Caitlin Clark Shares Emotional Story Behind Her Most Pivotal Basketball Moment

During a recent cover feature with SLAM, WNBA phenom Caitlin Clark looked back on a moment that shaped her entire basketball journey. 

While many would expect her most formative memory to be tied to a buzzer-beater or championship win, Clark says it all started with a simple hug — one that no one ever photographed.

Clark revealed that as a young girl, she wrote in a journal that she dreamed of meeting Maya Moore. 

That dream came true on the night she attended her first WNBA game. Her father drove her from Des Moines to Minneapolis, where they scored last-minute tickets to a Lynx game.

They arrived early enough to watch warmups from courtside seats. After the final buzzer, Clark stayed behind for a Q&A session that featured Moore, her childhood hero. She didn’t have a phone or a Sharpie. 

But when the opportunity came, she ran up and gave Moore a hug.