Caitlin Clark notched another personal milestone on Sunday when her No. 22 jersey was retired by the University of Iowa.

As a Hawkeye, Clark set countless records, including becoming the all-time leading scorer, male or female, in NCAA basketball history. She also led Iowa to multiple Big Ten titles and back-to-back appearances in the national championship game, where they lost to LSU and South Carolina. Yesterday was Clark's first time back at Carver-Hawkeye Arena since her final home game there last March.

"I think it's probably hard to really feel all the emotions until I'm going to be inside Carver, and really see it, and experience it with my family," Clark told 247Sports' David Eickholt in an interview before the game.

"I'm not usually a very emotional person, but I feel like this will probably make me a little more emotional. And usually, when we've had certain things inside of Carver, I've been competing or playing shortly before like something like that, whether it's been a Senior Night or something like that. So it's hard to evoke emotion after you've just competed for 40 minutes. But now that I'm not actually playing, I feel like I'll be more emotional even though I'm not a super emotional person."

Along with Clark's family, her longtime boyfriend Connor McCaffery was also in attendance. McCaffery played men's basketball at Iowa and is currently an assistant coach at Butler.

IOWA CITY, IOWA- FEBRUARY 2: Former Iowa Hawkeye guard and current Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark #22 waves to the fans during a ceremony to retire her #22 following the match-up against the USC Trojans, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on February 2, 2025 in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images)Matthew Holst/Getty Images

On Monday night, McCaffery shared a simple message for his girlfriend on her milestone feat.

"So happy for u 22," McCaffery wrote on his Instagram story, adding in a heart emoji and tagging Clark.

Clark's jersey was hoisted to the rafters following the Hawkeyes' 76-69 upset win over USC, a top-10 opponent. The victory moved Iowa to 15-7 overall on the season and 5-6 in Big Ten play.

"You have a great young group, and you have a couple of juniors that are going to be back next year that are really good," Clark said. "And then, obviously, the class that we have coming in, too, is really good as well. So the program is in a really good spot."

The Hawkeyes likely need a strong finish in the final nine games to reach the NCAA Tournament.