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Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo is a star, and she continues to make history in her college basketball career.
On Saturday in a game versus DePaul, Hidalgo made extremely impressive college basketball history not seen in the men's or women's game. The guard became the first NCAA Division I player in general to record 2,000 career points and 500 career steals, per ESPN Insights. Steals became official in the NCAA during the 1987-88 season.
She is also the only player in college basketball history to reach 2,500 points, 500 rebounds, 500 assists and 500 steals.
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In Saturday's game, Hidalgo totaled 31 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and four steals. She entered the game with 496 career steals, so those four steals on Saturday brought her to the grand total of 500. And, the 2026-27 season just started. Notre Dame is only four games into the season, so Hidalgo will only continue to add to these totals before her college career is over.
Hidalgo's already at 2,573 career points since the 2023-24 season. She reached 2,000 points last season after she accumulated 909 points throughout the season.
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Hidalgo was understandably ecstatic after her performance on Saturday. She's grateful for the opportunities she's been given to play basketball in her career.
"I'm just so blessed to be able to play the game of basketball," Hidalgo said, via NBC Sports. "I'm super excited. I don't ever take a game for granted. So, me showing my passion is just my way of showing how blessed I am to play the game of basketball."
Fighting Irish head coach Niele Ivey praised her star player in her post-game press conference.
"It’s hard to put into perspective," Ivey said. "I said to the team afterwards, I talked about that is an incredible stat for any college player, not just a gender. Women’s or men, it’s such an incredible accomplishment. That's really hard to have 2,500 points and 500 rebounds, assists and steals. It's just phenomenal how she impacts the game on both sides of the ball where her consistency as she's been here at Notre Dame. It's just an incredible stat, really proud of her."
In ESPN's recent WNBA mock draft, Michael Voepel has Hidalgo being selected No. 3 overall. If she keeps playing at the high level she already is this season, there's a good chance she could go first or second come April.
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