PLAYERS
PLAYERS IN THE NATION,
>>
>> AS
>> AS THE
>> AS THE RIVER RUN SWIFTLY THROUGH THE COUNTY A THIN
BLANKET OF SNOW COVERS THE
NEARBY TOWN OF CASHMERE.
FOR DECADES, THE BEACON FOR THE
AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY, BUT
NOW, A YOUNG PROSPECT HAS
RISEN.
RISEN.
RISEN. IN
RISEN. IN A TOWN WITH NO STOPLIGHTS,
IT IS A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO IS
PUTTING THE COMMUNITY ON THE
NATIONAL STAGE.
NATIONAL STAGE. HALEY VAN LIFT.
>> SHE IS AN AMAZING GIRL.
>> A JUNIOR AT CASHMERE HIGH.
>> THERE IS NOTHING SHE CANNOT
DO ON THE BASKETBALL COURT.
>> SHE IS THE BEST IN THE
NATION.
NATION.
NATION. PUTTING ON A SHOW EVERY NIGHT.
>> ONE OF THE TOP-RANKED
RECRUITS IN THE NATION, WITH
JUST ABOUT EVERY MAJOR COLLEGE
COACH IN THE COUNTRY KNOCKING
ON HER DOOR.
>> WHAT MOTIVATES ME IS TO BE
BETTER THAN I WAS YESTERDAY,
BECAUSE WHEN YOU START TO TASTE
SUCCESS YOU CANNOT GET ENOUGH
OF IT AND YOU NEVER WANT TO
SETTLE.
SETTLE.
SETTLE. >> ON THIS NIGHT IN FRONT OF A
PACKED HOUSE, SHE IS GOING
AFTER A MAJOR MILESTONE.
>> I LOVE BIG CROWDS THAT IS
WHAT I LIVE TO PLAY FOR IS THE
BIG CROWD, BIG GAME, BIG
MOMENT.
MOMENT.
MOMENT. I
MOMENT. I JUST FEED OFF OF IT.
>> TRAVELING FROM ALL OVER TO
WATCH HER, YOUNG, OLD, NATIONAL
MEDIA, ALL HERE TO CATCH A
GLIMPSE, MOM AND DAD SAY THAT
HALEY HAS BEEN OVERACHIEVING
SINCE BIRTH.
SINCE BIRTH. >> HALEY WAS A QUICK AND EASY
DELIVERY I HAVE ALWAYS SAID SHE
CAME OUT RUNNING, SHE WAS READY
TO GO FROM THE START.
>> IN THE FOURTH GRADE SHE FELL
IN LOVE WITH HOOPS AND DECIDED
TO DEDICATE HER LIFE TO THE
GAME.
GAME.
GAME. >>
GAME. >> IT IS AN EVERYDAY
COMMITMENT.
COMMITMENT. YOU CANNOT JUST DECIDE, I WANT
TO BE GOOD THIS DAY AND THEN
THE NEXT DAY YOU DO NOT WANT TO
BE GOOD.
BE GOOD.
BE GOOD. YOU NEED TO CONSTANTLY REMIND
YOURSELF, SACRIFICE, SACRIFICE,
IF YOU DO NOT SOMEONE ELSE IS
GOING TO.
GOING TO.
GOING TO. >> BASKETBALL RUNNING IN THE
FAMILY,
FAMILY,
FAMILY, >> HER FATHER COREY PLAYING FOR
THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND
FROM 1994-97.
FROM 1994-97. 6-7 NIGHTS PER WEEK IN THE GYM,
THE TWO WERE WORKING HARD.
DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES, TO GET
BETTER.
BETTER.
BETTER. >> MY FATHER HAS BEEN MY
TRAINER MY ENTIRE LIFE HE IS
VERY INTENSE, BUT I GO HOME,
AND MY MOM IS THE MEDIATOR, AND
KEEPS EVERYTHING CALM,
>> IF WE PLAYED 23, I COULD
DESTROY HER.
DESTROY HER. I COULD LOCK HER UP, THREE,
>> NOBODY PLACED A THREE.
[ LAUGHTER ] I WOULD BEAT HIM.
>> THERE ARE NIGHTS WE ARE AT
THE GYM, 10:30 AT NIGHT, I AM
TIRED, SHE IS TIRED, AND THEN
YOU GET MAD, SO IT IS NOT
ALWAYS HEY, GREAT JOB, YOU KNOW?
>> FROM THE COURT TO THE
CLASSROOM.
CLASSROOM. >> HER ACADEMICS MEAN AS MUCH
TO HER AS HER ATHLETICS.
>> HER PASSION TO BE GREAT
NEVER CEASING.
NEVER CEASING. >> YOU NEED TO MULTIPLY EACH
DIMENSION BY 14.
>> A MEMBER OF THE HONOR ROLL
AND THIS PAST SUMMER SHE PLAYED
FOR TEAM USA, HELPING THEM WIN
A GOLDEN METAL.
>> THERE ARE NO WORDS, I CANNOT
REALLY EXPLAIN IT, YOU ARE
FLOATING.
FLOATING.
FLOATING. HEARING THEM PLAY YOUR NATIONAL
ANTHEM IN THAT STADIUM, WITH
GOLD MEDALS AROUND YOUR NECK?
IT IS SOMETHING I WILL NEVER
FORGET.
FORGET.
FORGET. >> BACK HOME IN KASHMIR, IT IS
A DOUBLE VICTORY FOR HALEY AND
THE BULLDOGS.
THE BULLDOGS. CASHMERE WINNING THEIR SIXTH
STRAIGHT LEAGUE TITLE.
AND, HALEY HITTING A BIG SHOT.
>> WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A
MOMENT, TO HONOR JUNIOR HALEY
VAN LIFT, WHO SCORED HER 2000
POINT TONIGHT.
POINT TONIGHT. >> NICE SHOT.
>> I HAD 2000 POINTS, BUT I AM
NOT SATISFIED I AM GOING FOR
THE RECORD, SO WE NEED TO KEEP
GOING.
GOING.
GOING. >>
GOING. >> YOU GET EXACTLY WHAT YOU PUT
INTO IT.
INTO IT.
INTO IT. IF YOU WORK HARD, IT WILL WORK
HARD FOR YOU AND IT WILL TAKE
YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.
>> I AM DEFINITELY A BIG