Hailey Van Lith Named Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Semifinalist
February 04, 2020 | Women's Basketball
Van Lith is one of 10 players named a Naismith Trophy Semifinalist.
ATLANTA – University of Louisville women's basketball signee Hailey Van Lith has been named a 2020 Jersey Mike's Naismith High School Girls Trophy Semifinalist.
She is one of 10 players named to the list.
Van Lith, a 5-foot-7 guard from Cashmere High School in Wenatchee, Wash., is a consensus top-10 player and was a member of the U19 USA squad that won a gold medal in the FIBA World Cup in July. She has been a part of four USA gold medal teams (2019 FIBA U19 World Cup, 2019 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup, 2018 Youth Olympic Games, 2018 FIBA U17 World Cup).
She was named 2019 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup MVP and 2018 USA Basketball 3x3 U18 National Championship MVP. She competed alongside fellow Louisville signee Olivia Cochran in leading the USA to gold at the 2019 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and scored a tournament sixth-best 36 points over seven games.
Van Lith is ranked as the No. 2 prospect in the nation by Prospect Nation and No. 8 overall and the top guard by espnW HoopGurlz. She was the Gatorade Player of the Year in Washington last season.
She has also been named USA Today All-USA first team, All-USA Washington first team (2019), Naismith High School All-America honorable mention (2019), Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Class 1A MVP (2018, 2019), Washington State Class 1A Player of the Year (2018, 2019) and WIAA All-State Class 1A first team (2017, 2018, 2019).
This season, she has led Cashmere to a 17-0 record. She is averaging 33.1 points, 9.2 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 4.5 steals, while only turning the ball over 2.8 times per game. She is shooting 50 percent from the floor and 78 percent from the free throw line. She has 2,742 career points and is just 140 points away from breaking the all-time Washington state career scoring record.
As a junior, she helped lead Cashmere to a 23-3 record and the Washington Class 1-A state semifinals. She averaged 34.4 points, 8.3 rebounds, 5.2 steals and 4.9 assists a game. She has already scored more than 2,000 points in her high school career. She has set every major statistics record at Cashmere with one year to play, including single-game records for points (52) and 3-point field goals made (12).
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