Caitlin Clark nearing lucrative 8-figure endorsement deal with Nike which includes signature shoe: report

The face of ladies’s basketball in Caitlin Clark is about to make due – and some huge cash.

The now WNBA rookie phenom, who lately took the sports activities world by storm with a record-setting efficiency in her senior year at Iowa, is reportedly nearing a lucrative, eight-figure endorsement deal with Nike the place she is anticipated to have her personal signature shoe.

Clark, who had a deal with Nike in school, had her deal with the model expire on the conclusion of the ladies’s school basketball season final week.

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Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever talks to the media throughout an introductory press convention on April 17, 2024 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.  (Ron Hoskins/NBAE by way of Getty Images / Getty Images)

However, Nike was apparently fast to not let her go – she additionally reportedly received offers from Under Armour and Adidas, the previous assembly together with Stephen Curry recruiting.

Clark grew to become the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer this previous season, and was featured within the 4 most-viewed ladies’s school basketball video games of all-time, three of them being Iowa’s closing three video games of this most up-to-date March Madness event.

The Iowa-South Carolina championship game drew in 18.7 million views to ABC’s protection with a peak of 24 million viewers throughout the recreation, in response to ESPN. The quantity is up 89% from final 12 months and 285% from the 2022 nationwide championship. 

Guard Caitlin Clark #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes celebrates after drawing a foul late within the second half towards the West Virginia Mountaineers throughout their second spherical match-up within the 2024 NCAA Division 1 Women’s Basketball Championship at Carver-Hawke (Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images / Getty Images)

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Before that, Iowa’s Final Four matchup towards UConn held the document for probably the most–watched ladies’s school basketball recreation ever with 14.2 million viewers. Before that, its win over LSU was the most-watched with 12.3 million viewers.

Clark’s Hawkeyes fell within the nationwide championship to South Carolina, who accomplished their undefeated season. Last 12 months, they misplaced the title recreation to Angel Reese and LSU.

The 22-year-old was the primary collection of this week’s WNBA Draft to the Indiana Fever – tickets for her video games have skyrocketed, and Fanatics lately stated that her Fever jersey was the highest vendor for any draft choose on draft evening within the firm’s historical past.

Caitlin Clark #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes dribbles the ball within the first half towards the Indiana Hoosiers at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on February 22, 2024 in Bloomington, Indiana. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images / Getty Images)

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Clark averaged 28.4 factors over her 4 seasons with the Hawkeyes, together with 31.6 factors per recreation with 8.9 assists and seven.4 rebounds throughout her unimaginable 2023-2024 senior season. 

Last 12 months, Nike signed Sabrina Ionescu to a deal price $24 million and launched a signature shoe.

Fox News’ Ryan Gaydos and Scott Thompson contributed to this report.

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