Hidalgo named to AP All-America 1st team
Hannah Hidalgo continues to make history.
The Notre Dame women’s basketball star has now been named to the AP All-America First Team as a freshman and sophomore, becoming just the fourth player in history to do so and joining USC’s JuJu Watkins, Connecticut’s Maya Moore and Oklahoma’s Courtney Paris.
Watkins was a unanimous choice for this year’s squad, while Hidalgo received all but two first-place votes. UConn’s Paige Bueckers, UCLA’s Lauren Betts and Texas’ Madison Booker are the other first-team players.
Hidalgo is pacing the Irish this season on both ends of the court. She leads the team with 24.2 points and 3.7 steals per game, marks that both rank fourth in the nation. The 5-6 guard has already re-written portions of the Irish record book, too. At the ACC Tournament, Hidalgo joined Irish legend Arike Ogunbowale as the only players in Notre Dame history to post multiple 700-point seasons.
Notre Dame’s Olivia Miles was named to the AP second-team squad, while Sonia Citron received honorable mention.
The Irish return to the floor for the first time in two weeks Friday afternoon at 2 p.m., when they play host to Stephen F. Austin in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
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