spotlight. Getting to live my life and do the things that I want to do, get away and relax a little bit.’

OFFSEASON BASKETBALL
Angel Reese is playing in the new 3×3 Unrivaled league that is starting up in January. Brittney Griner has also signed up for the event – founded by WNBA stars and USA Olympians Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart.