Jalen Suggs’ girlfriend, Hailey Van Lith, is a baller too

After Gonzaga product Jalen Suggs was chosen fifth general by the Magic within the 2021 NBA Draft, he can quickly rejoice the life-changing second with girlfriend Hailey Van Lith.

It’s unclear when the couple bought collectively, however they appeared to have gone public with the connection in June. On the time, Van Lith and Suggs shared matching Instagram posts that featured PDA images of the pair in Los Angeles.

Suggs responded “Hey spouse” to Van Lith’s most up-to-date Instagram photograph by which she is sporting Lakers shorts.

Van Lith and Suggs have a shared love for basketball, as she’s already an achieved basketball participant at age 19. Van Lith is an elite guard at Louisville, the place she’s majoring in enterprise.

As a freshman in 2020-21, Van Lith began in 26 video games for the Cardinals and averaged 11.2 factors, 5.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.2 steals per recreation to assist lead her crew to the Elite Eight.

Van Lith has performed alongside UConn star Paige Bueckers as a part of USA Basketball, by which she’s received 4 gold medals (2019 FIBA U19 World Cup; 2019 FIBA 3×3 U18 World Cup; 2018 Youth Olympic Video games; 2018 FIBA U17 World Cup). Her basketball résumé could be very in depth and contains highschool All-American accolades and rather more.

Van Lith has performed basketball on the late Kobe Bryant’s Mamba Sports activities Academy in Thousand Oaks, Calif., the place she frolicked with the Lakers legend and his late daughter Gianna “Gigi” Bryant, in line with images shared to her Instagram account.

Van Lith, who started enjoying basketball within the second grade, comes from a household of athletes. Her father performed baseball and basketball on the College of Puget Sound, and her brother performs baseball at Large Bend Neighborhood School.

The Washington native used to play softball, and enjoys mountaineering, spending time with buddies, and naturally her boyfriend, Suggs.