AU Pro Basketball Season 5 Draft Results: Meet the Week 4 Teams
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – The team captains and game schedule are set for the fourth and final week of the 2026 Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball season, which begins on Wednesday, February 25 inside Nashville Municipal Auditorium.
Guard Odyssey Sims will serve as the Gold Rush captain for the second week in a row. Sims, who sits atop the leaderboard with 4,612 points, will embark on her 15th career stint as a team captain. She is the league’s all-time leader in career games (42) and wins (21) by a captain.
Guard Rebekah Gardner will guide Glow for the second time in her three weeks as a captain. The UCLA product holds a 5-1 record as a captain this season, including a perfect 3-0 record with Glow in Week Two.
Center Tina Charles, who will pilot Rhythm in Week Four, becomes the eighth different first-time captain this season after rising five spots up the leaderboard in Week Three with a pair of 20-point performances.
Guard Kierstan Bell will guide Eclipse into Week Four, marking her first stint as a captain since Week One last season. Bell has served as a captain at least once in each of her four AU Pro Basketball seasons, authoring a 5-4 career mark in three weeks as a team leader.
The final week of AU Pro Basketball Season 5 begins on Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. CT as Rhythm faces Glow, followed by Gold Rush against Eclipse at 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. CT, both on ESPN and the ESPN app.
Meet the Week Four teams of AU Pro Basketball Season 5.
*Teams are listed in the order in which they were drafted.
GOLD RUSH
Coach: Chaz Franklin
- Odyssey Sims, Guard (Captain)
- Kiah Stokes, Center
- Aneesah Morrow, Forward
- Ariel Atkins, Guard
- Te-Hina Paopao, Guard
- Teana Muldrow, Forward
- Lexie Brown, Guard
- Asia Taylor, Forward
- Bree Hall, Guard
GLOW
Coach: Kia Vaughn
- Rebekah Gardner, Guard (Captain)
- Isabelle Harrison, Forward
- Zia Cooke, Guard
- Jacy Sheldon, Guard
- Natasha Mack, Forward
- Grace Berger, Guard
- Kiara Leslie, Guard
- Dorie Harrison, Forward
- Bria Hartley, Guard
- Rebecca Harris, Guard
RHYTHM
Coach: Zak Buncik
- Tina Charles, Center (Captain)
- Alysha Clark, Forward
- Mercedes Russell, Center
- Shey Peddy, Guard
- Kia Nurse, Guard
- Alissa Pili, Forward
- Jaylyn Sherrod, Guard
- Aerial Powers, Guard
- JoJo Lacey, Guard
- Sequoia Holmes, Guard
ECLIPSE
Coach: Edniesha Curry
- Kierstan Bell, Guard (Captain)
- Kaitlyn Chen, Guard
- Sarah Ashlee Barker, Guard
- NaLyssa Smith, Forward
- Emma Cannon, Forward
- Kayana Traylor, Guard
- Brianna Turner, Forward
- Aaliyah Nye, Guard
- Deja Kelly, Guard
- Alaina Coates, Center
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The final week of AU Pro Basketball Season 5 begins on Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. CT as Rhythm faces Glow, followed by Gold Rush against Eclipse at 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. CT, both on ESPN and the ESPN app. Tickets are available now.
