ATLANTA – Fighting Irish junior Hannah Hidalgo is one of 15 players selected to the Wade Watch List on Tuesday. The Wade Trophy is presented to the best player in college women’s basketball and is selected by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.
The guard is coming off of another record-breaking campaign last year. She averaged 23.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 3.7 steals per game. She was the only player on the men’s or women’s side to average at least 20.0 points per game, 5.0 rebounds per game and 3.0 steals per game while shooting at least .400 from three-point range and .850 from the free throw line since 2000.
The Wade Watch list of candidates for the Wade Trophy is composed of players selected by the WBCA NCAA Division I Awards Committee. The committee will review the list midseason to determine if additional players will be added based on their play during the first half of the 2025-26 season. The winner of the award will be announced in April during the 2025 WBCA Convention in Phoenix — site of the 2026 NCAA Women’s Final Four.
Hidalgo and the Fighting Irish open the 2025-26 season on Wednesday evening inside Purcell Pavilion against FDU at 7 p.m. ET. The game will be streamed on ACCNX.