Taurasi: ‘The day I landed in Phoenix, there was something special about this place’
Aya Abdeen
Aya Abdeen has been a contributing writer for The Next since December 2022. She is also a WNBA and NCAA Women's Basketball writer for BallisLife, ASU Women's Basketball reporter for Devils in Detail, and Phoenix Mercury writer/podcast host for The9450. Her work has also appeared on AZPreps365, Arizona PBS/Cronkite News and The State Press. Abdeen graduated in Spring 2025 with a B.A. in Sports Journalism.
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