Indy Ignite's Anna DeBeer reacts as Caitlin Clark attends volleyball game to support team against Grand Rapids Rise

Anna DeBeer has reacted to Caitlin Clark’s presence during the Indy Ignite’s volleyball match against the Grand Rapids Rise. Clark was in attendance at the Fishers Event Center with boyfriend and assistant men’s basketball coach at Butler University, Conner McCaffrey.

The WNBA star representing the Indiana Fever cheered on the Indy Ignite volleyball team throughout as the team secured a convincing win against Grand Rapids Rise by 3-0 (25-18, 28-26, and 25-16).

After the team’s impressive victory, Clark posed for a photo with the Indy Ignite players, shared on the Indiana Fever’s Instagram account. The post was captioned:

“Women supporting women 💪”

Anna DeBeer responded to Caitlin Clark’s presence at the game by sharing it on her Instagram story, writing:

“🫶🫶"

Screenshot of Anna DeBeer's Instagram story (@anna.debeer)

DeBeer joined the Indy Ignite pro team after being chosen as the second overall pick in the 2024 ProVolleyball Federation Draft.

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Anna DeBeer opens up on how she got into volleyball

Anna DeBeer at 2022 Division I Women's Volleyball Championship (Photo: Getty Images)

Anna DeBeer shared with 502 Circle Athletes Kasean Pryor and Noah Waterman on Keep It 100 (via Floyd Street Media) how her journey with volleyball began. She opened up on how she earlier loved doing gymnastics but later transitioned to volleyball, adding (4:31):

“I really played a ton of different sports when I was young. Gymnastics was like my main sport. As a child, I loved it. But, I had a pretty serious injury in gymnastics and that's kind of what led me into volleyball.’”

However, after undergoing surgery, DeBeer reconsidered continuing with gymnastics, one of the reasons being her growing height. She further mentioned:

“It's kind of like a weird story. I had an overuse injury from like all the flips and like all the stuff we used to do. I had to have a surgery. They basically said I could go back to gymnastics. But, at that time, I was just like, ‘I don't really know.'”

“I was getting kind of tall and normally you're like supposed to be like short, you know, like Simone Biles. So, I was like, you know, ‘Maybe I should try something else.’ My dad was like, ‘You should try volleyball.’ I was like, ‘Okay, I'll go back to that.’ That's literally how I started playing in like sixth grade.”

DeBeer previously was a college player for Louisville Cardinals volleyball after an impressive NCAA career in the sport, where she played a key role in their run to the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship finals, despite missing the final due to an injury sustained in the semis.