Hailey Van Lith turned his head on the basketball field at the university, and before the start of the WNBA draft on Monday evening, she did the same on the orange carpet.
The former TCU Horned Frogs star shone in a black dress. Paige Bueckers, Kiki Iriafen, Sonia Lemon, Georgia Amoore, Aneesah Morrow, Aziaha James and Saniya Rivers joined Van Lith on the carpet before the draft.
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Hailey Van Lith of TCU poses in front of the WNBA basketball recovery on Monday April 14, 2025, in New York. (Photo / Pamela Smith)
Van Lith was talked about about social media.
“It’s a funeral, baby. It’s university funeral,” she said about her outfit.
Van Lith entered the draft after his last collegial season in TCU. She helped lead horns to a horned championship 12 before losing eight elite. It was the first time that the program has been going so far in the NCAA women’s tournament.
Hailey Van Lith of TCU goes around the field during the introductions before the first half in the second round of the NCAA College basketball tournament against Louisville in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday March 23, 2025. (AP photo / Tony GUTIERREZ)
It collected an average of 15.2 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 172 career games. She was an All-American for the first time last season.
Van Lith became viral before the end of the season when she talked about her mental health for a long time.
“The way I was exposed to media and social media at such a young age, I really fought with mental health things,” she said, via Illustrated Sports. “When I was younger and at university, I was suicidal, I was heavily drug and I felt trapped.
Hailey Van Lith of TCU should be one of the first selections of the WNBA recovery. (Photo / Pamela Smith)
“You would never know it because I was a ton of success in the field, but internally, and in life in general, I was ready to be finished. This is what I mean when I speak of suffering and pain. It’s like I didn’t even want to live.
“So, coming from that to that is incredible. I prayed all year like,” God, I know that you gave me this testimony to share it with the world and throw your light “, and I think it is the year and it is the moment when he wants people to know my story and how he literally took me, I really want me to say and love these people.
