Notre Dame junior Hannah Hidalgo was named to the 2025-26 USA Today Sports Preseason All-America Women’s Basketball First Team Thursday morning. Add this to the long list of preseason accolades Hidalgo has been a part of, including being voted the 2025-26 Preseason Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Year.
Hidalgo is the reigning ACC Player of the Year after shooting 40% from the 3-point line and 85% from the free throw line while averaging 23.8 points per game for the Irish in the 2024-25 campaign. She is coming off a historic season for Notre Dame, including being named an All-America First Teamer, a Wooden Award Finalist and a Naismith Player of the Year Finalist.
Hidalgo, who averaged 3.6 steals per game last season, was also named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year.
Below is the full USA Today Sports Preseason All-America Women’s Basketball First & Second Team.
First Team
G Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
G Ta’Niya Latson, South Carolina
F Sarah Strong, Connecticut
F Madison Booker, Texas
C Lauren Betts, UCLA
Second team
G Azzi Fudd, Connecticut
G Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt
F Joyce Edwards, South Carolina
F Toby Fournier, Duke
C Raegan Beers, Oklahoma
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Notre Dame’s Hannah Hidalgo named to USA Today Sports’ Preseason All-America First Team
Reporting by Kyle Smedley, South Bend Tribune / South Bend Tribune
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