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IOWA’S 22 GOES NO. 1
Caitlin Clark is the only No. 1 overall pick in the history of the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Brad Penner | USA TODAY Sports Iowa guard Caitlin Clark poses with WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert after Clark was selected as the No. 1 overall pick to the Indiana Fever in the 2024 WNBA Draft at Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, N.Y., on April 15. Kenna Roering Sports Editor mckenna-roering@uiowa.edu In second grade, Caitlin Clark was tasked with writing down her life goals:
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Own a restaurant. Win the lottery. Earn a basketball scholarship. Meet Maya Moore. But there’s one dream she wrote over a decade ago that is now more relevant than ever: Play in the WNBA. On April 15, the 22-year-old point guard was selected by the Indiana Fever as the No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA
Draft. Clark is the third athlete in program history to be picked in the first round and the ninth Iowa player to be drafted during Lisa Bluder’s tenure. “Being where I am now, I would tell my younger self,
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KATE MARTIN DRAFTED TO ACES Martin was an unexpected pick at 18th overall by the Las Vegas Aces. Kenna Roering Sports Editor mckenna-roering@uiowa.edu
Iowa delegates speak on FAFSA fiasco A fumbled rollout of a new financial aid form leaves FAFSA completion rates low. EPI | 5A
Yoga shapes life beyond the mat Martha Gordon, a 70-year-old Iowa City yoga instructor, believes hot yoga is about longevity. 80 HOURS | 1C
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Ayrton Breckenridge | The Daily Iowan Iowa guard Kate Martin shoots the ball during the NCAA Championship game between No. 1 Iowa and No. 1 South Carolina at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 7.
Kate Martin grew up with an Iowa women’s basketball poster hanging on her bedroom ceiling. It served as a constant reminder of her dream to be a Hawkeye and play for Lisa Bluder. Martin Now, after a six-year stint with the Iowa women’s basketball program, Martin is beginning her professional career. She was selected in the second round and 18th overall by the Las Vegas Aces in April 15 night’s WNBA Draft. “All I wanted was an opportunity, and I got it,” Martin told ESPN reporter Holly Rowe after her name was called on Monday. The Aces have won the championship the last two seasons and boast several star players like A’ja Wilson, Chelsea Gray, Breanna Stewart, and Kelsey Plum. Martin also joins former Hawkeye Megan Gustafson on the Aces. The pair suited up together in 2018-19, the season in which Gustafson won National Player of the Year and Iowa reached the Elite
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UI officials on the ‘difficult step’ of RVAP transition The Rape Victim Advocacy Program will move to the DVIP after over 50 years of service. Jack Moore News Editor
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With the University of Iowa announcing the transition of RVAP’s services to the Domestic Violence Intervention Program, or DVIP, on April 4, community members are concerned about the state of sexual assault resources in Iowa City. RVAP’s services will be moved to DVIP by Sept. 30. According to UI officials, the transition of the Rape Victim Advocacy Program to the Domestic Violence Intervention Program was needed to successfully provide sexual assault survivor and victim services on campus. UI Vice President of Student Life Sarah Hansen said on April 16 that communication with RVAP staff on the transition happened earlier than anticipated. “We had some folks who communicated — I think inappropriately — about what was going to happen, and we were really worried about the staff hearing from people other than us,” Hansen said. UI Public Relations Manager Chris Brewer wrote in an email that the total budget for
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Ava Neumaier | The Daily Iowan Mandi Remington speaks during an event on the Pentacrest protesting the University of Iowa’s transition of RVAP, the Rape Victim Advocacy Program, on April 13.