Caitlin Clark Reveals When She Got Her First Recruitment Letter

Caitlin Clark has become one of the most famous basketball players in America, male or female, over the last few years.

Clark arrived on the national scene during her legendary career at the University of Iowa, but she was a basketball phenom way before that. Before the Des Moines native chose her home state program, Clark had to go through an intense recruiting process, during which she originally committed to the University of Notre Dame. The No. 1 player in her high school class, Clark eventually flipped and signed with Iowa.

During this week's episode of the "New Heights" podcast with Jason and Travis Kelce, Clark shared her thoughts on the current recruiting scene and detailed what it was like to hear from colleges all the way back in seventh grade.

"It’s honestly sad, like where college recruitment has kind of gone, it’s just insane. I feel very fortunate," Clark said. "My parents were just like, they told my older brother, ‘Go get the mail, like we don’t want your sister to see that.’ They wanted me to be in seventh grade and enjoy middle school and like hang out with your friends, like you shouldn’t be worrying about where you’re going to college."