2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

#3 Hannah Hidalgo Women's Basketball Roster

Guard

Height 5-6

Class Freshman

Eligibility Freshman

Hometown Merchantville, NJ

High School Paul VI

Bio / Statistics

HONORS AND AWARDS

AP All-America First Team
2024 ACC Tournament champion
2024 ACC Tournament MVP
2024 ACC Rookie of the Year
2024 ACC Defensive Player of the Year
2024 All-ACC First Team
2024 Dawn Staley Award
2024 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year semifinalist
2024 Nancy Lieberman Award Top 5 Finalist
2024 Wooden Award Finalist
2024 WBCA Coaches All-America First Team
2024 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 per game
- 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
Leads ACC in scoring with 23.3 points per game
Leads 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