Posts by Natalie Heavren

Natalie Heavren has been a contributor to The Next since February 2019 and currently writes about the Atlantic 10 conference, the WNBA and the WBL.

Los Angeles Sparks guard Arella Guirantes (22) drives to the basket as Connecticut Sun guard Kaila Charles (3) defends

‘The culture is special to me’: Hispanic Heritage Month around the WNBA

September 29, 2021

For Rebecca Lobo, Arella Guirantes and others, a chance to highlight their culture

George Mason women's basketball huddle after the open practice

Inside George Mason’s first open practice

September 23, 2021

Under new leadership, program will ‘Believe Big’ this season

Who is the best two-guard defender in the WNBA?

September 21, 2021

Players and coaches from around the WNBA weigh in

Fordham women’s basketball’s tragic year has made the team closer than ever

August 28, 2021

Leaning on each other has helped the Fordham women’s basketball team not only get through the solitude of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also cope with physical losses

Tammi Reiss: The modern-day renaissance woman

July 31, 2021

How her winding road led her to an Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year award

Tina Charles debuts second film at the Tribeca Film Festival

June 30, 2021

How the film came to be and how Charles believes film and basketball overlap

Washington Mystics sign Megan Gustafson

June 22, 2021

What the signing means for the team moving forward

Twice as nice: How Tina Charles and Theresa Plaisance rewrote the record books against Indiana

June 20, 2021

The first-year Mystics teammates have obvious on-court chemistry despite limited practice time

Theresa Plaisance: The last big standing

June 19, 2021

How Plaisance’s career night propelled the Mystics to victory

Ariel Atkins shows why she’s key to the Mystics’ success with a career-high 29 points

June 6, 2021

‘She can be one of the best guards in our league, and she’s acting like it’