USA! USA!! USA!!!
We have great news for Notre Dame and the entire United State of America — Hannah Hidalgo is on Team USA.
From the ND press release:
Hidalgo Named To 2025 USA Basketball Women’s AmeriCup Team
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — After three days of intense competition at the 2025 USA Basketball Women’s AmeriCup Team Trials, Irish guard Hannah Hidalgo has earned a spot on the team, the organization announced on Thursday.
In total, 12 of the 21 athletes who tried out for the team made the cut and will travel to Santiago, Chile from June 28-July 6 for the 2025 FIBA Women’s AmeriCup. The United States will open play in Group B with host nation Chile before facing Colombia, Puerto Rico and Mexico. The winner of the 2025 FIBA Women’s AmeriCup will earn a spot in the 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup in Berlin next summer.
Hidalgo will be chasing her third gold medal as a part of Team USA, as the rising junior won gold medals as part of the U17 and U19 Women’s World Cup teams in 2022 and 2023, respectively. Additionally, Hidalgo was the 2023 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year.
Last season, Hidalgo was one of the nation’s top guards, earning a spot on the AP All-America First Team for the second straight season. In doing so, she became just the fourth player in history to make the First Team in each of their first two years of collegiate basketball.
As a sophomore, Hidalgo set the Notre Dame single-season scoring record with 23.8 points per game, topping the mark she set as a freshman (22.6). All in all, Hidalgo currently holds 23 Irish records, including single-season steals (160) and steals per game (4.6). She ranks 18th in program history with 1551 career points and reached the 1000-point mark in a program-record 44 games.