“One a Hawkeye, forever a Hawkeye.” This is not just a slogan that every Iowa alum uses, but a reality for them. It is also visible in the love that they share with each other. Even though Caitlin Clark and Kate Martin have stepped into the professional leagues, the Hawkeyes love inside them keeps flowing. After the WNBA crowd watched the two rookies take over each other and then hug it out, who knew that they were in for another surprise?

Looks like before entering their life’s respective next phase, Gabbie Marshall and the squad are trying to catch all the action they can. Hence, after visiting Caitlin Clark in her game, they now come to Minnesota to watch Kate Martin take down the Lynx. Sharing the news with everyone, Kate Martin posted a story by Marshall on her Instagram account. She captioned it, “I’m the luckiest girl alive.” Martin also added, “Got to see some of my best friends tonight.”

In her next story was a post by the official X account showing their Iowa members Kate Martin and Megan Gustafson alongside Marshall, Jada Gyamfi, and Aaliyah Guyton among others. This was the first appearance of Gabbie Marshall after her emotional message to the world. The entire Hawkeye crew has surely given the world a lot to remember and heightened the ceiling of women’s college basketball.

Now as a part of another game-changing team, Kate Martin is again making her name as a great teammate.

Kate Martin in the three-peat mission

The surprise pick in the 2024 WNBA draft has been quite useful for the Aces in their three-peat tourney. In fact, the rookie has been quite some help to the rather short team in adding deep shots from beyond the arc. In her last game where her former Iowa teammates came, she added 9 points and 3 rebounds. Martin also aided in playmaking with 2 assists in the absence of Chelsea Gray.

In general, she is averaging 6 points and 4.3 rebounds. This shows that the rookie is adding to both ends of the court for the team, something that Dyaisha Fair could not achieve and hence lost the roster spot. The 2x consecutive winners have quickly climbed the charts and are now standing in the second spot, right under the league leaders and the only undefeated team so far– the Connecticut Sun. In the Western Conference, the reigning champions are ruling with the first spot after a 4-1 record.

It is interesting to see how Kate Martin has been involved on the floor since the beginning. She has played 4 games and is averaging at least 21 minutes per game. Undeniably, the fans are in line to watch this rookie grow with one of the top teams in the league.

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