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The female basketball star of frogs with TCU horns, Hailey Van Lith, opened on his struggles with his mental health while dealing with the stardom of social networks at an early age.
Van Lith has only been further in the National Center for his University and Olympic Basketball career. He starred in Louisville before transferring to LSU and then to TCU, where he helped the team a Big 12 championship this season.
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Hailey van Lith of TCU, #10, and Madison Conner, #2, celebrate in the second half against Louisville in the second round of the NCAA University Basketball Tournament in Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Tony Gutiérrez)
After giving a hand to defeat the cardinals, she spoke frankly about her mental health.
“The way they exposed me to the media and social networks at such an early age, I really fought with mental health things,” he said, through Sports Illustrated. “When I was younger and at the university, it was suicidal, I was strongly medicated and I felt trapped.
“I would never know it because I was having much success on the court, but internally, and in life in general, I was ready to do. That is what I mean when I talk about suffering and pain. It’s as if I didn’t even want to live.
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Donovyn Hunter of TCU, #4, Hailey Van Lith, #10, Madison Conner, #2, and Sedona Prince, #13, look at the bank in the second half against Fairleigh Dickinson in the first round of the University Basketball Tournament of the NCAA in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, on March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Tony Gutiérrez)
“Then, to come from that, to do this is incredible. I have been praying all year as, ‘God, I know that you have given me this testimony of sharing it with the world and throwing your light’, and I think this is the year and this is the time when people want people to know my story and how it has literally taken me from the loved ones to want to die until this moment of love life. has led to the depths of people. “
Van Lith had 16 points and 10 rebounds in the 85-70 victory. TCU is at the Sweet 16 for the first time in the history of the program.
Hailey van Lith of TCU, n. ° 10, jump to the court during the presentations before the first half in the second round of the NCAA University Basketball Tournament against Louisville in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, on March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Tony Gutiérrez)
She went to the last four and two Elite Eight Games with Louisville from 2021-23. He arrived at the Eight Elite with LSU last season.
