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All right, let's welcome this Hawkeye to Indianapolis. It is my honor to welcome for the very first time. The 2024 WNBA draft's number one overall pick here to Indianapolis. Please welcome Caitlin Clark. Caitlin, floor is yours. Well, I'm super excited to be here. I've never had to give an opening statement before, so this is *** first for me and *** large crowd, but, um, like I said, I'm, I'm super happy to be here. um, thank you to the fever of the Pacers, um, this is *** dream come true. Like these are the moments you dream of, uh, obviously Tamika Ketchings is here. Like that's pretty incredible, somebody I grew up idolizing, yes. But like I said after I got drafted, like I can't think of *** better place for myself to start my career, uh, *** place that loves basketball, supports women's basketball, um, and an organization that really does things the right way, um, has championship pedigree, so I'm just very thankful. That they have *** belief in me and obviously my parents are here today. My two brothers aren't here. My little brother had to go back to school. He actually missed his flight out of New York City after the draft, so I think he did it on purpose, but um thankful for them and you know couldn't be happier to be here. So thank all of you for coming and I can't wait to get started. All right. Yeah All right, thank you, everybody. We will now go to questions in the room. You can raise your hand and we will get *** microphone to you. Sam has it there. We'll start first question on the right, *** reminder to please direct your question and please introduce yourself with your name, your affiliation. Hi Caitlin, Wheat Hotchkiss fever basketball.com. First of all, welcome to InD, uh. You're, uh, the 2nd consecutive #1 pick for this franchise after Aliyah Boston last year. When you look at this roster with players like Aaliyah, Kelsey Mitchell, Melissa Smith, Erica Wheeler, and so much young talent, what are you most excited about joining this team? Yeah, I think like you said like there's just so much talent on this roster and I'm very thankful. Obviously Aaliyah's been one of my teammates before with USA basketball and I know firsthand how great she is and obviously Erica Wheeler, somebody that's been. Having my back and we're not even really teammates yet so uh I can't, you know, I'm super excited about that. I'm *** vet somebody that's been in the league for *** really long time and obviously as *** point guard you need somebody to lean on and you know have your back and ask questions you know I don't have all the answers, not everything's gonna be perfect, so gonna need people like that, uh, to surround myself with, and I think this, you know, organization and this team is, you know, the perfect example of that. Go first row on the right there for Greg. Hey Caitlin, uh, Greg Doyle, indie star, real quick, let me do this. You like, you like that? I like that you're here. I like that you're here. I do that at my family after every game, so, OK, well we'll start doing it to me and we'll get along just fine. So question is you, you didn't have to turn pro. I kind of thought you would no matter what, but how much did Indiana have the no water all pick because the things you've said and the driving distance to Iowa, just everything. I'm just wondering what role that might have played. Yeah, I definitely played *** huge role and I actually played at the exact same time as the draft lottery on the night it happened. I'm not sure exactly who we were playing, but um. I was hoping that Indiana got the first pick. It would have made my life *** lot better. So, uh, when I saw that, I, I was pretty excited and you know, obviously that's not every single reason of, you know, why I wanted to leave and you know, be done with college. I think, you know, I was just ready for *** new challenge and something new in my life, you know, felt like I kind of had done everything at Iowa that I possibly could, and we did *** lot of amazing things, but um to be able to come here and stay in the Midwest and. You know, it's only 5 hours from Iowa City, 7 hours from where I grew up. Um, you really, you can't script it any better. So, um, it was really, it was really *** no-brainer for me. Go 2nd row on the right. Caitlin, Jeff DuBrough ����vlog of Des Moines. There were 6000 people here on Monday for this draft watch party. You talked about Indianapolis being *** place that loves women's basketball. When you hear that number, just what goes through your mind and the passion they're gonna have for this team and for you. Yeah, I think it just speaks to the excitement of what this summer is gonna bring and like you said, women's basketball in this state is pretty incredible. Grace knows that better than anybody else. Like I hated playing at Indiana and they hated me, so hopefully *** lot of them turn into Indiana Fever fans, but I mean they hated me for good reason. It's *** hard place to to win at and um, yeah, I mean 6000 people just to to stare at *** screen and see who gets picked in the draft is, you know, pretty incredible so I expect, you know, big numbers this this summer and. Um, you know, I think just people couldn't be more excited about where this organization is going, the people that are on are on this roster and the potential, but also just women's basketball in general, like people know it's special, people know this draft class was special, the talent level across the board, like, um, you know, I think it's just gonna continue to elevate the league and, you know, take it to greater heights. First row on the right. Chris Hagan, Fox 59 loud talker, uh, my question is for coach, I mean GM done. Uh, you've had rosters throughout the years with *** lot of elite players, and what advice would you have for Christie about managing *** roster like that? So many great players and only one basketball. Well, I think Christie understands that from her past experiences with the Chicago sky. Uh, with the Atlanta Dream and then with coaching the top players in the world, Sue Bird, Lauren Jackson, Elena Delle Donne in Europe. So I, I'm, I'm confident Christie and her staff are prepared for that, but I'm gonna segue over and I just wanna say thank you to all the coaching staff at the University of Iowa, Lisa Blotter, Jan Simpson, uh, and what *** great job they've done with this young lady, and it's *** powerful moment for me because I was *** longtime Christine Grant fan. Uh, who was, I call her the mother of Title IX. And so now we're seeing the fruits of what they did there and then she's also had *** thankful. Parents Support system and so it's not surprising to me when you've got coaches like them, *** family like these people that she's turned out as well. 2nd row on the aisle. James Boyd, the athletic, um, that's two parts. First one with Aliyah being *** #1 pick last year, how do you think she can help you just navigate that space, that pressure of being the face of *** franchise, and then number 2. When we talk about pressure, the weight that you carry in this sport, how much do you think that is your responsibility because I hear so often about like you elevating the game and you being in the face of this, but do you think it's fair to put so much on you if that makes sense? Yeah, I think, uh, obviously having experience of being *** number one draft pick and going to an organization where they're probably gonna expect *** lot of you will be just be. Somebody that I can lean on and ask questions, but I think that goes for, you know, everybody in this organization top to bottom. Like I don't think it just has to be one person. There's *** lot of people that are here to support me, um, and I think that just goes right into the pressure thing. Like I certainly know there's pressure there that's been like my entire career, but for me like I just have fun playing basketball. I know this is *** team sport like it's not all about me. It's not everything I have to do and um when I've been able to understand that that's allowed me to play my best I think and. Um, like I think it's just using your resources, asking questions, knowing that everything's not gonna be perfect, um, and giving myself *** little grace. I think that too is like I'm definitely *** perfectionist, but I'm at my best when I allow myself to have *** little grace and, um, not expect everything to go exactly how it should, but at the same time that's what allowed me to be so great. First row on the right. Dave Colabro, Channel 13 met you in Brooklyn. Welcome to Indianapolis. How do you keep all this in perspective off the court, the focus, the attention, the non every time I turn on TV you're on. How do you keep this in perspective as *** human being and *** 22 year old? Yeah, it's definitely hard I think at times like it doesn't feel real is like the biggest thing. I feel like I'm kind of stuck in *** dream at times, but. I don't know. I think the biggest thing like I try to remember is like how grateful I am to have this opportunity and you know there are so many people that would kill to be in my shoes when things seem like they're long and they're tired and I have to do this and I have to do that. I just try to remind myself of how grateful I am and like I get these opportunities, um, you know I'm I'm lucky to have these moments and um you know it can all be taken away from you in *** second. So, uh, just enjoy every single second of it, give it my best and uh I think that'll work pretty well for me. First row on the right. Hi Caitlin, Rachel Wilkerson with WRTV here. So many little girls were here at the watch party cheering for you, specifically the lady blackouts. What can you say to them and how do you hope to inspire other girls here in Indianapolis? Yeah, I think the biggest thing is just continue to be yourself. I think that was the biggest thing when I was growing up my parents allowed me to have *** lot of confidence in myself. They never told me I couldn't accomplish anything. I grew up playing basketball with the boys, um, and to me like. I never thought that was like different or weird. It was just what I did. I went out there, I competed hard, um, I feel like that's *** lot of the reason I am who I am today is, you know, I had this constant confidence in myself and I feel like that's *** thing *** lot of young girls struggle with today is just having the confidence about them too. Achieve whatever they want, um, so I would, I would say that's the biggest thing, but it, it's really the support system around them that instills that confidence in them and that's what I'm so lucky for whether it was, you know, AAU coaches I had growing up, whether it was high school coaches, whether it was my parents, whether it was my family, you know, they never told me I couldn't achieve something like it was always like if you want it you can go get it. You just have to earn it and I think that's like the biggest thing I would tell the younger generation. Greg, go ahead, uh, Christy, Greg Doyle and the Star, hi, um. You just were given the keys to that. What are you gonna do with it? What am I gonna do with them? Hopefully we're gonna, uh, win *** lot of games to start. She's gonna help us out, um, with that. You know, the process, um, is really, really awkward. This is actually the first time I've sat in the room, uh, with, with our new player and so just to have this moment, just the few minutes that we had to talk to her for *** few minutes, uh, speak to her family, um, it's, it's incredible for us to have uh the opportunity to have someone like her, um, join our team. um, we established *** great culture last year and, uh, laid *** great foundation and to add someone like her and. And her awesome support staff, um, her family, um, to our fever family is just, um, in, in all aspects, it's just, it just puts us in *** whole different ballgame. The 3rd row on the right. Caitlin, Anthony Calhoun, Wish TV welcome to Indianapolis as well and um I spent some time with the Pacers players yesterday and they had *** lot of praise for you so happy that you're part of this city, part of this organization. How much are you looking forward to spending some time with the rival, with the former rival and Tyrese Halliburton and of course the Pacer players as well. Yeah, I honestly I've watched the Pacers very closely. My boyfriend works for the Pacers, so I've become quite *** fan. Um, but I mean Tyrese is, is incredible and I just wanna congratulate him obviously being *** name to the USA national team today um is pretty special. It's really hard accomplishment and, um, obviously he played for *** very terrible team in college, but, uh. It's nice to be in the same city now and um you know the way I think the thing I love about him is the way he passes the ball like I watch watch his game and it's just incredible what he can do so um but all of them across the board, I think Coach Carlisle has been tremendous for them and it's been *** lot of fun to watch and you know I hope they beat the Bucks. Yeah We'll go in the back right standing on the side there. Kaylin Mickey Shoy with the IBJ, um, you entered the league at an interesting time for it as it gets ready to take on meteorites and there's more sponsorship opportunities. Let's fast forward whether it's 5, 1015, 20 years down the line. Where do you hope the league is when you leave it at that point? Well, that's ***, it's *** really good question. Honestly, like I feel like it's hard to. Really imagine what the league can be because I feel like it's *** place where *** lot of people can't even wrap their head around. Like I feel like that's where it can go um, obviously the new media rights deal that could be negotiated can be life changing for *** lot of players in this league. It's gonna be *** huge deal, um, but also like expansion I think expansion is really important. Um, this is one of the most this is the most competitive league in the world. There's 144 spots but really there's not 144 spots. It's less than that and. Um, you know, I think the biggest thing is just continue to give it an opportunity, um, continue to attract fans from the college game. I think that's the biggest thing we've seen in college is, you know, when people gave it an opportunity and actually watched it, they continue to come back for more and it's the same thing with the WNBA. When you go and buy *** ticket or turn on the TV, it's you see how good it is, um, so I think continue to attract fans in, um, and they're gonna see how amazing it is and how skilled these players are and how fun it is to support and watch, um, so I think that's the biggest thing and you know that'll take it to *** place that *** lot of people probably can't even imagine. We'll stay back right standing there. Uh, Caitlin, Reggie Edwards, indie Sports Daily, I've got to ask, with yourself being from Iowa, how much pride did you take in what you guys were able to accomplish at the University of Iowa being the number one pick, how much did that mean to you? And then also seeing the fans from Iowa follow you here and being as excited as they are. Yeah, I mean, obviously what we were able to accomplish there was super special and to be *** kid from Des Moines, Iowa and go two hours away to college and go to *** place that hadn't been to the Final Four since 1993 with C Vivian Stringer and obviously she had *** lot of amazing teams and um, you know, like, uh, Coach Dunn said, I think the biggest thing is like uh. Grant was on the forefront of Title IX. The University of Iowa was on the forefront of Title 9, and to me I think it's one of the only places in the country that, you know, supports women's sports for 50 years, like consistently across the board, not just women's basketball. Like you go to the University of Iowa and every single sport is supported in the exact same way, um, and I think that's exactly what women's sports can be in our country. It's just giving them the opportunity, giving them the resources, investing in them the exact same way. Um, but you know that was *** huge reason I went there, but obviously to accomplish what we accomplished, it comes with ***, *** little more sense of *** sense of pride, um, to wear Iowa across your chest and know that you're representing the people of your state that have supported you for so long and, um. I know there's thousands of new fever fans, so, um, you know, I couldn't be more excited. They're passionate about women's basketball. They've been passionate about women's basketball, um, and those those fans don't just say it like they'll constantly show up and support and they know what's happening like they're rowdy like they get fired up, they love it, um, so they're good fans to have, and I expect *** lot of them to to be in the building, uh, this next season. James Boyd, the athletic right here, um, you talked about earlier about giving yourself grace. I had the same conversation with Alia last year about giving yourself grace when you're trying to be great. What have you learned about that process throughout your career and in what ways do you try to seek to find ways to give yourself grace? Yeah, well, I think I was *** little bit of *** head starting my career. Like I just expected so much of myself constantly and also. I wanted Iowa to be so good all the time, um, and I, you know, when I committed to Iowa, like I said, we're gonna go to the Final Four, so I felt like there was *** lot of pressure for me to, to accomplish that, but, um, once I really like relied on the people around me and realized not everything's gonna be perfect, I feel like that's when I really played my best basketball and really thrived and kind of matured in that way, um, but yeah, I think grace is *** thing for everybody that everybody can use in their life. Not everybody's perfect. People make mistakes, um. And yeah I think that's just the biggest thing is like there's gonna be learning curves for me. I'm not gonna come out here and score 40 points *** game like that's not what I'm gonna do. I think it's just, you know, learning from the amazing people that I have around me and having *** lot of fun, but also like don't lose who I am. Like that's what's got me to this point, continue to be myself, and I think *** lot of good will come from that. We'll go back 2nd row in the middle. Uh, Caitlin, George Bremmer with uh CNHI Sports Indiana. Uh, my wife played Division 3 college basketball, but it's *** different era. She didn't have the WNBA, and she said she imagined playing against like Michael Jordan, Larry Bird when she was hitting game winning shots in her driveway. She wanted to know who you imagine playing against when you were growing up, uh, but also just the importance of this league and, and the representation for young girls. Yeah, I grew up loving the Minnesota Lynx, and I probably shouldn't say that anymore, and Tamika Ketchins, of course, so. Um, Uh, but no, that was obviously the closest WNBA team from where I grew up. Uh, Minneapolis was 4 hours from, um, my house, and, you know, obviously they had *** dynasty there that was obviously really easy to cheer for, but I think, you know, this league is very important. I think. Having young girls, young boys, you know, see women accomplishing really great things at the highest level and showing them that, you know, sport teaches you *** lot of life lessons having young girls involved in sport, I think that's like the best thing that has happened to me is, you know, it's taught me so much more about life than it has basketball, you know it's. Brought me *** lot of lifelong friendships. It's done some really amazing things for my family. um, it's taken me to places I really have never, you know, would have imagined so I think the more eyeballs you can get on this league, you know, the better off this world's gonna be. So, um, you know, I'm just excited to, to join the league and and be *** part of that. Go back to Bob's 2nd row on the right. Caitlin, Bob Kravitz with the Indianapolis Monthly magazine. What was that Saturday Night Night Live, uh, experience like? Peyton once said it was the most nerve-wracking thing he's ever been through when he hosted and when will you host? I don't think I'm ready for all that. I would be terrified. I was terrified for *** 3 minute skit, so, um, but it was incredible. I, I actually flew from LA to New York and I went right to the set and I woke up at 7 a.m. in LA, went right to the set and obviously the show doesn't start till 11:30, so I was like just chugging coke all night like. Trying to stay awake, coffee, soda, um, but it, it was fun, you know, they kind of just throw you right into the fire. I know I said I wrote the jokes obviously I didn't write the jokes. I'm not that funny, um, but I don't know, it was good like it was *** good platform for women's sports. Everybody loved it, um, and that was like *** great show. Emily Blunt, Ryan Gosling, Chris Stapleton, like Kate McKinnon, like so many amazing people like came back and. Um, it was fun to be *** part of. I was so nervous when I was like right behind the screen before they like rolled me into the set, and we went live like my heart was about to explode out of my chest, um, but it was, it was *** good little skit. It was fun to be *** part of it and hopefully I can, you know, go back and do it again sometime. Go back to 100 days to the Olympics. How important is for you to make that team? How does that stack with all the other things you have going on right now? Yeah, obviously I would, you know, love to be on the Olympic team and be in Paris in 2024, but you know that's not up to me. I think just going about my business and doing exactly what I have done my entire career is the most important thing and obviously my focus is completely here now too and. Um, I actually still need to earn my degree too, so I need to graduate college first, um, or else my mom might kill me. um. But no, I think like that's *** dream. Like you grow up watching the Summer Olympics to me it's better than the Winter Olympics. Um, you know, I want to be on that team. I want to be an Olympic gold medalist one day and it would it would really just be *** dream come true, but you know, everybody knows how competitive, you know, women's basketball is in our country, so, um, you know, it'll be hard for you know really anybody to make that team. Chris, you got one on the right. Do you remember that 2012 finals when the fever beat the Lynx? Did *** young Caitlyn Clark cry about that? Well, I was 10 years old, so it's *** bit fuzzy, but yeah. I think we'll go to Zoom here now we've got Shaw Schultz. Sean, do you wanna start for us? Sure. Sean Schultz, WNBA Swish, uh, hi, Caitlin. I was just wondering, what about the city of Indianapolis are you looking forward to the most? Is it the people exploring, uh, shops and cafes? What? Looking forward to most in Indianapolis. Honestly, like. This might sound very like small city of me, but like it seems like *** bigger Des Moines in *** way, obviously *** little bit bigger than Des Moines, um, so that's what I'm most excited about. I'm not like *** huge big city girl, so um I feel like this is *** perfect spot for myself, *** place that loves basketball, um. But more than anything, like this is in the Midwest, um, people might think I'm crazy for wanting to stay in the Midwest, but like that's just who I am, that's where my roots are. Um, I love the people here, um, so I think that's what I'm most excited about of, you know, having an opportunity to come to an organization like this and be in *** place where there can be *** lot of support for it and I have *** lot of people around me that I really love. Then we go to Brad Lake next. Brad, go ahead. Hi, Caitlin, Bradley, WBB Nation and NBA swish. Can you please speak to what it means to have such an awesome coach in Christie and her coaching staff coaching you this year? And how would you feel that they can help you transition your game from the college to the pros? Yeah, I think, you know. When coming out like that was *** big bonus for me and *** big plus, um, and *** pro that I went down, *** coach that really loves women's basketball and wants to make it great, but also is going to push her players and um you know that's exactly what I want. I think being coached is the biggest thing that has allowed me to be where I am today like Coach Blutter never stopped coaching me no matter how many wins we had, no matter how many points I scored, like she just coached me and I always knew there was more and. Um, I think coach would say the exact same thing. I think she probably sees there's *** lot more that she can get out of me. She probably yell at me for my defense at some point, um. Um, but I'll probably learn to love it, I'm sure, um. Or make up with it with my offense. I don't know, but um I'm just. I'm just, I'm just excited. I mean, you know, uh, it's *** new chapter, it's new faces, um. You know, I think that's the biggest thing is like being able to listen and learn and be surrounded by so many amazing people, not only the coaching staff in the front office and the entire organization, but obviously the players too, like those are the, you know, people to my right and to my left that I can lean on with for anything, um, so I'm just, you know, really grateful and lucky. Go to Willie Ramirez. Willy, go ahead. Thank you. Hi, Caitlin. Uh, we've heard *** lot of the draft picks ask. Who, which players they're looking forward to playing against? I'm curious if you have thought about, or you're excited about city or cities that you're uh looking forward to playing in and teams again, the, the team as *** whole. Yeah, I gotta ask this *** lot after the draft, and honestly like I said like I'm excited to play everybody like that's how talented this league is like there's not *** single night where you show up to *** game and it's like, ah like I can relax *** little bit like no like this league is so competitive like you better bring it every single night, um, and every single team has somebody on it that it's like I grew up idolizing or I looked at them with like. Big eyes like oh my gosh, like you're the coolest thing in the world, so for me like that'll just be super cool traveling around to all these cities, to all these new arenas and venues and getting to play against the best in the world. Like that's exactly what I signed up and signed up for and dreamed of. So um I don't think it's any like one player specifically or one team specifically. I think it's just, you know, the league in general. Got 2 more on Zoom, uh, Nathan Addison, then we'll be followed by Blake Silverman. Nathan, go ahead. Hey Caitlin, Nathan Addison, the PR announcement. Uh, I was wondering, you know, with the nation, you know, salivating over your ability to shoot the three ball and make plays, is there any underrated part of your game, um, that most people don't know about, uh, that you're waiting to, uh, display display? And also, um, you know, when it comes to the first team dinner, would you be the first person willing to pay for everybody whenever y'all go out to arrest them? Willing to pay for everybody's dinner. Sure, of course, why not? Come on now, let's all go out. Um, but I think the part of my game that is underlooked the most, I think it's just my passing. I think, um, you know, everybody wants to fall in love with the scoring and the long threes. I think it's my passing like I just, I love setting my teammates up for success. I feel like I can kind of see the game develop *** little bit, um, faster and, you know, before *** play even occurs, and I think, um, my teammates can see that as well, um, so I, I would probably say that part of it and obviously. I get to play with the best of the best in the world now, so why wouldn't I want to feed them the ball, um, especially with Lalia, I'm just like, lay up, lay up, lay up, lay up. Come on, give me an assist, let's go. You got time for one more on Zoom, uh, Blake, go ahead. Blake Silverman, Winsider, Caitlin, congratulations. Uh, you mentioned Erica as *** vet that you can lean on. What were some of your initial conversations like with her and what was it like seeing Erica and your other teammates have the 22 Clark jerseys ready right after you were officially *** member of the fever? I mean I think it's just her energy like she has like just such an amazing personality about her but also like she wants the best for every single person on that team and I think that's just so obvious the way she goes about her business, the way she talks about people, the way she carries herself, uh, the way she was jumping up and down after I got picked and put on. Jersey immediately like uh I don't think she could be more excited and you know how lucky am I to come into an organization with somebody that's been in the league and understands it but also wants me to do so well like you can't ask for anything better so I'm just very thankful and I'm excited um you know I'm just I'm just very lucky. We'll go back in the room, uh, we. Yeah, Kaitlin, you mentioned when you committed to Iowa, you set *** goal of trying to get to the Final Four. Have you set any goals for your rookie season? Honestly, like I haven't really thought about it. It's time. I think the biggest thing is, you know, we wanna get back to the playoffs like, um, like I think that's the biggest thing one of. Win *** lot of basketball games, um, I think for myself like continue to be me, have *** lot of fun, give myself grace, um, yeah, I think everything else is gonna take care takes care of itself when you just go about your business like that, but you know I I really hope to help this organization win *** lot. Um, I feel like that's been something I've been able to do at, you know, every single level I've played at, so, um, I think that's the biggest goal for every single person in this room. There you got time for one more in the first row on the right. OK, so Rachel with WRT again, um, I know you just talked about giving yourself grace, but how do you hope to continue your legacy here and since this is the last one, what else can you say to our fans? Yeah, I think, uh. Obviously like I don't, I think my legacy is just something that has come with the way I've carried myself every single day and um you know the person you see on the court like I'm super competitive, I'm super fiery, but at the end of the day, like for me like basketball isn't the end all be all, and I feel like that's why I've been able to have so much success is like. I don't like find that much like gratification and everything that I've been able to do. Like, obviously the Final Fours have been great like the awards, whatever it is what it is like to me like all that stuff is in *** storage closet like it, it doesn't matter. Like I've had so much fun. Like the worst part about leaving college to me was like leaving my best friends. It wasn't like the basketball side of it. It wasn't. How easy it was to score points like it was never that for me like um it was my best friend, but obviously I think coming here is like continue to go about the go about everything the same way. um I hope to you know make an impact on this community, make an impact on women's basketball, um, far beyond what I'm able to do on the court. I think that's super important and I think it's just something that was instilled in me from *** young age. Like it can't just be basketball all the time. Like you need to be *** very well rounded person and everything that you do and. Um, it'll be nice not to have to do school anymore. I don't have to worry about that. Um, can I already spent *** lot of time not doing school and playing *** lot of basketball, so I think just, you know, you know, making an impact on this community, having *** lot of fun, um, enjoying it, interacting with our fans, um, you know, I think our fans will, you know, come to find, you know, whether they're new or whether they've been fever fans, how amazing this organization is, and how, how much they care and support women's basketball, and they want to take it to to greater heights so that. Thank you, Caitlin. Let's hear it one more time for Caitlin Clark. I want to thank all of you very much for coming out this morning and sharing this special morning with all of us. You know, there are *** lot of diehard fever fans in this room, but none bigger than our own mayor who is here today, Mayor Joe Hogg said, thank you very much for coming, and we look forward to seeing you at Fever Games here in about *** month. That'll wrap up our presentation today. We want to welcome all media members forward now for *** photo opportunity with Caitlin, Christie and Lynn Dunn. Thank you all for coming and Go Fever.