The debate is over. Iowa’s Caitlin Clark is the best women’s college basketball player in the country. The junior guard, who played her high school basketball at Dowling Catholic in West Des Moines, was given the Naismith Trophy's Player of the Year award in a ceremony Wednesday afternoon in Dallas, Texas. Watch: Iowa’s Caitlin Clark named Naismith National Player of the YearClark averages 27.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 8.6 assists and 1.6 steals for the Hawkeyes, who advanced to the program's first Final Four in 30 years by beating Louisville in the Elite Eight. Her 41 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists against the Cardinals made her the first player to record a 40-point triple-double in NCAA Tournament history.On Wednesday she was also named women's player of the year in the Naismith Fan Vote. And on Thursday she was named AP Women's Player of the year. Second-seeded Iowa (30-6) plays returning champion and top-seeded South Carolina (36-0) at 8:30 p.m. Friday at American Airlines Center in Dallas. Clark was a finalist for last season's Naismith Award, which went to South Carolina center Aliyah Boston. Finalists for this year's award included Boston, now a senior; Virginia Tech senior center Elizabeth Kitley; and Villanova senior forward Maddy Siegrist.Megan Gustafson is the only other Hawkeye to win the Naismith award. She was player of the year and Iowa coach Lisa Bluder won Naismith National Coach of the Year in 2019.Boston on Wednesday was named Naismith Defensive Player of the Year and South Carolina coach Dawn Staley won Naismith National Coach of the Year.Caitlin Clark by the numbersIn 98 career games, Clark has 2,646 points. That's 881 points behind all-time NCAA Division I women's basketball career-scoring leader Kelsey Plum, who scored 3,527 points at Washington between 2013-2017.Clark scored 799 points as a freshman (26.6 ppg), 863 as a sophomore (27 ppg) and 984 (27.3 ppg) with at least one more game to go this season. She could play two more years due to a bonus COVID year of eligibility, so it's possible she could become the first 4,000-point scorer in Division I history. (LSU legend "Pistol" Pete Maravich is the men's career leading scorer with 3,667 points between 1967-1970.)Related coverageHow to watch the Iowa women's Final Four game against South Carolina Iowa students excited for the school's first Final Four in 30 yearsMeet Caitlin Clark, the Iowa women's basketball star making history Iowa women's roster: Meet the Hawkeyes playing in the Final FourIowa's road to the Final FourThe Hawkeyes opened the tournament with a 95-43 win against No. 15 Southeastern Louisiana and beat No. 10 Georgia in the round of 32, 74-66. They beat No. 6 Colorado 87-77 in the Sweet 16 before downing No. 5 Louisville in the Elite Eight, 97-83.Final Four: Iowa vs. South CarolinaTime: 8:30 p.m. (CST) Friday, March 31TV: ESPNLocation: American Airlines Center in Dallas, TexasNaismith Women's College Player of the Year award winners2023: Caitlin Clark, Iowa2022: Aliyah Boston, South Carolina2021: Paige Bueckers, Connecticut 2020: Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon2019: Megan Gustafson, Iowa2018: A'ja Wilson, South Carolina2017: Kelsey Plum, Washington2016: Breanna Stewart, Connecticut 2015: Breanna Stewart, Connecticut 2014: Breanna Stewart, Connecticut 2013: Brittney Griner, Baylor2012: Brittney Griner, Baylor2011: Maya Moore, Connecticut 2010: Tina Charles, Connecticut 2009: Maya Moore, Connecticut 2008: Candace Parker, Tennessee2007: Lindsey Harding, Duke2006: Seimone Augustus, LSU2005: Seimone Augustus, LSU2004: Diana Taurasi, Connecticut 2003: Diana Taurasi, Connecticut 2002: Sue Bird, Connecticut 2001: Ruth Riley, Notre Dame2000: Tamika Catchings, Tennessee1999: Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee1998: Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee1997: Kate Starbird, Stanford1996: Saudia Roundtree, Georgia1995: Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut 1994: Lisa Leslie, USC1993: Sheryl Swoopes, Texas Tech1992: Dawn Staley, Virginia1991: Dawn Staley, Virginia1990: Jennifer Azzi, Stanford1989: Clarissa Davis, Texas1988: Sue Wicks, Rutgers1987: Clarissa Davis, Texas1986: Cheryl Miller, USC1985: Cheryl Miller, USC1984: Cheryl Miller, USC1983: Anne Donovan, Old Dominion