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.

Millie Prior goes up around the defender for a reverse layup. She is looking up at the basket about the release the ball with her right hand.

‘She’s here, she’s ready’: What Millie Prior has brought to Davidson this season

February 22, 2024

‘The sky’s the limit’ for the junior

George Washington's Nya Lok shoots over a Loyola Chicago defender.

Non-Division I transfers are making their mark in the A-10 this season

February 3, 2024

The transfer portal era extends further than the Division I ranks

On the left, Tonyus Chavers tips in the missed shot as a member of the Iowa Cornets against her previous team, the St. Louis Streak. On the right: Tonyus Chavers shoots a free throw as a member of the St. Louis Streak.

Five decades on, basketball still guides former WBL player Tonyus Chavers

January 15, 2024

After playing for the Minnesota Fillies, Chavers now cheers on the Lynx

Saint Joseph's Chloe Welch (22) drives to the basket with her left hand as a Yale defender is a step behind.

‘We knew we were getting a baller’: Chloe Welch is making the most of her sixth year of college basketball

December 7, 2023

How Welch’s leadership has impacted Saint Joseph’s this season

Dayton head coach Tamika Williams-Jeter raised her left hand and pointed, signaling to her team during its Nov. 8, 2023 matchup against UConn at the XL Center in Hartford, CT.

Inside Tamika Williams-Jeter’s return to UConn as Dayton head coach

November 12, 2023

A homecoming more than two decades in the making

George Washington head coach Caroline McCombs faces the court. She has her right hand raised with her five fingers spread, signaling to her team.

George Washington head coach Caroline McCombs receives contract extension

November 11, 2023

What McCombs’ extension means for the Revolutionaries

Saint Joseph's Mackenzie Smith drives to the basket against Mason's Paula Suárez

2023-24 Atlantic 10 preview

November 5, 2023

A look at what to expect from all 15 schools

Six women sit on stage. The woman second from the left holds a microphone in her hand while answering the question she was asked.

If Not For Them showcases decades of women’s basketball history

May 31, 2023

‘It didn’t just happen that all of a sudden, girls could play in front of TV cameras and have 10 million people watch them in the final’

UMass head coach Mike Leflar smiles at his introductory press conference wearing a suit and UMass tie.

First-time head coach Mike Leflar looks to put his stamp on the UMass program

April 24, 2023

What the start of the Leflar era means for the Minutewomen

Newly appointed Fordham head coach Bridgette Mitchell poses with director of athletics Ed Kull and a basketball

New beginnings in the Bronx: Bridgette Mitchell looks to ‘revive’ Fordham Rams

April 16, 2023

What the beginning of the Mitchell era means for the Rams