Hailey Van Lith's storied college career now includes getting the TCU women's basketball program to its first-ever Sweet 16. Why it matters: The Horned Frogs went 8-23 two seasons ago and Van Lith had the worst year of her career last year,

On Sunday evening in Fort Worth, Texas — 2,000 miles from her hometown in Washington and an uncalculatable distance of how far she has actually come in the last five years — Hailey Van Lith played the final home game of her college career.

Moments after No. 2 TCU punched its ticket to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA women’s tournament with an 85-70 victory over her former Louisville team, the 23-year-old Van Lith openly recalled her struggles in the spotlight and being “heavily medicated.”