Posts by Jenn Hatfield

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

‘Strong like a diamond’: How Princeton’s Abby Meyers became the gem of the Ivy League

March 9, 2022

The senior has been one of the nation’s most efficient offensive players in her first year as a starter

Which Ivy League head coach was the best player?

March 4, 2022

Ahead of the conference tournament, Ivy head coaches vote on a different kind of bragging rights

What Tianna Hawkins and Natasha Cloud’s dominance in Athletes Unlimited means for the Washington Mystics

March 1, 2022

Hawkins and Cloud demonstrated their growth on the court and found joy off of it during the five-week season

Players on the Minnesota Lynx circle-up and put their hands together in the middle before a send-off

ROUNDTABLE: ‘Too Many Lynx,’ starring Cheryl Reeve

February 23, 2022

The Next staff offers solutions for Minnesota’s roster crunch

In Bella Mauricio and Kyla Jones, Brown could have the Ivy League’s backcourt of the future

February 18, 2022

‘Nobody really knows a lot of us on Brown’

Even in defeat, Kathy Delaney-Smith’s legacy at Harvard shines through on KDS Day

February 15, 2022

‘Nothing compares to being a part of that literal empire that Kathy’s built’

Belgian national team captain Emma Meesseman (center) stands with her teammates before a game against Puerto Rico in the FIBA World Cup Qualifying Tournament on Feb. 10, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Photo credit: Domenic Allegra)

‘I felt home’: Emma Meesseman returns to DC with the Belgian Cats

February 12, 2022

Emma Meesseman’s first two games in the Entertainment and Sports Arena since October 2019 were vintage performances

Elena Delle Donne’s Mystics feel ‘reborn’ as Mike Thibault goes big early in free agency

February 3, 2022

Let’s break down the massive week the Mystics just had, shall we?

Mystics notebook: Delle Donne to USA Basketball camp; Cloud debuts with Athletes Unlimited

January 28, 2022

Longtime WNBA assistant coach Shelley Patterson is heading to DC

Natasha Cloud (bottom right) smiles after being selected by DiJonai Carrington (top left) eighth overall in the inaugural Athletes Unlimited basketball draft on Jan. 23, 2022. (Screenshot from the YouTube.com livestream)

How Natasha Cloud is powering women’s basketball at home and abroad

January 26, 2022

From Jordan to Vegas, ‘it’s the rooms that we’ve been wanting to be in’