Caitlin

Caitlin Villarreal felt giddy the first time she stepped inside the Whitley Heights rental, a storied 1926 Mediterranean-style penthouse with towering ceilings, hand-carved wooden beams and a pair of arched bookcases alongside an oversize fireplace.

"Life for Caitlin's family will never be the same again, there's a deep dark void that can never be filled," she said.

Bouncing beneath her trademark bun, moving so effortlessly yet intensely through the court that she reminds folks of Kobe Bryant, Watkins has replaced Caitlin Clark as the face of women’s college basketball.

Watkins passed Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer, for the second-most points scored through their first two college seasons.

In the process, Watkins became one of the fastest in women’s basketball history to pass the 1,000-point mark, outpacing former Iowa star Caitlin Clark, who won the previous three Big Ten Player of the Year awards.