#11 Hailey Van Lith Season 2024-25
SENIOR SEASON (2023-24)
Ranked the No. 1 player by ESPN from the transfer portal, coming to LSU from Louisville… Spent the season learning the point guard position, stepping away from her natural shooting guard position… Averaged 11.6 points and 3.6 assists per game… Had a 1.39 assists/turnover ratio which ranked No. 12 in the SEC… Her 118 total assists ranked No. 8 in the SEC and were one shy of a career-high… Scored in double figures in 21 games, including four with 20+ points… Had 10 games with 5+ assists, including two games with seven assists… Put together the best game of her season at Tennessee on Feb. 25 with a season-high 26 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and zero turnovers to help LSU secure the win.
PRIOR TO LSU
Comes to LSU with 1,553 career points… Played three seasons at Louisville where she led the team in scoring twice and helped lead the Cardinals to three NCAA Tournament appearances, including the 2022 Final Four when she was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Wichita Regional… Named First Team All-ACC as a sophomore and a junior… Earned All-America Honorable Mention honors from AP and the USBWA as a junior… As a junior, Van Lith was one of two Power-Five Players (Caitlin Clark) to average at least 19 points, four rebounds and three assists per game… Across her three seasons at Louisville — two of which she was the team’s leading scorer — Van Lith compiled an average of 15.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game on 42.2% shooting from the field (33.7% from 3)… Had 31 games in which she score 20 or more points in three season at Louisville… Scored at least 20 points in each of Louisville’s four 2023 NCAA Tournament games… Scored 729 throughout her junior season, the fifth-best in Louisville program history… Has extensive experience playing with Team USA, earning five gold medals across 5-on-5 and 3×3 world events including with the senior team at the 2023 FIBA 3×3 World Cup.
HIGH SCHOOL
Named a 2020 McDonald’s All-American … One of five players named 2020 to the Jersey Mike’s Naismith National High School All-American First Team … Named 2020 Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Finalist … Named 2020 Gatorade and MaxPreps Player of the Year in the state of Washington … Also named USA Today All-USA first team, All-USA Washington first team (2019), Naismith High School All-America honorable mention (2019), Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Class 1A MVP (2018, 2019), Washington State Class 1A Player of the Year (2018, 2019) and WIAA All-State Class 1A first team (2017, 2018, 2019) … Ranked as the No. 2 prospect in the nation by Prospect Nation and No. 7 overall by espnW HoopGurlz … As a senior, helped lead Cashmere High School to a 24-1 record and a trip to the WIAA 2020 Girls Basketball Hardwood Classic 1A championship game. She averaged 33.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game … A member of the U19 USA squad that won a gold medal in the 2019 FIBA World Cup. She has been a part of four USA gold medal teams (2019 FIBA U19 World Cup, 2019 FIBA 3×3 U18 World Cup, 2018 Youth Olympic Games, 2018 FIBA U17 World Cup) … Named 2019 FIBA 3×3 U18 World Cup MVP and 2018 USA Basketball 3×3 U18 National Championship MVP. She competed alongside Olivia Cochran in leading the USA to gold at the 2019 FIBA 3×3 U18 World Cup in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and scored a tournament sixth-best 36 points over seven games … As a junior, she helped lead Cashmere to a 23-3 record and the Washington Class 1-A state semifinals … She averaged 34.4 points, 8.3 rebounds, 5.2 steals and 4.9 assists a game … She scored more than 2,000 points after her junior season and set every major statistics record at Cashmere with one year to play, including single-game records for points (52) and 3-point field goals made (12).