“I Started Growling At My Screen”: Hailey Van Lith Had Fans Going Nuts Over Her Eye-Popping Swimsuit Photos

Hailey Van Lith posing in bikini (Photo via Instagram)
Sports Illustrated announced Tuesday that TCU women’s basketball star Hailey Van Lith is the SI Swimsuit digital cover star for the month of April, and fans couldn’t be happier.

Van Lith is fresh off another dominant run through the NCAA Tournament.

Lith was chosen as Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’s April 2025 Digital Cover Model and looked completely stunning.

SI Swimsuit announced her cover on Tuesday morning, posting a video on social media showing the basketball superstar wearing various swimsuit looks.

In the shoot, Van Lith wears a black one-piece, a two-piece cow-print bikini, a brown sparkle bikini, and a black bikini with white trim.

Huge day for TCU superfan Meek Phil and any other women’s college basketball fans. Hailey Van Lith comes off the NCAA tournament and while she didn’t get to capture that elusive national championship her final year at TCU, an Olympic medal in Paris and an increased draft stock ahead of the WNBA draft next Monday, my guess is she’ll be just fine. Van Lith was a NIL monster and if you’re a Ball Knower (hats available here if you are), then you know she’s an absolute star:

There’s been rumors she’s been dating Jalen Suggs for quite some time, even though they’ve never done a hard launch or whatever the kids are calling it these days, you tell me:

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Anyway, congrats are in order for joining SI swimsuit legends like Livvy Dunne who went back-to-back-to-back this year. NIL evaluation be damned, her 1.3 million followers and counting make me inclined to think she’ll be just fine with the inevitable millions she makes outside of college.

Make the call at number 9 so she joins forces with Cameron Brink, LA Sparks.