Hannah Hidalgo (born February 22, 2005) is an American college basketball player for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish of the

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(ACC).

High school career

Raised in Merchantville, New Jersey, Hidalgo played basketball for Paul VI High School in Haddonfield, New Jersey, where she was coached by her father, Orlando. As a senior, she averaged 28.8 points, 7.3 steals, 6.4 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game, leading her team to the

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Non-Public A final. Hidalgo was named ''

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'' Player of the Year for her third straight season and was selected as New Jersey

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. She finished as her school's all-time leading scorer, with 2,135 points. Hidalgo played in the

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, sharing MVP honors with JuJu Watkins. She scored an event-record 26 points and had eight steals, which tied the record. Rated a five-star recruit and the number five player in her class by ESPN, she committed to play college basketball for

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over offers from Michigan, Stanford, Duke, Ohio State and UCF.

College career

On November 6, 2023, Hidalgo made her college debut, scoring 31 points in a 100–71 loss to AP No. 6 South Carolina. It was the highest-scoring debut by a Notre Dame player since at least 1999. In her next game, on November 12, Hidalgo posted 26 points, 12 steals, six rebounds and six assists in a 104–57 win over NJIT, matching the program single-game record for steals. On December 21, she recorded her first triple-double, with 26 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and five steals in an 84–47 win over Western Michigan. In her next game, Hidalgo tallied 32 points, seven steals, six assists and five rebounds in an 86–81 loss to

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. On January 27, 2024, she recorded 34 points, 10 rebounds and six assists in an 82–67 win over AP No. 8 UConn, surpassing the program freshman single-game scoring record held by Michelle Marciniak since 1991. In her following game, Hidalgo scored a career-high 35 points, along with eight assists and six steals, in an 85–48 win over Georgia Tech. On February 8, she tallied 30 points and seven steals in a 73–66 loss to AP No. 15 Louisville, breaking the Notre Dame freshman scoring record. In her next game, Hidalgo had 27 points, nine assists, seven rebounds and five steals in a 98–94 win over Florida State in double overtime. She surpassed Skylar Diggins for the most steals in a season in program history. On February 29, Hidalgo set the

(ACC) freshman scoring record while posting 23 points, 12 rebounds and six assists in a 71–68 win over AP No. 5 Virginia Tech. She earned first-team All-ACC honors and was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year.

National team career

Hidalgo played for the United States at the

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in Hungary. She averaged 7.7 points, 2.9 assists and 2.6 steals per game, helping her team win the gold medal. Hidalgo was named to the all-tournament team at the

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in Spain after helping the United States win the gold medal. She averaged 10.7 points, 5.4 assists and 3.4 rebounds per game, breaking team single-game records in assists (13) and steals (8). At the end of the year, she was named

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, becoming the second teenager to win the award.

Career statistics

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References

External links

Notre Dame Fighting Irish bioUSA Basketball bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hidalgo, Hannah 2005 births Living people All-American college women's basketball players American women's basketball players Basketball players from New Jersey McDonald's High School All-Americans Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball players Paul VI High School alumni People from Merchantville, New Jersey Basketball players from Camden County, New Jersey