It has been a whirlwind five years for Catilin Clark that has now culminated in the greatest honor – being a guest on "The Eli Manning Show" presented by Panini Prizm.

"It's a dream come true," said Clark, the WNBA Rookie of the Year, All-Star, and NCAA Division 1 all-time leading scorer. "I never thought this day would come."

Kidding aside, Clark was in high school just a few years ago. Since then, she has taken the sports world by storm and became the first overall selection by the Indiana Fever, just like Manning did in the NFL two years after she was born.

"It honestly has all moved really fast," Clark said. "I feel like it's just one thing to the next. I feel like I was just in high school. I feel like I should still be in high school."

Clark reflected on her career while hanging out with Manning and Shaun O'Hara at the Panini Prizm Lounge in New Orleans during Super Bowl LIX Week. It was shortly after the Iowa Hawkeyes retired her No. 22 jersey fittingly on Feb. 2.

"It was fun to go back," said Clark, who was born on Jan. 22, 2002. "I honestly thought I would get back to Iowa City more than I have. It was only my second time back there since I left. So, it was fun to share it with a lot of former teammates that came back and teammates that are still on the team and old coaches. It wouldn't have happened without them."

Now she is paying it forward with the Caitlin Clark Foundation, which aims to uplift and improve the lives of youth and their communities through education, nutrition, and sports – three pillars Clark believes were foundational in her success.

"It's in the beginning stages," Clark said. "The goal is to uplift kids. It's something I'm very passionate about, so it's been really fun to do that and give back to not only Iowa but now Indianapolis too. I've been working on some fun different projects. That's the best, when you get to give back and do those types of things in your community."

Along the way, Clark has become an icon while popularizing women's sports.

"I feel like I don't honestly think about it a ton," Clark said. "You just kind of go out there and try to do your job every single night. But the amount of fans that show up and cheer for us, whether we're at home or on the road, you never take that for granted. I always try to look around before the game starts and really appreciate that and just how popular women's basketball has become on the college level but also the professional level too. It's really cool to see."

Last year, Clark became the first female athlete to have an exclusive partnership with Panini.

"It's pretty cool, and I was a kid that grew up collecting cards," Clark said. "Me and my older brother would just fight over them all the time, and I'm pretty sure my mom still has the booklet where you would slide all the cards in. It's pretty awesome, and my parents give them out to everybody. My mom just carries them in her purse and gives them to little kids that want to say hi. She always gives them to them. It's definitely super cool. That's something as a little kid you always dream of."

Speaking of fighting with older brothers, Clark had to play a game of "Sink It or Say It" to end the episode. She missed the putt and had to answer Shaun O'Hara's question of who is her favorite former NFL player.

"Not to make you mad, Eli," Clark said, "but I'm going with Peyton."

In her defense, Clark had a Peyton jersey growing up and now plays in his former city of Indianapolis, where there is a statue of him. But they came up with an idea to make things right.

"Can I get a signed jersey then you'll move into first place? Clark said to Eli, who obliged. "I'm on the Giants now."