ANNOUNCEMENT: Caitlin Clark officially made shocking announce about departure and resignation today…..

Caitlin Clark is already aware of her place in sports and the WNBA.

The Indiana Fever guard hasn’t even played a professional game yet and is already among the World’s most popular athletes.

She recently signed a reported eight-year, $28 million endorsement deal with Nike — her brand is growing rapidly after dominating the sports news cycle for nearly two months.

The Fever are seeing massive ticket demand as a result of Clark’s arrival.

There were more than 6,000 fans at the team’s draft party earlier this month who just wanted to watch the franchise select Clark, and the media presence after team practices this week is over 10 times greater than what it has been in past seasons. The buzz around Clark and the team is massive.

I think that just shows the excitement regarding our team,” Clark said this week of the number of people at the draft party and the team’s growing popularity.

She expects a big attendance number for Indiana’s preseason opener on Friday in Dallas.

The Fever are looking forward to having large crowds at their games.

Veteran guard Erica Wheeler thinks that Fever outings will have some of the biggest attendance numbers she’s seen since Wheeler battled UConn in college while at Rutgers University.

NaLyssa Smith remembers playing in front of smaller crowds at Indiana Farmers Coliseum during her rookie season with the Fever. Now, that will look a lot different.