Unexpected WNBA Star Joins Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese In Top 5 Of Jersey Sales

Those of course are the No. 1 pick by the Indiana Fever, Caitlin Clark, and the No. 7 pick by the Chicago Sky, Angel Reese. They helped attract millions of viewers to the March Madness tournament during their college days the past couple of years, and have done so at the professional level. The most recent example of this was the fact that they made the WNBA All-Star team as rookies, and were able to go up against Team USA in a game that racked up 3.44 million viewers on ABC, which was a 139% increase from the previous most-viewed WNBA matchup.

However, while they are clearly headed down a path where they will become the faces of the league if they already aren't, there is another rookie is right behind them in popularity. Las Vegas Aces guard and former Iowa teammate of Clark, Kate Martin.

On Tuesday the top-selling jerseys of the first half of the WNBA season were revealed in a report by Sports Business Journal. Topping the charts at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots were Clark and Reese, with veteran guard Sabrina Ionesco right behind them, and Martin behind her and ahead of her teammate and star player, A'ja Wilson.

For those unfamiliar with Martin's story, she showed up to the WNBA Draft to support Clark, and ended up being drafted while sitting in the audience with the No. 18 pick in the second round by the Aces. She fought her way onto the roster for the back-to-back champions and has remained on the roster, which for a rookie taken as late as she was in the WNBA Draft is a rarity.

Martin suffered an injury in the Aces' July 16 contest against the Chicago Sky, but according to recent comments made by her father is expected to return following what was determined to be a bruised Achilles.




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