Hailey van Lith turned heads on the basketball court in college, and before the WNBA draft started on Monday night, she did the same on the orange rug.
The former TCU Horned Frogs star glistened in a black dress. Paige Bueckers, Kiki Iriafen, Sonia Lemon, Georgia Amoore, Aneesah Morrow, Aziaha James and Saniya Rivers joined Van Lith on the blanket in front of the draft.
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TCUS HAILEY VAN LITH is before WNBA Basketball Draft, Monday, April 14, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
It was Van Lith who got social media to speak.
“It’s a funeral, babe. It’s a college -burial,” she said of her clothes.
Van Lith went into the draft after his last college season at TCU. She helped lead the horned frogs to a large 12 championship before losing in Elite Eight. It was the first time the program had ever reached it so far in NCAA Women’s Tournament.
TCUS HAILEY VAN LITH JOGGER ON THE COURSE UNDER INTRODUCTIONS BEFORE THE FIRST HALF IN THE SECOND ROUND OF NCAA COLLEGE Basketball Tournament -Fight against Louisville in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday 23 March 2025. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
She average 15.2 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 172 career games. She was a Allamerican for the first time last season.
Van Lith became viral before the season was over when she spoke in the long run about her mental health.
“The way I was exposed to the media and social media at such a young age, I really struggled with mental health things,” she said via Sports Illustrated. “When I was younger and in college, I was suicide, I was strongly medicated and I felt trapped.
TCUS HAILEY VAN LITH was expected to be one of the first choices in the WNBA draft. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
“You would never know that because I had lots of success on the field but internally, and in life in general I was ready to be done. That’s what I mean when I talk about suffering and pain. It’s like I wouldn’t even live.
“So coming from it to this is incredible. I have prayed all year as ‘God, I know that you have given me this testimony to share it with the world and shed your light,’ and I think this is the year and that is the moment he wants people to know my story and how he has taken me literally from the depth of wanting to die to this moment when the loving life. to these people. “
