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Hannah Hidalgo Named ACC Preseason Player of the Year

10/16/2025

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Hannah Hidalgo has been named the ACC Preseason Player of the Year for the 2025-26 season, as voted by coaches and media.
Hidalgo, a two-time AP First Team All-American, enters her junior year at Notre Dame after averaging over 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals per game last season.
Freshman Leah Macy, a five-star recruit from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, is included on the ACC Newcomer Watch List.
Notre Dame is predicted to finish fifth in the ACC preseason poll and will begin their season with an exhibition against Purdue Northwest on October 30.

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Hannah Hidalgo has been named the ACC Preseason Player of the Year for the 2025-26 season, as voted by coaches and media.
Hidalgo, a two-time AP First Team All-American, enters her junior year at Notre Dame after averaging over 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals per game last season.
Freshman Leah Macy, a five-star recruit from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, is included on the ACC Newcomer Watch List.
Notre Dame is predicted to finish fifth in the ACC preseason poll and will begin their season with an exhibition against Purdue Northwest on October 30.