Hidalgo, Miles Named To Wooden Award National Ballot

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Hannah Hidalgo and Olivia Miles added another line to their list of accomplishments on Sunday, as the guards were named to the 2025 Women’s National Ballot for the John R. Wooden Award. The 15 student-athletes who made the cut are candidates for the Wooden Award All-America Team and the Wooden Award Trophy, which is presented annually to the top women’s college basketball player in the country.

Notre Dame is one of four schools with multiple players on the list.

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. Hidalgo also ranks fourth in the ACC with a 40.7 success rate from beyond the arc and is averaging a pair of triples per game.

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. She also has 108 steals this year, the sophomore record. It is just the fourth time in program history a Notre Dame player has had a 100-steal season. Hidalgo did it last year as well (160).

To date, Miles is averaging 16.2 points, 5.9 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game. She is one of four players nationally averaging 16, 5 and 5. The New Jersey native leads the ACC in assists per game (14th nationally) and ranks ninth in the conference in scoring. She is shooting 49.6 percent from the floor (ninth in the ACC) and 40.9 percent from deep (third in the ACC).

Additionally, Miles leads the nation with three triple-doubles this season and became the first player in ACC history with back-to-back triple-doubles (Loyola and Virginia). Her 20-point triple-double in Notre Dame’s opener against Mercyhurst came on the heels of a year off while rehabbing a torn ACL, making her the first player in NBA, WNBA or college basketball player in history to sit out for a year due to injury and post a 20-point triple-double in their first game back.