AU Pro Basketball Season 5 Draft Results: Meet the Week 1 Teams
The team are set for the opening week of the 2026 Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball season, which gets underway next week at Nashville Municipal Auditorium.
The Week One group of captains, which were determined by a random selection of returning players, includes a pair of first-time team leaders. Guard Bria Hartley pilots Gold Rush in her captain debut, while forward Alysha Clark anchors Eclipse during Week One.
Forward NaLyssa Smith, the 2023 AU Pro Basketball champion, will serve as the captain for Glow while making her return to the league in Week One. Guard Lexie Brown rounds out the captain quartet by guiding Rhythm into the first week of the campaign.
Week One begins on Wednesday, Feb. 4, with two games on ESPN and the ESPN app. Rhythm and Glow will tip off at 6:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. CT, followed by Gold Rush and Eclipse at 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. CT.
Meet the Week One teams of AU Pro Basketball Season 5.
*Teams are listed in the order in which they were drafted.
GOLD RUSH
Coach: Kia Vaughn
- Bria Hartley, Guard (Captain)
- Isabelle Harrison, Forward
- Odyssey Sims, Guard
- Kiah Stokes, Center
- Sarah Ashlee Barker, Guard
- Dorie Harrison, Forward
- Aerial Powers, Guard
- Teana Muldrow, Forward
- Air Hearn, Guard
- Alaina Coates, Center
GLOW
Coach: Zak Buncik
- NaLyssa Smith, Forward (Captain)
- Tina Charles, Center
- Ariel Atkins, Guard
- Te-Hina Paopao, Guard
- Jacy Sheldon, Guard
- Emma Cannon, Forward
- Zia Cooke, Guard
- Deja Kelly, Guard
- Grace Berger, Guard
- JoJo Lacey, Guard
RHYTHM
Coach: Edniesha Curry
- Lexie Brown, Guard (Captain)
- Shey Peddy, Guard
- Brianna Turner, Forward
- Bree Hall, Guard
- Kia Nurse, Guard
- Jaylyn Sherrod, Guard
- Natasha Mack, Forward
- Aaliyah Nye, Guard
- Sequoia Holmes, Guard
- Rebecca Harris, Rhythm
ECLIPSE
Coach: Chaz Franklin
- Alysha Clark, Guard (Captain)
- Mercedes Russell, Center
- Kaitlyn Chen, Guard
- Rebekah Gardner, Guard
- Aneesah Morrow, Forward
- Kierstan Bell, Guard
- Asia Taylor, Forward
- Kayana Traylor, Guard
- Kiara Leslie, Guard
- McKenzie Forbes, Guard
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Week One of AU Pro Basketball Season 5 tips off on Wednesday, February 4 at 6:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. CT on ESPN and the ESPN app. Tickets are available now.
