Lexie Hull reveals most rewarding part about playing for Fever during Caitlin Clark era

Lexie Hull led nan Indiana Fever to nan brink of nan WNBA Finals past season. 

She did it without Caitlin Clark connected nan level aft nan superstar was injured.

Now, pinch Clark returning successful 2026, Hull believes and expects they tin triumph a title and beforehand nan crippled for nan adjacent procreation of fans and aspiring players.

Indiana Fever defender Lexie Hull (10), defender Caitlin Clark (22) and defender Sophie Cunningham (8) laughter adjacent nan squad chair June 3, 2025, during a crippled against nan Washington Mystics astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis. (IMAGN)

"Seeing girls, seeing boys show up each time and being capable to springiness them aspirations and show them what they tin do and show them nan possibilities," Hull told Fox News Digital of nan rewards of playing successful nan WNBA.

"Growing up, I didn't needfully watch nan WNBA arsenic much, didn't person dreams of playing successful nan convention astatine a young age. And now girls person nan expertise to watch us, spot us, dream astir being master athletes. And that's what's been nan astir rewarding portion astir it.

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"I emotion nan game, and I emotion erstwhile [the fans] show up. And that's portion of nan logic why I emotion doing what I do, is to spot fans successful nan stands, spot small girls and being capable to beryllium a domiciled exemplary for them connected and disconnected nan court. I deliberation that's really what drives maine and fuels me."

Hull, who was drafted by nan Fever successful 2022, played her first 2 WNBA seasons without nan monolithic spotlight that Clark brought successful 2024.

They sewage nan Fever to nan playoffs together for nan first clip since 2016 that twelvemonth earlier Hull led nan squad connected a playoff tally while Clark and teammate Sophie Cunningham were connected nan chair pinch injuries successful 2026.

In a career-best twelvemonth successful 2025, Hull averaged profession highs successful points (7.2), rebounds (4.3) and assists (1.8) while shooting 36.7% from 3-point scope and appearing successful each 44 games.

FEVER'S LEXIE HULL SPEAKS OUT AGAINST ATTACKS ON PLAYERS AS TEAM'S POPULARITY GROWS DURING CAITLIN CLARK ERA

Lexie Hull of nan Indiana Fever during a crippled against nan Washington Mystics astatine CFG Bank successful Baltimore Sept. 7, 2025. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

In nan playoffs, she averaged 10.3 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists successful 8 games. It each came to an extremity successful a 107-98 overtime nonaccomplishment to nan Las Vegas Aces successful Game 5 of nan WNBA semifinals.

But Hull says she believes nan 2026 team, successful twelvemonth 3 of nan Clark era, will beryllium a different show and 1 that is gunning for nan title.

"I deliberation it's because we made it wherever we made it past twelvemonth without immoderate of our cardinal pieces, and pinch a batch of injuries, and a batch of, like, this adversity. … Our chair was longer than each different bench. We had much group successful nan training room getting curen than immoderate different team, and we still almost made it to nan Finals," Hull said.

"Tasting that and being truthful adjacent and emotion for illustration we person truthful overmuch much to give, I deliberation that conscionable changes our mindset a small bit. And it's not needfully overconfident, but assured successful nan truth that we really do person a chance. And we should beryllium playing for illustration each crippled matters, and we're preparing for that past one.

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The Indiana Fevers' Lexie Hull, Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham watch arsenic nan Golden State Valkyries observe their 88-77 triumph successful a WNBA crippled astatine Chase Center successful San Francisco June 19, 2025. (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

"I deliberation it's very achievable pinch what we're going to beryllium capable to do pinch free agency."

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