Hailey Van Lith stuns on WNBA Draft orange carpet

Hailey Van Lith turned his head on a basketball court in college and before Wnba draft She started on Monday night, worked the same on the orange carpet.

The former Zaba TCU star shone in a black dress. Paige BuueckersKiki Iriafen, Sonia Citron, Georgia Amoore, Aneesah Morrow, Aziaha James and Saniya Rivers joined Van Lith on the carpet ahead of the draft.

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TCU -ov Hailey Van Lith poses before the WNBA Basketball Draft, on Monday, April 14, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

Van Lith spoke on social networks.

“It’s a funeral, honey. It’s a college funeral,” she said about her clothes.

Van Lith entered the draft after the last collegial season on TCU. She helped run the horny frogs to Big 12 championships before losing in an elite eight. It was the first time the program ever made him so far in the women’s NCAA women’s tournament.

TCU -ov Hailey Van Lith runs to the field during the introduction before the first half in the second round of the NCAA College College Basketball Tournament against Louisville Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday, March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

On average, she scored 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.

The litin He had gone a viral before The season was over when she talked about her mental health for a long time.

“The way I exposed myself to the media and social media at such a young age, I really struggled with mental health things,” she said, by the way Sports illustrated. “When I was younger and in college, I was suicide, I was a lot of medication and I felt trapped.

The TCU -ov Hailey Van Lith was expected to be one of the first choices in the WNBA draft. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

“You would never know because I had a ton of success on the field, but internally, and in life in general, I was ready for it. I mean that when I talk about suffering and pain. It’s like I didn’t even want to live.

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“So, to come from it is amazing. I prayed all year long as:” God, I know that you gave me this testimony to share it with the world and illuminate my light, “and I think this is a year and that is the moment when people knew my story and how they literally took me from depth.

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