Notre Dame women's basketball ACC awards: Hannah Hidalgo wins ACC Player of the Year

There’s no doubting who is the best player in the Atlantic Coast Conference. It’s Notre Dame sophomore guard Hannah Hidalgo, winner of the 2024-25 ACC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year awards, the league announced Friday. The selections were made by a collection of media members on the Blue Ribbon Panel.

Hidalgo is averaging 24.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 3.7 steals per game through 27 appearances this season. She’s shooting 46.4 percent from the field, 40.1 percent from three-point range and 86.2 percent from the free throw line. She’s second in the conference in scoring, first in steals and fourth in free throw percentage.

In addition to Hidalgo’s award wins, Notre Dame is represented on the postseason awards list by senior guards Sonia Citron and Olivia Miles making the All-ACC First Team, graduate senior forward Liatu King earning an All-ACC Second Team nod and freshman center Kate Koval landing on the All-ACC Freshman Team. Citron also was tabbed to the All-ACC Defensive Team.

Notre Dame head coach Niele Ivey was beat out for ACC Coach of the Year by NC State’s Wes Moore. Ivey and Moore’s teams went head-to-head just over a week ago in a double overtime thriller. The Wolfpack came out on top, 104-95. Both teams finished with a 16-2 conference record, so the tiebreaker went to NC State (24-5).

Notre Dame (25-4) will head to Greensboro, N.C., for the ACC Tournament this week as the No. 2 seed. The Fighting Irish begin the tourney Friday at 5 p.m. ET against a team to be determined on Thursday.

Here’s a look at all of the award winners from across the conference.

2024-25 All-ACC Women’s Basketball Team
Player of the Year: Hannah Hidalgo, So., G, Notre Dame
Defensive Player of the Year: Hannah Hidalgo, So., G, Notre Dame
Rookie of the Year: Toby Fournier, F, Duke
Coach of the Year: Wes Moore, NC State
Sixth Player of the Year: Dani Carnegie, Fr., G, Georgia Tech
Most Improved Player: Zoe Brooks, So., G, NC State

All-ACC First Team
Hannah Hidalgo, So., G, Notre Dame – 2257
Ta’Niya Latson, Jr., G, Florida State – 2173
Olivia Miles, Jr., G, Notre Dame – 1949
Aziaha James, Sr., G, NC State – 1902
Makayla Timpson, Sr., F, Florida State – 1729
Sonia Citron, Sr., G, Notre Dame – 1398
Kymora Johnson, So., G, Virginia – 1339
Saniya Rivers, Sr., G, NC State – 1316
Alyssa Ustby, Gr., G/F, North Carolina – 1010
Khadija Faye, Gr., C, Pitt – 973
Zoe Brooks, So., G, NC State – 968
Kara Dunn, Jr., G, Georgia Tech – 965
Toby Fournier, Fr., F, Duke – 916
Jayda Curry, Sr., G, Louisville – 881
O’Mariah Gordon, Sr., G, Florida State – 878

All-ACC Second Team
Haley Cavinder, Gr., G, Miami – 834
Ioanna Krimili, Sr., G, California – 711
Ashlon Jackson, Sr., G, Duke – 657
Liatu King, Gr., F, Notre Dame – 649
Maria Gakdeng, Sr., C, North Carolina – 623
Tonie Morgan, Jr., G, Georgia Tech – 611
Reniya Kelly, So., G, North Carolina – 585
Nunu Agara, So., F, Stanford – 550
Tajianna Roberts, Fr., G, Louisville – 456
Nya Robertson, Jr., G, SMU – 427

All-Defensive Team
Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame – 484
Makayla Timpson, Florida State – 368
Saniya Rivers, NC State – 226
Jadyn Donovan, Duke – 161
Alyssa Ustby, North Carolina – 123
Sonia Citron, Notre Dame – 109

All-Freshman Team
Toby Fournier, Duke – 520
Tajianna Roberts, Louisville – 410
Dani Carnegie, Georgia Tech – 380
Tilda Trygger, NC State – 164
Lanie Grant, North Carolina – 116
Kate Koval, Notre Dame – 103

ACC Most Improved
Zoe Brooks, NC State – 124
Reniya Kelly, North Carolina – 114
Khadija Faye, Pitt – 96

ACC Sixth Player
Dani Carnegie, Georgia Tech – 372
Oluchi Okananwa, Duke – 324
Tess Heal, Stanford – 52

ACC Coach of the Year
Wes Moore, NC State – 306
Niele Ivey, Notre Dame – 184
Charmin Smith, California – 99