Hailey Van Lith

2022 - 3 - 29

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Watch: Hailey Van Lith's Postgame Interview After Louisville's Elite ... (Sports Illustrated)

After her team bested Michigan, the guard shared what her mentor, Kobe Bryant, would've told her in that moment.

“To my mentor and friend Kobe, I am deeply saddened our time has been cut short,” she wrote, according to NCWLife Channel. “But God’s timing is perfect and He intentionally brought us together for this long. Bryant also wanted Van Lith to work with his daughter, Gigi. With intense passion and to fearlessly pursue my craziest dreams.“ “We’re not done, that’s what he would say.” On Jan. 28, two days after the deaths of Kobe and Gigi, Van Lith commemorated the two in a letter before a high school game. Gigi and Hailey trained together a few times, would text each other about games and the two became friends, according to the Times. Kobe also trained Hailey at his Mamba Academy. Kobe and Gigi even went to watch one of her high school games in Cashmere, Wash. on Jan. 11.

Louisville's Hailey Van Lith Proves Why She's a $1M Star (Front Office Sports)

She is the first Cardinals women's player with four consecutive 20-point NCAA tournament games. · The Cardinals are seeking the program's first title after ...

Van Lith continues to establish herself as one of the nation’s top players — and one of the most marketable, who could be worth an estimated $1 million in NIL rights. Hailey Van Lith — the first Cardinal women’s player with four consecutive 20-point tournament games — finished with 22, three rebounds, and two steals as the 1-seed topped Michigan 62-50. Louisville rode the hot hand of its own superstar sophomore on Monday to punch its ticket to the women’s Final Four — the fourth in school history.

Hailey Van Lith leads Cardinals to Final Four (NCWLIFE News)

Hailey scored 22-points to lead Louisville to the NCAA Women's Basketball Final Four last night in a 62-50 win over Michigan. Van Lith was dominant as she took ...

Hailey Van Lith Wants To Be Your Worst Nightmare | Defector (Defector)

A year ago, Drew and Roth had me on their podcast to talk a bit about the NCAA tournament. As I remember it, Drew asked me to name the most hateable player ...

We don’t need Barack Obama’s bracket, we don’t need Jimmy Fallon. We don’t need none of that, OK?” OK. She does not need Barack Obama. She does not need Jimmy Fallon. She does not need this blog. It’s unfortunate that it has to be that way.” There’s the true mark of the despicable athlete. Asked postgame what Bryant would tell her now, Van Lith replied, on national television, “He would say, ‘Go fucking win this shit, Hailey.'” She is so good, so intense, and so fearless that I could only sit there and fume as she went to work in Louisville’s 62-50 win over (sigh) Michigan on Monday night, sending the Cardinals to the Final Four. The hooper’s hooper, she scrambles defenses, beats opponents off the dribble and, increasingly, finishes through contact with little trouble. When the title-favorite South Carolina Gamecocks—a team with its own shifty guards—meet Louisville on Friday night, they’ll have difficult work in stopping Van Lith and her teammate Emily Engstler, a defensive rockstar who managed to dominate a game she finished only 1-of-9 from the floor. A year ago, Drew and Roth had me on their podcast to talk a bit about the NCAA tournament.

Hailey Van Lith channeled Kobe Bryant for an epic postgame interview (Awful Announcing)

Louisville's win over Michigan concluded with one of the best postgame interviews ever courtesy Cardinal star Hailey Van Lith.

When she was in high school in 2019, Van Lith began training with Kobe and Gigi Bryant in 2019. Van Lith kind of censored her f-bomb for the Disney-owned ESPN, but she let “sh*t” fly without much hesitation. Louisville’s Hailey Van Lith recorded her fourth consecutive 20-point tournament performance Monday night, becoming the first player in school history to do so.

Louisvillle's Hailey Van Lith channels her inner Kobe Bryant in an ... (For The Win)

There was absolutely nothing that was going to get in the way of Hailey Van Lith and the Louisville Cardinals moving on to the Final Four on Monday night.

That’s what he would say right there.” “He would say go f***ing win this s**t, Hailey. That’s what he would say. Her response was absolutely incredible.

WATCH: Louisville's Hailey Van Lith Drops Partial F-Bomb in Epic ... (Mediaite)

Louisville's Haily Van Lith dropped a partial F-bomb in her postgame interview after defeating the Michigan Wolverines to go to the Final Four.

The sophomore guard tired to censor herself with the F-bomb but let “sh*t” fly over the Disney-owned ESPN airwaves. “I just want to win, man,” Van Lith stated. Louisville’s Hailey Van Lith celebrated Monday night as her Cardinals took down the Michigan Wolverines, 62-50.