Hannah Hidalgo

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Hannah Hidalgo
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Hidalgo with Notre Dame in 2025
No. 3–Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Position Point guard
League Atlantic Coast Conference
Personal information
Born (2005-02-22) February 22, 2005 (age 19)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Career information
High school Paul VI
(Haddonfield, New Jersey)
College Notre Dame (2023–present)
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
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FIBA Under-19 World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Spain Team
FIBA Under-17 World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Hungary Team

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

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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. [1] 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 South Jersey Non-Public A final. Hidalgo was named Courier-Post Player of the Year for her third straight season and was selected as New Jersey Gatorade Player of the Year. [2] She finished as her school's all-time leading scorer, with 2,135 points. [3] Hidalgo played in the McDonald's All-American Game, sharing MVP honors with JuJu Watkins. She scored an event-record 26 points and had eight steals, which tied the record. [4] Rated a five-star recruit and the number five player in her class by ESPN, she committed to play college basketball for Notre Dame over offers from Michigan, Stanford, Duke, Ohio State and UCF. [5]

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. [6] 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. [7] 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. [8] In her next game, Hidalgo tallied 32 points, seven steals, six assists and five rebounds in an 86–81 loss to Syracuse. [9] 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. [10] 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. [11] 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. [12] 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. [13] On February 29, Hidalgo set the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) freshman scoring record while posting 23 points, 12 rebounds and six assists in a 71–68 win over AP No. 5 Virginia Tech. [14] She earned first-team All-ACC honors and was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year. [15]

National team career

Hidalgo played for the United States at the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup in Hungary. She averaged 7.7 points, 2.9 assists and 2.6 steals per game, helping her team win the gold medal. [1] Hidalgo was named to the all-tournament team at the 2023 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup 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). [16] At the end of the year, she was named USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year, becoming the second teenager to win the award. [17]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG%  Field goal percentage
 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game
 SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game TO  Turnovers per game PPG Points per game
 Bold Career high * Led Division I

College

Hannah Hidalgo NCAA Statistics
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2023–24 Notre Dame 353535.9.446.340.7766.25.54.6*0.13.422.6
Career353535.9.446.340.7766.25.54.60.13.422.6

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  2. ↑ Friedman, Josh (March 15, 2023). "Paul VI's Hannah Hidalgo Girls Basketball Player of the Year again; All-South Jersey teams". Courier-Post . Retrieved November 7, 2023.
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