NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale women's basketball team honored two players with team awards Thursday night at the annual post-season dinner. Senior guard Jenna Clark (Pittsburgh, Pa.) won the Gabby Nelson Outstanding Leadership Award and senior forward Brenna McDonald (Natick, Mass.) won the Most Improved Player Award.
Clark earned the Outstanding Leadership Award, named in honor of 2018-19 captain Gabby Nelson '19, after captaining the Bulldogs in 2023-24.

Clark was an honorable mention All-Ivy League selection this past season. She capped her stellar career by scoring her 1,000th career point in the season finale, becoming the 24th Bulldog to accomplish that feat. She led Yale in scoring for the second season in a row.
 
Clark finished this season with a school-record 165 assists. That was the fifth-most assists ever in a single season by an Ivy player. She was just the second player in Ivy League history to lead the league in assists for three straight seasons. Her 483 career assists rank her second in Yale history. 
 
A sociology major, Clark earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District recognition this year. She is a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School.
McDonald earned the Most Improved Player Award after the best season of her career. She led the Ivy League in field goal percentage and blocks and was third on the team in scoring. She established career highs in all of those categories. 
Last season McDonald led the Ivy League in blocks per game. 
 
A history of science, medicine, and public health major, McDonald earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District recognition this year. She is a graduate of Natick High School.
 
The awards and dinner help wrap up the 2023-24 season – the final one at Yale for Clark, McDonald and fellow seniors Klara Astrom (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Haley Sabol (Pittsburgh, Pa.).