Natasha Cloud: From Delco to the WNBA

The Delco County kid who wore the Wildcat orange and blue and kept climbing - Maryland, Saint Josephs and a WNBA draft pick.

Natasha Cloud playing for the Lower Delco Wildcats in 2012
Natasha Cloud in Wildcat colors, 2012 — photo from the club archive.

Before the WNBA — before Saint Joseph’s, Maryland and the Delco Times headlines — Natasha Cloud was a fifth-grader wearing #22 for the 2004 Lower Delco Wildcats 11U team.

Her Wildcat career stretched five years. In February 2009, during her freshman year of high school, the club congratulated her on a verbal commitment to the University of Maryland. She went on to star at Saint Joseph’s University, and in April 2015 the Washington Mystics selected her in the second round of the WNBA Draft — the first Wildcat to reach the league.

Her Path, Step by Step

YearMilestone
2004Joins the Wildcats — 11U roster, 28–9 season and AAU Nationals in Nashville
2008Delco Times: “Cloud boosts Lower Delco” during the club’s 15U regional run
2009Verbal commitment to the University of Maryland, announced during her 5th Wildcat season
2015Second-round WNBA Draft pick of the Washington Mystics

Every Wildcat season starts the same way hers did — with a February tryout. See tryout information.