WNBA cuts roundup: Sky waive 2025 first-rounder Hailey Van Lith

The Chicago Sky waived 2025 first-round draft pick Hailey Van Lith on Monday.

The 24-year-old point guard averaged 3.5 points and 1.6 assists in 29 games (no starts) as a rookie in 2025.

Van Lith averaged 12.5 points and 4.5 assists in two preseason games for Chicago, which opens the regular season on Saturday at the Portland Fire.

The Sky drafted Van Lith with the 11th overall pick in 2025 after her decorated collegiate career at Louisville, LSU and TCU. The 5-foot-9 Van Lith was an All-American and the Big 12 Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year after averaging 17.9 points, 5.4 assists and 4.6 rebounds with the Horned Frogs in 2024-25.

Later in the day, the Sky also waived two more 2025 draft picks, forward Maddy Westbeld (No. 16 pick) and guard/forward Aicha Coulibaly (No. 22). Westbeld averaged 4.1 points and 2.4 rebounds in 26 games for Chicago as a rookie, while Coulibaly did not see game action.

WNBA teams have until Thursday at 5 p.m. ET to make their final roster cuts before the regular season begins Friday.

--The Dallas Wings waived six players Monday, including veteran guard Lindsay Allen.

The 31-year-old Allen has played 214 career games in eight WNBA seasons for six different franchises, including 31 games (nine starts) for the Connecticut Sun in 2025. She has career averages of 4.4 points and 3.1 assists per contest and was not able to secure a roster spot in Dallas after signing last month.

The Wings also waived Rayah Marshall, Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu, Amy Okonkwo, Grace Berger and Costanza Verona.

Berger caught on with the Wings in the middle of 2025 on a series of seven-day contracts and wound up averaging 3.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 18 games (13 starts). Okonkwo scored 11.0 points per game for the Wings but appeared in just eight contests at the end of the season.

--Field Level Media