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Van Lith Named USA Basketball 3x3 Female Athlete of the Year

Hailey Van Lith led team USA in scoring, 2-point shooting percentage and key assists.
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Hailey Van Lith was named USA Basketball 3x3 Female Athlete of the Year.
Hailey Van Lith was named USA Basketball 3x3 Female Athlete of the Year. | Brian McLean - On Assignment Photo/TCU Horned Frogs On SI

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Hailey Van Lith added another accolade to her resume on Monday.

Van Lith earned USA Basketball 3x3 Female Athlete of the Year honors in conjunction with the release of USA Basketball Annual Awards. 

The TCU women’s basketball standout helped Team USA win an Olympics bronze medal last summer and was the only active collegian competing for USA Basketball in 5-on-5 or 3x3 competition. 

During the medal run, Van Lith paced the Americans in cumulative scoring (47 points), 2-point shooting percentage (53% on 8-of-15 shooting) and key assists (13). Team USA won six of its final seven games after starting pool play 0-3 and Van Lith scored a game-high six points in the bronze medal game against Canada. 

Van Lith is the only TCU basketball player to win an Olympics medal and the first Horned Frog to appear on the Olympics medal stand since Jon Drummond took gold with the men’s 4x100 relay team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. 

Van Lith has been an integral part of TCU’s 20-2 start, including an 8-1 mark in Big 12 Conference games. She averages 18.3 points, 5.8 assists and 4.5 rebounds per game and ranks seventh nationally in total assists (127).  

TCU will return to action at Iowa State on Sunday, February 2. Tipoff is set for 3 p.m. and the game will air on FS1. 

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TORI COUCH

Tori Couch writes about TCU women’s basketball and football for KillerFrogs. She started covering TCU sports while serving as sports editor for TCU360 (TCU’s student media outlet) over a decade ago. Since then, she has worked as an academic advisor in two Division I athletic departments, covered high school sports and written stories for the Cotton Bowl game program and Reddit CFB. Her portfolio includes coverage of Big 12 championships, FCS national title games, the College Football Playoffs, Bedlam (Oklahoma-Oklahoma State football) and the women’s NCAA basketball tournament. Tori graduated from TCU in 2014 and now resides in Fort Worth with her husband and daughter.

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