Watch: Caitlin Clark discusses important task to complete before Olympics, WNBA season

"Obviously my focus is completely here now too, and I actually still need to earn my degree too. I need to graduate college first or else my mom might kill me," Clark said during her introductory news conference with the Fever on Wednesday. "But I think that's a dream. Like you grow up watching the Summer Olympics. To me, it's better than the Winter Olympics. I want to be on that team. I want to be an Olympic gold medalist one day and it'd really just be a dream come true, but everybody knows how competitive women's basketball is in our country, so it'll be hard for really anybody to make that team."

Clark was selected by the Fever with the first overall pick in Monday's WNBA Draft.

The 22-year-old Iowa icon will play in her first professional game with Indiana at 7:30 p.m. ET on May 14 on the road against the Connecticut Sun. The Fever are slated for their first preseason game at 8 p.m. ET on May 3 on the road against the Dallas Wings.

The Paris Games begin on July 26, with Team USA women's basketball's first group state game scheduled for July 29. The Fever and the rest of the WNBA will take a midseason break during the Olympics from July 21-Aug. 14.

Ben Golliver of The Washington Post reported on April 8 that Clark was one of 14 players invited to USA Basketball's training camp. The team will include 12 roster spots.