Posts by Jenn Hatfield

Jenn Hatfield is The IX Basketball's managing editor, Washington Mystics beat reporter and Ivy League beat reporter. She has been a contributor to The IX Basketball since December 2018. Her work has also appeared at FiveThirtyEight, Her Hoop Stats, FanSided, Power Plays, The Equalizer and Princeton Alumni Weekly.

How impactful have recent Ivy League graduate transfers been outside the conference?

May 8, 2025

Nearly 40 Ivy Leaguers whose careers were interrupted by COVID-19 transferred to play as grad students

2025 WNBA season preview: Washington Mystics

May 5, 2025

Under first-year head coach Sydney Johnson, a young Mystics team plans to get out and run

What Georgia Amoore’s ACL injury means for Washington Mystics

May 1, 2025

The No. 6 overall pick could miss the entire season

Washington Mystics’ Shakira Austin is ready to put injury woes in rearview mirror

April 30, 2025

Austin: ‘I’m just waiting to show the world what I know I can do’

How McKenzie Forbes is approaching her second chance at a WNBA roster spot

April 26, 2025

The Harvard and USC grad played in three other leagues after getting cut last spring, hoping to get back to the WNBA

Washington Mystics set their new course with three first-round draft picks

April 16, 2025

Sonia Citron, Kiki Iriafen, Georgia Amoore are the first draft picks under Mystics’ new leadership

How two Ivy League senior stars are navigating the uncertainty of what’s next

April 11, 2025

Harvard’s Harmoni Turner and Columbia’s Kitty Henderson have pro-level talent, but their basketball futures are up in the air

Inside Kaitlyn Chen’s journey from Princeton to UConn to national champion

April 7, 2025

Lauren Dillon: ‘At Kaitlyn’s truest form, she’s a winner’

Texas’ Jordan Lee figured out her role, then expanded it in the Final Four spotlight

April 5, 2025

Vic Schaefer: ‘You love seeing kids that the moment’s not too big for them. And … the moment wasn’t too big for her’

Three keys for Texas to beat South Carolina in the Final Four

April 4, 2025

The Longhorns need to be aggressive on both ends and run offense through Madison Booker