Haley Van Liss turned her head on the college basketball court and she was doing the same on the orange carpet before the WNBA draft began on Monday night.
The former TCU horn frog star glowed in a black dress. Page Bookers, Kiki Iliafen, Sonia Citron, Georgia Amoor, Anesa Moreau, Asiaha James and Sanya Rivers joined Van Lis on the carpet before the draft.
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TCU’s Hailey Vanlis will pos for New York on Monday, April 14, 2025 before the WNBA Basketball Draft. (AP Photo/Pameras Miss)
Social media spoke to Van Lis.
“It’s a funeral, baby. It’s a college funeral,” she said of her clothes.
Van Liss was drafted following his final college season at TCU. She helped lead the Horn Frog into the Big 12 Championship before losing in the Elite 8. It was the first time the program ever made it in the NCAA Women’s Tournament.
On Sunday, March 23, 2025, TCU’s Hailey Vanlis jogs to the court during an introduction to the first half of the first half in the second round of the NCAA College Basketball Tournament Game with Louisville in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
She averaged 15.2 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 172 career games. She was an All-American for the first time last season.
Van Lis went viral before the season ended when she spoke at length about her mental health.
“The way I was exposed to media and social media at such a young age has really struggled with mental health,” she said. Sports illustration included. “When I was young and in college, I was committing suicide, I took my medicine so badly and felt trapped.
TCU’s Hailey Vanlis was expected to be one of the first choices in the WNBA draft. (AP Photo/Pameras Miss)
“You never know because I had a lot of success in court, but internally and in general in life, I was ready to do it. That’s when I talk about suffering and pain. It seems I didn’t want to live.
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“So it’s incredible to come to this from then on. ‘God, I know you gave me this testimony that shares with the world and throws away your light,” I think this is the moment I want to know my story.
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