Raven Johnson's 'revenge tour' adds a surprise stop: Getting drafted by Caitlin Clark's WNBA team

South Carolina's Raven Johnson was selected by the Indiana Fever at the 2026 WNBA draft. (Thien-An Truong / Getty Images) It turns out Raven Johnson's "revenge tour" wasn't completely over. The South Carolina guard was selected as the 10th overall pick by the Indiana Fever at the 2026 WNBA draft Monday , setting her up to be reunited with a former college teammate as well as a notable rival.

Described as "one of the most WNBA-ready players" in the mock draft by The Times, the two-time national champion was famously waved off by then-Iowa phenom Caitlin Clark during their Final Four matchup in the 2023 NCAA women's basketball tournament. During the first quarter, Clark declined to guard Johnson, who had the ball outside of the three-point line, with wave of her arm while turned away from her. Not only did Clark's team go on to win, the taunt — much like a number of other moments involving the sharpshooting former Hawkeye — went viral.

Read more: Sparks surprised, excited to land versatile South Carolina guard late in WNBA draft Johnson has been open about how that moment and the online response took a toll on her mental health. “I was all over the internet,” Johnson said while discussing some of the adversity she's faced in her basketball career on a recent episode of the “I Am Next” podcast . "I got bashed, I got bullied, I got called all these things that I wasn't ...

like a monkey [and] just things like that. I wanted to quit basketball at that time and I wanted to just go in this little bubble of isolation and just be by myself. " She credited her faith and the support of her teammates and loved ones for being able to turn it around and use the moment to fuel her "revenge tour" the next year.