Star guard Hailey Van Lith is in the transfer portal out of Louisville as a graduate transfer, the school announced Saturday, marking one of the most seismic developments in women’s college basketball this offseason.
“We thank Hailey for her contributions to this program, this school and this community,” head coach Jeff Walz said in a statement. “She has done everything we have asked of her over the past three years, and we wish her the very best in her final collegiate season and beyond.”
Van Lith said she poured her “passion and heart into Louisville,” in an Instagram post on Saturday, expressing her “joy and gratitude” for her time at the school.
One of the top players in the ACC and in the country, Van Lith has two years of eligibility remaining: her senior season and the COVID “freebie” year granted to basketball athletes amid the COVID season of 2020-21. The school said she will receive her degree in finance in May.
The 5-foot-7 guard from Washington state is coming…
