Skylar Diggins-Smith

She scored then season-high 24 points in a 73–59 win over fourth-ranked Tennessee in the Elite Eight to help Notre Dame reach its 3rd Final Four ever.

She was recognized as MOP of the NCAA Dayton Regional.

In the Final Four, Diggins-Smith recorded season-high 28 points, six assists, four rebounds, and 2 steals in a 72–63 victory against top-seeded UConn, the defending champions.

In a 76–70 loss to Texas A&M Aggies at the national championship game, Diggins-Smith posted 23 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals, and was named to the Final Four All-Tournament Team.

However, she committed 6 turnovers, the last one ending Notre Dame's chances for good as the game clock wound down.

As the Associated Press reported, "Diggins, fighting back tears, said the Irish couldn't handle A&M's pressure. 'We turned it over too much. I don't know if it was nerves or what,' she said. 'We just didn't handle the pressure.'" Diggins-Smith was a third-team All-American: she earned third-team All-American honors from the AP and the USBWA, and made the State Farm Coaches All-America Team.

Skylar Kierra Diggins-Smith (born August 2, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Diggins-Smith rose to national prominence in her sophomore year, leading the Irish to the second championship game appearance in school history, ten years after Notre Dame captured the national title in 2001.

Diggins-Smith became the second Notre Dame women's basketball player to reach the 1,000-point milestone before the end of her sophomore season.

In her junior season, Diggins-Smith became the fourth NCAA Division I player in the past decade (since 2001–02) to register 600 points, 200 assists and 100 steals in a single season.

She set a school record with 102 steals, while her 222 assists were third-most on the Notre Dame single-season list, and her 657 points ranked fourth on the school's single-season chart.

After leading Notre Dame to the Big East regular-season title, she was named Big East Player of the Year.

She was also a unanimous first-team All-Big East.

On March 27, at the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament, Diggins-Smith recorded the first triple-double in Notre Dame postseason history with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists against Maryland.

In their next game against UConn, she scored 19 points en route to earning their second straight championship appearance.

In the national championship game, Diggins-Smith scored 20 as the Irish lost to Baylor 80–61.

Diggins-Smith was a unanimous first-team All-American: she earned first-team All-American honors from the AP and the USBWA, and made the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Coaches' All-America Team.

She was the first Notre Dame to win the Nancy Lieberman Award as the top point guard in the nation.

Diggins-Smith led the Panthers to state championship games, including Washington's title-winning season of 2007 and finished her career with 2,790 points, the third-highest girls' scoring total in Indiana history for an average of 25.9 points per game.

She received national honors including the Naismith Prep Player of the Year, Gatorade National Player of the Year, Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year, and Miss Indiana Basketball.

Diggins-Smith was named a WBCA All-American, and was a McDonald's All-American selection.

She participated in the 2009 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored 24 points.

In addition to basketball, she participated in volleyball and did well academically, earning High Academic Honors as a senior, and being a member of National Honor Society.

In the March 30, 2009, issue of Sports Illustrated, she was part of its Faces in the Crowd segment.

Diggins-Smith chose Notre Dame over Stanford, but was able to make friends with Stanford alum Candice Wiggins after visiting the university.

As a freshman, Diggins-Smith became the fourth Indiana native to join the Irish roster in 2009–10, and she was one of three Miss Basketball honorees on the 2009–10 Notre Dame roster.

On November 15, 2009, Diggins-Smith made her collegiate debut for Notre Dame, recording 14 points, eight rebounds, five assists and four steals in a 102–57 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

During her freshman year, she set four Notre Dame freshman records.

Her total points scored (484) were the fourth best ever by a freshman, and her 112 assists were the third most by a freshmen.

On March 23, Diggins-Smith recorded 31 points, six assists, and seven steals in an 84–66 win over 10th-seeded Vermont in the second round of the 2010 NCAA tournament.

Her 31 points were the most by a Notre Dame player in their tournament debut.

Diggins was drafted third overall by the Tulsa Shock in the 2013 WNBA draft.

In high school, she was the National Gatorade Player of the Year and the Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year.

She played college basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and led the team to three consecutive Final Fours and two consecutive NCAA championship appearances.

She finished her Notre Dame career ranked first in points and steals, second in assists, and as a two-time winner of the Nancy Lieberman Award as the top point guard in the nation.

Diggins-Smith was born in South Bend, Indiana.

She is the daughter of Tige Diggins and Renee Scott.

Diggins-Smith has three younger brothers Tige, Destyn, and Maurice and one younger sister, Hanneaf.

She also grew up playing softball.

Diggins-Smith was four-year varsity basketball letter winner at Washington High School in South Bend, where the Panthers had a combined record of 102–7.