Experience
Melanie VanDerveer has been a professional writer for 20 years, writing everything from entertainment to features to sports. She currently covers WNBA, Unrivaled, and NBA for Heavy Sports, with a focus on the Las Vegas Aces.
VanDerveer has covered the Aces for the past two seasons, attending home games and interviewing players and the Aces entertainment team for features. She started covering the WNBA when she lived on the east coast, attending home New York Liberty games, before moving to Vegas in 2024.
VanDerveer started her journalism journey as a newspaper reporter for the Pocono Record in Pennsylvania in 2007 and has since written for The Blast, Sportskeeda, and Thought Catalog.
When she's not writing, VanDerveer enjoys all that Las Vegas has to offer -- shows, restaurants, hiking, and of course, sporting events.
Education
Melanie VanDerveer graduated from East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania with a bachelor's degree in communications: public relations.
