ATLANTA – Senior guard Hannah Hidalgo has been selected to the 2026-27 Preseason Wade Watch List, which honors the top player in NCAA Division I college women’s basketball and is selected by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.
One of just 15 players selected to the watch list, Hidalgo enters her senior season at Notre Dame as one of the nation’s premier players after putting together one of the most statistically dominant seasons in college basketball history a year ago. She led the ACC in scoring at 25.3 points per game and the nation in steals at 5.6 per game, while averaging 6.9 rebounds and 5.2 assists per contest. She is the only men’s or women’s college basketball player this century to average at least 25 points, five rebounds, five assists and five steals per game. Her 202 steals set an NCAA single-season record.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Wade Trophy. One of the players on the preseason watch list, or a player who may earn their way onto the watch list over the next three months will be presented with the 50th Wade Trophy this April in Columbus, Ohio.
Following a season-opening win over Villanova in Rome last Sunday, the Irish return to Purcell Pavilion for their home opener on Friday, Nov. 6, hosting Stonehill at 7 p.m.