LSU Tigers star Hailey Van Lith is in the transfer portal, a source confirmed to ESPN on Thursday.
Van Lith averaged 11.6 points and 3.6 assists per game in her first and only season with the reigning champion Tigers, who ended their postseason run Monday with a loss to Iowa in the Elite Eight.
She was eligible to declare for the WNBA draft this past week but also has a fifth season of collegiate eligibility, granted to student-athletes by the NCAA during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 5-foot-7 guard — a two-time first-team all-ACC selection during her three years at Louisville — was one of LSU’s big-name transfers this past offseason that catapulted the Tigers into the conversation as the No. 1 preseason team in the country.
After guiding the Cardinals to the Final Four in 2022, Van Lith went to Baton Rouge looking to learn to play point guard from coach Kim Mulkey, a former point guard herself, on a team with fellow stars Angel Reese, Aneesah Morrow, Flau’jae Johnson…
