2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 2
Natalia Chavez
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Volcano Vista HS
- Hometown:
- Cochiti Pueblo, N.M.
- Previous School:
- New Mexico
Career Highs
- Points: 20 (2x: vs. UTRGV - 11/11/25, at California Baptist - 1/15/26)
- Minutes: 34 (vs. California Baptist - 2/7/26)
- Rebounds: 8 (vs. Nelson - 12/30/24)
- Assists: 3 (2x: at FIU - 12/1/24, vs. Tarleton State - 2/3/26)
- Steals: 3 (6x: at UT Arlington - 2/12/26)
- Blocks: 1 (9x: last at UT Arlington - 2/12/26)
- Field Goals Made: 7 (3x: vs. Nelson - 12/30/24, vs. UTRGV - 11/11/25, at California Baptist - 1/15/26)
- Field Goal Attempts: 15 (at UT Arlington - 2/12/26)
- 3-Point Field Goals Made: 6 (vs. UTRGV - 11/11/25)
- 3-Point Field Goal Attempts: 11 (at Texas Tech - 11/19/24)
- Free Throws Made: 5 (vs. McMurry - 12/2/25)
- Free Throw Attempts: 5 (2x: vs. McMurry - 12/2/25, at Utah Tech - 1/29/26)
- Appeared in 35 games with three starts, averaging 14.3 minutes per game
- Tallied 4.2 points per game, shooting at a .335 clip with a .308 mark from three-point range
- Sank six of seven free throw attempts and dished out 19 assists
- Brought down 64 rebounds, including 26 on the offensive end
- Collected 15 steals with five blocks
- Nailed a trio of three-pointers for a career-high 17 points and eight rebounds versus Nelson on Dec. 30, 2024
- Scored 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting in her first game as a Wildcat versus Southwest (N.M.) on Nov. 4, 2024
- Hit a three-pointer in nine consecutive games to end the season, making 11 of 26 (.423) shots
- Appeared in 12 games, averaging 7.2 minutes per game
- Averaged 1.9 points, 1.1 rebounds, 0.4 assists and 0.3 steals per game
- Scored a season-high seven points against Western New Mexico
- Made a three-pointer in five consecutive games
- Redshirted the 2022-23 season
- Named the District 1-5A Player of the Year in 2019-20 and 2020-21
- Earned First Team All-State and First Team All-Metro honors from 2019-21
- Reached the 1,000-point career milestone in 2021
- Led Volcano Vista to a 52-49 overtime victory in the NMAA 5A state championship in 2021 with a game-winning half-court shot at the buzzer
- Her game-winner was nominated for an ESPY and landed at No. 2 on SportsCenter's Top 10 plays
- As a junior, she averaged 16.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 2.4 steals per game
- As a sophomore, she averaged 17.9 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2.8 steals per game
- Born in Cochiti Pueblo, N.M.
- Parents are Curtis and Alysha Chavez, brother is Sonny
- Appeared in the 2024 Netflix original film Rez Ball, produced by NBA legend LeBron James
- Serves her community with organizations such as Laguna Community Foundation, Cops for Kids and UNM Children’s Hospital
- Plans to major in mass media communications
ACU Baseball: Rick McCarty Press Conference | Feb. 16, 2026
Tuesday, February 17
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Monday, February 16
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Monday, February 16
ACU Men's Basketball: vs. Tarleton State postgame | Feb. 14, 2026
Saturday, February 14
