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#3 Hannah Hidalgo 2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

Guard

Height 5-6
Class Freshman
Eligibility Freshman
Hometown Merchantville, NJ
High School Paul VI
Hannah Hidalgo - Women's Basketball - Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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HONORS AND AWARDS

  • 2024-25
    • Preseason AP All-American
    • ACC Preseason Player of the Year
      • Just the third player in conference history to be the Preseason Player of the Year the season after being Rookie of the Year
    • Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List
    • Wooden Award Watch List
  •  2023-24
    • AP All-America First Team
    • ACC Tournament champion
    • ACC Tournament MVP
    • ACC Rookie of the Year
    • ACC Defensive Player of the Year
    • All-ACC First Team
    • Dawn Staley Award
    • Naismith Defensive Player of the Year semifinalist
    • Nancy Lieberman Award Top 5 Finalist
    • Wooden Award Finalist
    • WBCA Coaches All-America First Team
    • Woody Miller Player of the Year
    • 2023 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year
    • AP National Player of the Week (Dec. 26)
    • Naismith Women’s College Basketball Player of the Week (Jan. 29)
    • Three-time USBWA Tamika Catchings National Freshman of the Week (Nov. 20, Dec. 27 & Jan. 30)
    • Three-time ACC Player of the Week (Nov. 20, Dec. 26, March 4)
    • 12-time ACC Rookie of the Week (Nov. 13, Nov. 20, Nov. 27, Dec. 18, Dec. 26, Jan. 2, Jan. 8, Jan. 15, Jan. 29, Feb. 5, Feb. 12, March 4)
      • Holds the ACC record for most ROTW honors
      • Just the second Irish player ever to earn ACC Rookie and Player of the Week honors in the same week
    • Ranked the No. 10 player in the nation (No. 2 freshman) by ESPN on Dec. 21
    • Wade Watch List
    • Naismith Women’s College Player of the Year Midseason Team

AS A FRESHMAN (2023-24)

  • Broke Notre Dame single-season records in numerous categories
    • 22.6 points per game
    • 4.6 steals per game
    • 160 steals
    • 237 free throw attempts (tied)
  • Ranked in top 10 in program history in numerous additional categories
    • 790 points (3rd in school history)
    • 35 double-figure games (T-7th in school history)
    • 35 consecutive double-figure scoring games (2nd in school history)
    • 26 20+ point games (2nd in school history)
    • Five 30+ point games (2nd in school history)
    • 278 FGM (4th in school history)
    • 624 FGA (3rd in school history)
    • 184 FTM (2nd in school history)
    • 1252 minutes (6th in school history)
    • 35.8 minutes per game (4th in school history)
    • Eight double-doubles (4th in school history among guards)
  • Top 10 amongst Notre Dame freshmen rankings —
    • 790 points (1st)
    • 22.6 points per game (1st) — ignore this for posting since she set the overall record
    • 278 FGM (1st)
    • 624 FGA (1st)
    • 50 made 3s (3rd)
    • 147 3s attempted (3rd)
    • 34.0 3FG% (7th)
    • 184 FTM (1st)
    • 237 FTA (1st)
    • 216 rebounds (7th)
    • 194 assists (2nd)
    • 5.5 assists per game (2nd)
    • 160 steals (1st)
    • 4.6 steals per game (1st)
    • 35 games started (T-2nd)
    • 35 games played (T-9th)
    • 1253 minutes played (1st)
    • 35.8 minutes per game (1st)
  • Led the nation with 4.6 steals per game
  • Had 14 points, 11 assists and 6 steals in her NCAA Tournament debut, becoming just the fifth player in Notre Dame history to post 11+ assists in the Tournament
  • In the ACC Tournament, averaged 19.3 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists per game. Was ultimately named Tournament MVP
  • Led nation in steals with 4.6 per game
  • Has 147 steals this season, a Notre Dame record previously held by Skylar Diggins
  • Scored her 500th point with a free throw against Pittsburgh on Feb. 4, becoming the fastest player in program history to reach 500 points in a single season
    • Also had her eighth consecutive game with 20+ points, a program record
  • Scored 35 points at Georgia Tech, breaking her own freshman single-game scoring record
  • Against No. 8 UConn, Hidalgo scored 34 points, a then career-high that is was the Notre Dame single-game freshman scoring record. It was also her third 30+-point game, which is a freshman record
  • One of two players major conference players in the nation (Iowa’s Caitlin Clark is other) averaging 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game
  • Against Virginia, posted her ninth game this season with at least 6 steals, breaking the Notre Dame career record held by Skylar Diggins
  • Against Virginia, posted 23 points marking the 14th time this year she’s eclipsed 20 points. That breaks the Irish freshman record held by Beth Morgan
  • Scored 32 points at Syracuse, a then-career high
  • Notched her first career triple-double with 26 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists against Western Michigan. It is the highest-scoring triple-double in Irish history and just the second ever achieved by a true freshman
  • Posted 27 steals through her first four games, the most by any Division I player in the country in one’s first four games in 25 years
  • Scored 31 points in against South Carolina on Nov. 6, the most points ever scored by an Irish freshman — male or female — in their Notre Dame debut
  • Notched 12 steals in a win over NJIT, which tied the Notre Dame single-game record held by Marina Mabrey (11/23/15)

PREP AND PERSONAL 

  • No. 5 recruit in the 2023 class according to the ESPN HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings
  • 2023 Gatorade New Jersey Player of the Year
  • Posted a record-breaking 26 points at the McDonald’s All-America Games, tied game record with 8 steals. Named Co-MVP of the game
  • 2023 FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup
  • 2023 Nike Hoop Summit participant
  • 2022 FIBA U17 Women’s World Cup Gold Medalist
  • Played club basketball for Philly Rise
  • Scored 2,135 points in high school despite COVID-19 interruptions
  • Majoring in Film, Television and Theatre