CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo is the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year, while N.C. State’s Wes Moore is coach of the year, and Duke’s Toby Fournier won rookie of the year.
Hidalgo, a sophomore, is the nation’s No. 3 scorer at 24.2 points and was also voted as league defensive player of the year. She has joined with Olivia Miles in forming an elite backcourt that helped the pre-season league favorite and sixth-ranked Fighting Irish claim a share of the regular-season title.
Moore’s seventh-ranked Wolfpack shared that title but claimed the No. 1 seed by virtue of winning the head-to-head matchup in double overtime, while sophomore guard Zoe Brooks was the league’s most improved player.
The individual honours included Duke freshman forward Toby Fournier as league rookie of the year and Georgia Tech freshman guard Dani Carnegie as top sixth player.
Fournier, a native of Toronto, Ont. became the first Duke player since Elizabeth Williams in 2012 to earn ACC rookie of the year honours. She ended the regular season averaging 14.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.2 blocks while shooting 55.0 per cent from the field. She led the Blue Devils in scoring despite playing only 19.8 minutes per game and with all 29 appearances coming off the bench.
Hidalgo and national scoring leader Ta’Niya Latson of No. 22 Florida State (25.4) headlined the all-ACC first team, a list that included Miles and Sonia Citron from Notre Dame as well as Brooks, Saniya Rivers and Aziaha James for N.C. State.
— With files from Sportsnet Staff
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