WNBA Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark usually handles basketballs on a court. Later this month, she’ll be handling questions from the Long Island Association in Woodbury.
Clark, who Newsday said last year “is well on the way to becoming the richest athlete in the history of women’s team sports,” is scheduled to participate in a discussion moderated by the association’s president and chief executive, Matt Cohen: The topics include “her record-breaking performances, captivating playing style, philanthropy, and iconic presence in popular culture and media,” an announcement says.
The event begins at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 29 at the Crest Hollow Country Club with a “Networking Reception” followed by a “Luncheon & Program.”
Tickets for nonmembers are $5,500 for a table of 10 and $600 for an individual ticket. Members qualify for special rates.
The event at the association, a business group that dates back to 1926, is sponsored by several nonprofits and companies, including Four Leaf Federal Credit Union, Long Island University, PSEG Long Island and Newsday.
Messages left Sunday with Cohen and the association’s press office were not immediately returned.
Past speakers to the association have included political and national figures — Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush; Al Gore, Dick Cheney, Hillary Clinton, Nikki Haley, James Comey, Colin Powell and Ben Bernanke as well as sports stars — Michael Strahan, Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Jack Nicklaus, Peyton Manning and Eli Manning, Joe Torre and David Beckham.
The events sometimes make news, including in 2016, when Powell endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton for president and said her then-Republican challenger Donald Trump had sold his supporters “a bill of goods.”
Matthew Chayes, a Newsday reporter since 2007, covers New York City.