Analyst makes feelings known on Caitlin Clark snub as $25,000,000 Olympian bags SI Sportsperson of the Year

Following the end of her historic college career and impressive rookie season, Caitlin Clark took home multiple awards in 2024. Despite all the recognition she got, one analyst was angered by her recently being snubbed.

Earlier Thursday morning, Sports Illustrated announced its Sportsperson of the Year for 2024. The publication ended up going with famous Olympic gymnast Simone Biles. She put together an impressive showing in the Summer Olympics this year, delivering the United States three gold medals.

Following this announcement, Jason Whitlock took to social media to give his thoughts on the decision. He feels that Caitlin Clark should have been chosen over the $25 million Olympian. His reasoning is that Biles only shined on the world stage for two weeks, while Clark and others competed for most of the year.

"This is a joke. She was relevant for 2 weeks this summer. Caitlin Clark and Shohei Ohtani were relevant for months."

While Whitlock's point has some merit, other factors need to be attributed. Biles might have only competed for a few weeks, but it was on the grandest stage in all of sports. On top of that, she took home the top prize in everything she competed in.

Clark might not have won this honor, but she did win something similar. A few weeks back, Time Magazine picked the Indiana Fever star for its Athlete of the Year for 2024.

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Caitlin Clark opens up on her favorite achievement on podcast with Jason and Travis Kelce

Winning the honor from Sports Illustrated would have been another big feat for Caitlin Clark, but she has far from gone without in terms of recognition. Just recently, the rising WNBA star touched on the achievement that means the most to her.

Jason and Travis Kelce kicked off 2025 in a big way by having Clark on a guest for their New Heights podcast. They covered an array of topics, including the former Philadelphia Eagles lineman gushing over all her accomplishments.

Jason proceeded to ask Caitlin Clark which achievement is her favorite, to which she gave two answers. She said her mom would want it to be her being an academic All-American at Iowa. However, the Fever guard went with winning Athlete of the Year by Time.

"The Time Athlete of the Year was cool too," Clark said. "Just because you see the list of all the athletes they had prior to me. A lot of those people I idolized growing up. LeBron's been the only other basketball player."

With the way things are going for her right now, Clark likely has many awards similar to this coming her way in the future.