Basketball fans react after the WNBA misspelled Caitlin Clark’s name following her selection to the All-WNBA first team.[photo: Imagn]

Caitlin Clark was recently selected to the first All-WNBA team following an impressive 2024 campaign in which she broke several league and franchise records. However, the league’s announcement received some criticism after it misspelled Clark’s name. “Cailtin” was used on the rookie’s name, prompting the league to correct the error.

Caitlin Clark was recently selected to the All-WNBA first team following an impressive 2024 campaign where she broke multiple league and franchise records. The league announcement, however, took some flak after misspelling Clark’s name. “Cailtin” was used on the rookie’s name, prompting the league to correct the error.

Many basketball fans refused to let the mistake slide, reacting on X, formerly Twitter.

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One fan ranted:

“Why am I not surprised?! They have been pretty useless this year protecting her. She got physically beaten all season during her games. … The WNBA did not use her image on the promotional post about the playoffs. The disrespect is wild!! She is going to be the face of the WNBA soon!”

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Another fan blasted the WNBA:

“It’s actually not hard to believe at this point. Remember CC’s highlight video attached to Sabrina’s player of the week announcement.”

One fan commented:

“Forgive it haha”

Another fan added:

“Better than ignoring it”

“I died laughing…’cAiLtIn'” one fan added.

“The wnba knew who the first team was for ages but still they put out a graphic that spells Caitlin’s name wrong.” another fan said.