Caitlin Clark Celebrates Her ‘Best Year’ as Boyfriend Connor McCaffery Calls Her a ‘Queen’

Mar. 15, 2025

Caitlin Clark with her Rookie of the Year Award (left); Caitlin Clark and boyfriend Connor McCaffrey (right).Photo:Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty; Caitlin Clark/Instagram

Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty; Caitlin Clark/Instagram

Caitlin Clarkhas a lot to celebrate — but she’s keeping her eye on the future.

The Indiana Fever point guard, 22,took to Instagramon Dec. 31 to honor her extraordinary 2024. In the caption she wrote, “My fav moments from the best year. Time to make 2025 even better.”

Caitlin Clark and boyfriend Connor McCaffrey (top); Clark and McCaffrey looking into the Big 10 trophy (bottom).Caitlin Clark/Instagram

Caitlin Clark/Instagram

Clark and McCaffery — a former Iowa basketball player — began dating in 2023. When the couplecelebrated their one-year anniversaryin April 2024, Clark wrote, “One year of the best mems w my fav person 🖤 you make every day better and I can’t wait for many more adventures together… love you 🤞🏻😇.” McCaffery currently works asa basketball coach at Butler University.

From left: Jada Gyamfi, Caitlin Clark and Kate Martin in the Iowa Hawkeyes locker room.Caitlin Clark/Instagram

In December, the Iowa Hawkeyes announced that they willretire Clark’s No. 22 jersey in February. “I’m forever proud to be a Hawkeye and Iowa holds a special place in my heart that is bigger than just basketball,” Clark said at the time, per a University of Iowa Athleticspress release.

“It means the world to me to receive this honor and to celebrate it with my family, friends and alumni. It will be a great feeling to look up in the rafters and see my jersey alongside those that I’ve admired for so long.”

Instagram photos of Caitlin Clark and her Iowa teammates.Caitlin Clark/Instagram

Clark’s 2025 is shaping to be just as exciting, with the next WNBA season beginning this May. In September, Clark — who wasthe first overall pick in the league’s 2024 draft— and her teammatesended the Fever’s 7-year playoff drought. Even thoughthey lost in the first round, they’re set to come back stronger in the new year.

And Clark is ready for it all. “Personally, I’m just scratching the surface of what I can do and hopefully how I can change the world and impact people,” she toldTimein December.

source: people.com