{"id":753732,"date":"2026-07-10T01:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T01:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/753732\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T01:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T01:52:11","slug":"iowans-in-the-wnba-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/753732\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowans in the WNBA | Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"US-NEWS-PORTLAND-FIRE-BOUNCE-BACK-FROM-6-PO.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a1c75854ec32.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark passes the ball while defended by Portland Fire forward Megan Gustafson (17) during a WNBA game at Portland\u2019s Moda Center on May 30. Portland\u2019s Bridget Carleton (6) sets up in the background.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Vickie Connor\/The Oregonian<\/p>\n<p>Former Iowa collegians and Iowa natives who have contributed statistically in WNBA games this season through Wednesday:<\/p>\n<p>Bridget Carleton, Portland Fire\u2014 An eighth-year 6-2 forward from Iowa State is averaging 13.9 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 20 games, all starts.<\/p>\n<p>Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever \u2014 A third-year 6-0 guard from Iowa is averaging 20.5 points, 7.9 assists and 4 rebounds in 18 games, all starts.<\/p>\n<p>Megan Gustafson, Portland Fire\u2014 An eighth-year 6-4 center from Iowa is averaging 11.9 points on 54.2-percent shooting and 3.9 rebounds in 21 games, 12 of which where starts.<\/p>\n<p>Kate Martin, Los Angeles Sparks\u2014 A third-year 6-0 guard from Iowa is averaging 3.1 points and 1.1 rebounds in 11 games.<\/p>\n<p>Lucy Olsen, Washington Mystics \u2014 A second-year 5-10 guard from Villanova and Iowa is averaging 2.9 points and 1.3 assists in 14 games.<\/p>\n<p>Kiah Stokes, Golden State Valkyries\u2014 An 11th-year 6-3 center from Linn-Mar and Connecticut is averaging 3.6 points, 5 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 23 games, all starts.<\/p>\n<p>IOWANS IN THE WNBA<\/p>\n<p>Former Iowa collegians and Iowa natives who have contributed statistically in WNBA games this season through Wednesday:<\/p>\n<p>Bridget Carleton, Portland Fire\u2014 An eighth-year 6-2 forward from Iowa State is averaging 13.9 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 20 games, all starts.<\/p>\n<p>Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever \u2014 A third-year 6-0 guard from Iowa is averaging 20.5 points, 7.9 assists and 4 rebounds in 18 games, all starts.<\/p>\n<p>Megan Gustafson, Portland Fire\u2014 An eighth-year 6-4 center from Iowa is averaging 11.9 points on 54.2-percent shooting and 3.9 rebounds in 21 games, 12 of which where starts.<\/p>\n<p>Kate Martin, Los Angeles Sparks\u2014 A third-year 6-0 guard from Iowa is averaging 3.1 points and 1.1 rebounds in 11 games.<\/p>\n<p>Lucy Olsen, Washington Mystics \u2014 A second-year 5-10 guard from Villanova and Iowa is averaging 2.9 points and 1.3 assists in 14 games.<\/p>\n<p>Kiah Stokes, Golden State Valkyries\u2014 An 11th-year 6-3 center from Linn-Mar and Connecticut is averaging 3.6 points, 5 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 23 games, all starts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2014 Compiled by Ben Lamparek, The Gazette<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark passes the ball while defended by Portland Fire forward Megan Gustafson (17) during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-753732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}