Fan favorite and former walk-on guard Sarah Cernugel has elected to return to Notre Dame as a grad student in 2024-25 on the Notre Dame women's basketball team. The 5-foot-4 Westmont, Ill, product appeared in 15 games this past season for the ACC Tourney champs, scoring 16 points and notching eight rebounds. She went 6-for-6 from the free-throw line.
Cernugel joined the team as a walk-on during her sophomore year at ND and was put on scholarship by head coach Niele Ivey last August.
Cernugel joined the team as a walk-on during her sophomore year at ND and was put on scholarship by head coach Niele Ivey last August.