Caitlin Clark unveils Nike Caitlin 1 as her first signature shoe with an October release date

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Caitlin Clark yet has her ain signature shoe.

The Indiana Fever prima announced the Nike Caitlin 1 connected Wednesday afternoon, ending months of anticipation aft Nike revealed her signature logo past year.

Indiana Fever defender  Caitlin Clark celebrating a made changeable  connected  hoops  court

Caitlin Clark announces Nike Caitlin 1 signature shoe, expected to merchandise Oct. 1 astatine $140, featuring her interlocking CC logo and hidden Easter eggs. (Trevor Ruszkowski/Imagn Images)

Clark’s archetypal signature exemplary is expected to merchandise Oct. 1, according to aggregate reports. ESPN reported the footwear volition outgo $140 successful North America and $135 successful the remainder of the world.

"This is similar your debut album, you privation it to beryllium killer," Clark told ESPN.

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The archetypal look shows a royal bluish hoops footwear with Clark’s interlocking "CC" logo connected the lingua and outsole, a textured precocious and a layered Nike Swoosh connected the side. ESPN reported that the stacked Swooshes were designed to mimic Clark’s initials, portion the extracurricular of the ft includes nodes made of "C’s" and the wrong features "2’s" arsenic a motion to her No. 22 jersey.

Caitlin Clark posing with Indiana Fever jersey astatine  Gainbridge Fieldhouse

Caitlin Clark announces Nike Caitlin 1 signature shoe, expected to merchandise Oct. 1 astatine $140, featuring her interlocking CC logo and hidden Easter eggs. (Matt Kryger/NBAE via Getty Images)

There are besides messages underfoot, including "Shoot More Threes," "From Anywhere" and "It was ne'er a agelong shot."

"There's a batch of antithetic Easter eggs each implicit the shoes that radical tin hunt done the footwear and benignant of find," Clark told ESPN. "The footwear looks 1 mode erstwhile you're watching maine connected the court, but erstwhile you physically clasp it successful your manus and spot it up close, there's a batch of small discoverables for the consumer, which I deliberation is truly amusive too."

Clark teased the announcement passim the week. She hinted that her agelong tally of wearing Kobe Bryant sneakers was coming to an end, changed her Instagram illustration to amusement portion of the upcoming footwear and wore an all-blue outfit earlier Tuesday’s crippled against the Toronto Tempo with a bracelet that work "10-01-26."

The Caitlin 1 besides uses Nike’s caller "Opticast" technology, which the institution said is designed to trim resistance and amended on-court movement, according to ESPN. Nike said the footwear was built astir Clark’s speed, scope and unpredictability.

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Clark told ESPN she wanted the footwear to enactment some connected and disconnected the court.

"I wanted this to beryllium thing that looked antithetic than thing that's connected the shelves," Clark said, "but I besides wanted it to beryllium thing that radical are comfy wearing."

Indiana Fever defender  Caitlin Clark dribbling hoops  against Dallas Wings successful  game

Caitlin Clark announces Nike Caitlin 1 signature shoe, expected to merchandise Oct. 1 astatine $140, featuring her interlocking CC logo and hidden Easter eggs. (Michael Conroy/AP Photo)

Nike is besides launching an 18-piece Clark apparel enactment that includes jackets, T-shirts and graphic hoodies, according to ESPN.

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Clark becomes the 5th progressive WNBA subordinate with a signature footwear from a large brand, joining Angel Reese with Reebok, Breanna Stewart with Puma, Sabrina Ionescu with Nike and A’ja Wilson with Nike.

It’s different large concern marker for Clark, whose accomplishment successful the WNBA has driven ratings, attendance and attraction astir the league.

Now, she has the signature footwear to match.

Clark said Tuesday that she "probably was ne'er a kid that grew up reasoning that this was going to beryllium successful the cards" for her.

It is now.

Dan Zaksheske is simply a newsman astatine OutKick.

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