Hidalgo is pacing the Irish this season on both ends of the court. She leads the team with 24.2 points and 3.7 steals per game, marks that rank second and fourth in the nation, respectively. Hidalgo ranks fifth in the ACC with a 40.1 success rate from beyond the arc and is averaging 2.1 triples per game.
The 5-6 guard has already re-written portions of the Irish record book, too. She is the only player in program history with 600 points in both her freshman and sophomore seasons in South Bend, and she has 100 steals this year, the sophomore record. It is just the fourth time in program history a Notre Dame player has had a 100-steal season. Hidalgo did it last year as well (160).
Additionally, she now has 47 career games with 20+ points (fourth in program history) and nine career games with 30+ points (second in program history).
Hidalgo is joined on the finalist list by Florida State’s Ta’Niya Latson, LSU’s Flau’jae Johnson, USC’s JuJu Watkins and Vanderbilt’s Mikayla Blakes.