Sara Rogers

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No. 29 recruit in the Class of 2027 SportsCenter NEXT 100. Notre Dame women’s basketball had an offer out to her.

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The Dallas Wings’ Jessica Shepard and the Minnesota Lynx’s Olivia Miles were each named first-time WNBA All-Star starters Thursday, continuing a strong legacy of former Notre Dame women’s basketball standouts representing the league’s best. 🏀📝
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.@BremenSports senior @kincaid_emma26 is the @SBTsports staff pick for the 2026 Girls Athlete of the Year.

The @IWUWildcats commit was a three-sport athlete — a volleyball starter, a 1,000-point scorer for the IHSAA 2A semi-state runner-up @bremenladylions and a state qualifier in track & field.
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Headlined by the @SBTsports Baseball Player of the Year, @nphs_baseball senior @reedrobinson07, here is the Tribune’s All-Area Baseball Team.

Other area teams represented include @PennHSBaseball, @baseball_goshen, @NorthWoodBSB, @NilesBoys, @BremenBaseball1 and more. ⚾️📝
https://t.co/VyeNAwF3aW

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After Niele Ivey and her staff landed the highest-rated recruiting class of her tenure as Notre Dame women’s basketball’s head coach in the Class of 2026, and earned a commitment from Class of 2027 5-star Eve Long, here’s 16 more players the Irish have reportedly offered. 🏀📝
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Notre Dame women’s basketball announces it will compete in the fifth annual Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament November 24 and 26 in Paradise Island, Bahamas.

Other squads confirmed to play in the tournament are Florida, West Virginia and Davidson. Matchups and game times are yet to be announced.

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Notre Dame women’s basketball’s Anaya Hardy has dunked numerous times in practice this offseason and even in warm-ups for Louisville, but now the Irish have another dunker.

Via Niele Ivey’s Instagram, here’s freshman Isabella Sangha dunking a lob from Hardy in South Bend. 🏀🎥

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Notre Dame women’s basketball star Hannah Hidalgo has been nominated for an ESPY.

The 2026 Naismith Women’s Defensive Player of the Year is up for the “Best Single-Game Performance” Award for setting a new NCAA record with 16 steals against Akron November 12, 2025. 🏀🏆

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Jeff Walz vs. Brady Sallee November 12 will be appointment television.

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The Foster family’s life changed May 1 when Brian was critically injured as his car was hit by a semi. Despite a long road still ahead, Brian has made nothing but positive progress in the 54 days since.

Here’s how Natasha, @vaya14_ and @bfosssss have stayed positive and hopeful. 🏀📝
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Former Notre Dame women’s basketball standouts Jessica Shepard (6th) and Olivia Miles (9th) crack the top-10 of WNBA All-Star Voting First Returns.

The All-Star Game is Saturday, July 25 at the United Center in Chicago.

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In a nearly 30-minute exclusive interview at Wintrust Arena June 16, Chicago Sky star Skylar Diggins broke down her WNBA success, all things past and present Notre Dame women’s basketball, and her legacy as perhaps South Bend’s greatest athlete ever. 🏀📝
https://t.co/RTHBr754FN

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Pretty cool to see @SaintJoeGBB Class of 2029 standout @AriannaRowell on an unofficial visit to @IowaWBB, via her Instagram.

The rising @SaintJoeSports sophomore averaged 27.3 points, 2.8 assists, four rebounds and 3.9 steals per game last season. 🏀

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It’s been a very successful four months for Niele Ivey.

Led Notre Dame women’s basketball to its first Elite Eight appearance since 2019 in March, then led USA Basketball to a FIBA U18 Women’s AmeriCup championship Monday. 🥇

The head coach’s stacked resume continues to grow.

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With USA basketball’s 90-72 win against Canada Monday night, Niele Ivey officially led her home country to a perfect 5-0 record in the 2026 FIBA U18 Women’s AmeriCup, earning her first gold medal as a head coach.

More on Notre Dame’s leader here. 🏀🥇📝
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Class of 2027 No. 5 @eve_long23 discussed her commitment to Notre Dame women’s basketball with the @SBTribune, and it’s clear she wants to be remembered as one of the Irish’s best.

“When I commit to a school, I plan to stay there all four years.” 🏀📝
https://t.co/kdnhrcaXGW

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5-star Kaleena Smith took an official visit to Notre Dame April 24 and recently won a gold medal playing for USA Basketball under head coach Niele Ivey in the FIBA U18 Women’s AmeriCup.

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A final four run wasn’t what head coach Greg Dikos expected for @PennHSBaseball at the start of the season, but he and the Kingsmen wanted even more once they got there.

“We just wanted to show everybody how good we really were,” @brody_cashen said. ⚾️🏆📝
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Voting is open now for the 2026 South Bend Tribune Softball Player of the Year poll, with no restrictions or limitations until the poll closes Sunday, June 21 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Here are Scott Davidson’s nominees, and you can vote at the link below.

🥎🗳️: https://t.co/55ZE8iD5Bz

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It was a historic Thursday for @SBTsports boys golf, as 4 area teams advanced to next week’s IHSAA state finals for the first time since 2008, and @TrinitySBGolf and @PHS_Athletics1 each won their 1st IHSAA regional championship in program history. ⛳️🏆📝
https://t.co/a6QN0yXVug