Hailey Van Lith's ‘Miserable' Behavior At WNBA Draft is Turning Heads

Yahoo

15-04-2025

Although it wasn't the desired ending to the 2024-25 college basketball season for Hailey Van Lith, she still led TCU to its first Elite Eight in program history.
On Monday, Van Lith found her third home in three years, selected by the Chicago Sky with the No. 11 pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft.
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The 23-year-old joins her former LSU teammate Angel Reese in Chicago, along with No. 10 pick Ajsa Sivka out of Slovenia.
Ahead of the draft, all the players invited to New York City visited the top of the Empire State Building. During a group photo session, the stars gathered for a great shot, most of them smiling.
However, Van Lith was the only one with a visible frown, one that a host of ESPN's "SportsCenter" called "miserable."
"I've never seen someone as miserable and as downtrodden at the Empire State Building as Hailey Van Lith," the host said.
Van Lith's frustrating look stood out to many WNBA fans, leaving their comments on the above viral TikTok post, which received 2.6 million views at the time of this article.
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"why hvl look like a kid throwing a tantrum lolol," one fan asked.
"HVL mad bc she has to put up with angel reese now," joked another.
"Why HVL so mad," added a third.
"Hvl look like she got yelled at before the pic 😭," joked a fourth.
"HVL looks like she found out she's playing with Sedona in the W," chimed in a fifth.
"why is Hailey so mad," commented a sixth.
Chicago Sky guard Hailey Van Lith.Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images
During Monday's draft, Van Lith revealed she didn't recall the moment on ESPN's "WNBA Countdown."
"I don't even remember doing that, so that's a red flag," Van Lith shared. "I don't know. I have no idea."
Van Lith will continue her WNBA journey on April 28th, when the Sky open up training camp. She could potentially make her debut on May 17, when Chicago travels to Indiana.
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