India, Oct. 1 -- The Indiana Fever's season came to an end with a 107-98 overtime loss to the Las Vegas Aces in Game 5 of the WNBA semi-finals. Fever's loss on Tuesday also marked the end of guard Caitlin Clark's second year in the league. Clark will now head into the third year of her rookie-scale contract next season.

According to USA Today, she is projected to make $85,873 during the 2026 WNBA season, per the league's collective bargaining agreement, an increase from her estimated $78,066 base salary for this season.

Clark had kicked off her sophomore campaign with a 20-point, 10-assist, and 10-rebound triple-double against the Chicago Sky in the season opener in May. But injury issues dampened the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year's stro...