Hannah Hidalgo - Notre Dame All-American basketball player on Jesus and the rise of women's hoops
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4.9 • 684 Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Hannah Hidalgo is a women's basketball player at the University of Notre Dame. In high school, she was coached by her father Orlando and was named the New Jersey Gatorade Player of the Year and won co-MVP honors at the 2023 McDonalds All-American game.
In her freshman season at Notre Dame, Hidalgo shined for the Irish, averaging 22.6 points, 6.2 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 4.6 steals per game and helped her team reach the Sweet Sixteen. She was named to the AP All-American First Team for 2023-24, ACC Defensive Player of the Year and the 2024 ACC Tournament MVP.
Today on the podcast, Hannah Hidalgo shares how she’s grown as a Christian in the midst of her basketball success. She’s stressed the importance of playing for an audience of one.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, guys, today on the show, Hannah Hidalgo, one of the best women's college basketball players in |
| 0:05.7 | the country, first team All-American with Notre Dame. She played in her freshman year last year. And like I |
| 0:12.7 | mentioned, first team All-American led the team to the Sweet 16, and she broke a ton of Notre Dame |
| 0:18.5 | fighting Irish records in women's collegeball. She is one of the best |
| 0:23.9 | out there. She's also a very unapologetic, bold, outspoken follower of Jesus. And that's obviously |
| 0:32.6 | why we wanted to have her on. So we're excited for you to hear Hannah Hidalgo. She's coming up in |
| 0:37.2 | just a moment here today on Sports Spectrum. First, I just want're excited for you to hear Hannah Hidalgo. She's coming up in just a moment here today on |
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| 1:54.5 | Hannah Hidalgo, welcome to sports spectrum. It's so good to see you. |
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