CLEVELAND — On Monday, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced that Sonia Citron, Hannah Hidalgo and Olivia Miles were named to the Naismith Trophy Women’s Player of the Year Watch List. The 50-player watch list is filled with the nation’s top players, and just a handful of teams have three or more players on the list.
Citron averaged 17.3 points per game last season and is considered by Karen and Kevin Keyes Family Head Coach Niele Ivey to be the team’s “glue.” She also played 35.8 minutes per game, which is tied for fourth in school history. Citron was named to the All-ACC Second Team last season and was First Team All-ACC Tournament. Citron was named Preseason All-ACC last week along with both Hidalgo and Miles.
Hidalgo was already named a preseason AP All-American and earned ACC Preseason Player of the Year honors. Last season, she rewrote the record books after posting 22.6 points, 6.2 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 4.6 steals per game. She broke the ACC freshman scoring record, led the country in steals, was named an AP All-American, and won the Dawn Staley Award for nation’s best point guard, among other honors.
Arguably the nation’s best floor general, Miles returns to the court this season after missing last year while rehabbing a torn ACL. She was the 2023 ACC Player of the Year runner-up and was named to the AP All-America Second Team for the 2022-23 season. Miles averaged 14.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 2.1 steals per game as a junior.