Kate Martin and Caitlin Clark are tight.
After playing 139 games together over four seasons in the backcourt at the University of Iowa, the former college teammates developed a close friendship.
While Clark was hitting 3-pointers from the logo en route to breaking the NCAA career scoring record (for men or women), Martin was the glue for the Hawkeyes as a defensive specialist who helped Iowa reach consecutive NCAA championship games in 2023 and 2024.
Kate Martin pulled a Caitlin Clark rookie card and Caitlin said she’ll sign it for her ???? pic.twitter.com/BLL0U9Ajts
— WNBA Got Game (@wnbagotgame) October 14, 2025
When Clark was the No. 1 pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft, Martin was in the crowd at the Brooklyn Academy of Music to support her teammate. In one of the draft’s most memorable moments, Martin’s name was called with the 18th overall pick by Las Vegas, and the guard got her own draft moment onstage with commissioner Cathy Engelbert.
While Martin, who moved to the Golden State Valkyries in the 2025 WNBA Expansion Draft and helped the first-year franchise reach the playoffs, almost certainly has Clark among the favorites in her phone, she also clearly knows the value of her famous teammate in the collectible space.
Martin was ripping a box of 2024 Panini Prizm WNBA cards live on social media Tuesday when she pulled Clark’s 2024 Prizm Prizm Ice No. 145.
“Let’s go,” Martin shouted at the camera as she flashed the Clark card, which most recently sold for $290 on Oct. 12 and fetched as much as $865 in an April 2 sale, according to Card Ladder.
Leaning in to her friend’s excitement, Clark later commented on the post, “I’ll sign it for you hun.”
With Clark autos regularly adding four-digits in value, it must be nice to have that direct hook-up.
Kevin Jackson is the chief content officer for cllct. He spent 25 years at ESPN Digital Media, where he was the founding editor of Page 2, and nearly four years as the Executive Director for Digital Content at FOX Sports.