Notre Dame Legend Inspires Women's Basketball Team with Special Visit

An all-time great stopped by practice ahead of the 2024-25 women's basketball season

Mar 26, 2013; Iowa City, IA, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish guard Skylar Diggins (4) brings the ball up the floor against the Iowa Hawkeyes during the second round of the 2013 NCAA womens basketball tournament at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Notre Dame beat Iowa 74-57. / Reese Strickland-Imagn Images

In the storied history of the Notre Dame women's basketball program, few players can touch the levels Skylar Diggins reached as a player.

Diggins, now married and going by Diggins-Smith, helped guide Notre Dame to three-straight Final Four appearances and two national championship games while twice earning All-American status.

She has since gone on to star in the WNBA for the last decade and has earned all-WNBA honors first team honors four times while taking home second team honors twice.

As the Notre Dame women's basketball team continues to get ready for the upcoming season, Diggins-Smith stopped by to practice with the team Friday and share some words of wisdom for the nation's sixth rated team in the AP Preseason Top 25.

. @SkyDigg4 reminding us what this sisterhood is all about ☘️🤞 pic.twitter.com/mUIUjbqJ7S

— Notre Dame Women's Basketball (@ndwbb) October 18, 2024

Diggins-Smith just completed her 10th season competing in the WNBA, her first with the Seattle Storm.

She averaged 15.1 points, 6.4 assists, and 2.6 rebounds per game as Seattle went 25-15 in the regular season before being eliminated by Las Vegas in the first round of the WNBA playoffs.

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