Posts by Aya Abdeen

Aya Abdeen is a student in sports journalism at Arizona State University and has been a contributing writer for The Next Hoops since December 2022. Her work has also appeared on AZPreps365.

Notre Dame guard Olivia Miles directs traffic during a regular season matchup against N.C. State on Jan. 29, 2023 in Raleigh. (Mitchell Northam / The Next)

How Olivia Miles and Ta’Niya Latson injuries impact teams’ chances

March 16, 2023

Notre Dame and Florida State announced that key players will miss NCAA Tournament

What the selection committee chair said about the 2023 NCAA Tournament

March 13, 2023

South Carolina, Indiana, Virginia Tech and Stanford earned No. 1 seeds

2004 WNBA champion Simone Edwards passes away after battling ovarian cancer

February 17, 2023

WNBA champion Simone Edwards passes away at age 49

Dearica Hamby shoots a layup with her limbs fully extended.

Dearica Hamby accuses Las Vegas Aces of bullying, manipulation and discrimination

January 21, 2023

‘To be treated this way by an organization … leaves me sick to my stomach’

Connecticut Sun big wing Jonquel Jones holds the ball above her her as she begins shooting a jump shot

Jonquel Jones headed to New York in blockbuster three-team trade

January 15, 2023

Jones is the third former WNBA MVP to be traded in the last 10 years

Eli Horowitz. (photo courtesy of Horowitz)

Inside the revamped Los Angeles Sparks front office

January 3, 2023

Veteran Bryant, up-and-comer Horowitz form executive team

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 03: Nneka Ogwumike presents a check to Girls on the Run of Los Angeles during the Pepsi Stronger Together announcement of a Multi-Year Partnership With WNBPA on November 03, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for Pepsi Stronger Together )

Inside the WNBPA’s new Executive Committee

December 12, 2022

Plum ascends to VP; Stewart, Turner among newcomers