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Shelby Tekulve, 20, displays one of the Caitlin Clark shirts she was purchasing in the Indiana Fever team store in Indianapolis, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. The Fever selected Clark as the No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA basketball draft. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Caitlin Clark fever is spreading. Indiana is all-in on the excitement.

She's cemented her place as a college basketball legend

By ISABELLA VOLMERT
Published - Apr 16, 2024, 04:16 PM ET
Last Updated - Apr 16, 2024, 04:16 PM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Michelle Lennis grew up playing basketball in Indiana as a born-and-raised Purdue fan.

But this season, Lennis also found herself cheering for the Iowa women’s basketball team led by Caitlin Clark as the college player rocketed her sport to new levels.

When the Indiana Fever made Clark its No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft Monday, it immediately turned up the heat in a city and state that already live and breathe basketball. Lennis, 43, was all-in on the excitement.

“She put it on the map like nobody else has,” Lennis said Tuesday, tearing up as she described her own case of Caitlin Clark fever. “People don’t take it seriously. They just don’t take women seriously.”

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