Former LSU Teammates Angel Reese and Hailey Van Lith to Team Up in the WNBA

Reese and Van Lith will join forces at the next level following Monday's WNBA Draft, set to suit up for Chicago.

Apr 14, 2025; New York, New York, USA; Hailey Van Lith poses with WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert after being selected with the number eleven overall pick to the Chicago Sky in the 2025 WNBA Draft at The Shed at Hudson Yards. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images | Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images

TCU guard, and former LSU Tiger, Hailey Van Lith, was selected with the No. 11 overall pick by the Chicago Sky in the 2025 WNBA Draft on Monday night in New York City.

Van Lith was the first Big 12 player to come off the board after hearing her name called where she is set to join former LSU teammate Angel Reese on the Sky.

Van Lith wrapped up her collegiate career with 2,616 points, 698 rebounds, 579 assists and 171 games started to her name after stints with the Horned Frogs, LSU Tigers and Louisville Cardinals.

She became the NCAA record holder for most games started and minutes played (5,692) following her first and only season in Fort Worth in 2024-25.

Van Lith, from Wenatchee (Wash.), led her teams to a 145-31 combined overall record across her five-year collegiate career.

Hailey Van Lith has been drafted to the Sky with the No. 11 pick 👏

Reunited with Angel in Chicago 🔥 pic.twitter.com/WwvMJXU89h

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 15, 2025

She became the first and only player in the history of the sport to lead three separate schools to the Elite Eight in March upon staking TCU to its debut appearance in an NCAA Regional Final.

Her 2024-25 campaign was the greatest single season a TCU basketball player has engineered by every measure.

Van Lith was tabbed an All-American by all four major media organizations. The 5-foot-9 guard swept Big 12 Player and Newcomer of the Year accolades and was named the league's tournament MVP.

She averaged 17.9 points, 5.4 assists and 4.6 rebounds per game while concluding the year with a 1.8 assist-to-turnover ratio.

Van Lith broke TCU's single-season records for points scored (683) and assists (204). She ended the spring as one of only three players in the country in 2024-25 to record 600 points and 200 assists.

Now, after a five-year collegiate career, she'll join forces with Reese in Chicago with the pair of former LSU Tigers set to join forces once again.

(Statistics via TCU Horned Frogs Release)

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