Lucy Olsen kept fighting until her last moment as a Hawkeye
Olsen scored 20 points in her final game at Iowa, a memorable season for the Villanova transfer.
Caitlin Clark has broken numerous women’s basketball scoring records throughout her collegiate and professional careers at Iowa and in the WNBA.
Now, the former Hawkeyes women’s basketball star has broken a record … for trading cards.
According to an ESPN article, Clark’s 2024 Panini Prizm WNBA Signatures Gold Vinyl card was sold for a record-breaking $366,000 in a Goldin Auction, a trading cards and memorabilia auction website, on Saturday night.
The card of the two-time National Player of the Year was a one-of-one and set a record for the most paid for a women’s sports trading card, which previously was held by Serena Williams in May 2022 for $266,400.
Per The Athletic, the previous record for a Clark-specific trading card was $234,850 in December 2024 with another one of her 2024 Panini Select WNBA Signatures Gold Vinyl cards. Here is a look at Clark’s five highest trading cards, per The Athletic:
- 2024 Panini Prizm WNBA Signatures Gold Vinyl (sold on March 29, 2025): $366,000
- 2024 Panini Select WNBA Signatures Gold Vinyl (sold on Dec. 7, 2024): $234,850
- 2024 Panini Select WNBA Gold Vinyl Prizm (sold on February 22, 2025): $105,326.26
- 2024 Panini Select WNBA Signatures Black Finite Prizm (sold on Dec. 28, 2024): $97,600
- 2024 Panini Instant Rookie of the Year Blue Viper autographed (sold on Oct. 4, 2024): $97,212.54
After an illustrious career at Iowa, the Des Moines native took her first season in the W with the Indiana Fever by storm, as she set the WNBA for most points scored and most assists recorded in a rookie season. The former No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft also set several franchise records for the Fever, including the most 3-pointers in a season, en route to winning the league’s Rookie of the Year honors.
Clark, who had her number retired by Iowa in February, is set to kick off her second season in the WNBA with an exhibition at Carver-Hawkeye Arena against the Brazil National Team on Sunday, May 4 at 5 p.m. CT.
