AU Pro Basketball Stars to Watch in the WNBA this Season
With the WNBA season tipoff this evening, the talent of the 2025 Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball roster is undeniable, as Nos. 1 through 10 on the leaderboard will be suiting up for action in the W this weekend.
Here’s what you can expect from the 16 Athletes Unlimited stars on WNBA rosters this season.
Maddy Siegrist – Dallas Wings
The 2025 AU champ is surrounded by top-tier talent in Dallas, including AU teammate Tyasha Harris and this year’s top pick in the WNBA Draft – Paige Bueckers. 2025 will mark Siegrist’s third year in the W, and after a strong sophomore season in which she averaged 9.4 points and 3.3 rebounds per game, and her dominant AU season in Nashville, she’s entering opening weekend with some big-time momentum.
Odyssey Sims – Los Angeles Sparks
Sims, the 2025 AU runner-up, is entering her 12th year in the WNBA, and her veteran status has major perks for the Sparks. She spent time in Dallas and L.A. on a pair of hardship contracts in 2024, but officially signed a one-year deal with the Sparks during her standout AU season in Nashville. She averaged an impressive 17.2 points over nine games in Dallas last year and 9.8 points per game in 15 outings for the Sparks, and will look to maintain that scoring drive in 2025.
Crystal Bradford – Las Vegas Aces
Bradford had herself a record-breaking season in Nashville and snagged a third-place AU finish before heading off to Vegas on a training camp contract. And she clearly made an impression worthy of an official roster spot, making her way back into the league after brief stints in 2015 and 2021. Alongside fellow AU competitor Kiersten Bell, she’ll add depth to the Aces’ player pool and could be an asset on both ends of the floor.
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Maya Caldwell – Atlanta Dream
Caldwell enters her fourth season in the W and her third with the Atlanta Dream – although not consecutively. The 2025 fourth-place AU finisher suited up for the Dream in her rookie season in 2022 before spending the 2023 season with the Indiana Fever and making the move back to Atlanta last season. This season, she’ll look to make it stick and improve upon her 5.2 points per game average from 2024.
Tyasha Harris – Dallas Wings
It’s the fifth year in the W for this year’s fifth-place AU finisher, Ty Harris. She spent three seasons with Dallas from 2020–22 before a two-year spell in Connecticut, and now she’s back with the Wings for 2025 after her highest-scoring WNBA season yet. In 2024, she averaged 10.5 points and three assists per game in 39 appearances, and she’ll have the chance to improve upon those stats in this new chapter in Dallas.
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Elizabeth Williams – Chicago Sky
Elizabeth Williams posted strong numbers in Nashville, and now she has the chance to do the same in Chi-Town. The 6-foot-3 center has been around the block with 10 WNBA seasons under her belt, and 2025 will mark her third straight with the Sky. She’s surrounded by more seasoned players, as well as young talent like Angel Reese and Hailey Van Lith, and could be part of a player combination that can boost Chicago after its 10th-place league finish last season.
Lexie Brown – Seattle Storm
Lexie Brown is now a seven-year WNBA veteran, and after three seasons in L.A., she’s bringing that elevated experience to Seattle. Last year, she had one of her best seasons in the W with 8.1 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per game, and she’s on pace to do the same after averaging 16 points per game in AU Pro Basketball Season 4.
Isabelle Harrison – New York Liberty
Isabelle Harrison made the move to the Big Apple in the offseason, and she’s set to join the powerhouse ranks of the defending champs. She’ll complement the likes of Sabrina Ionescu and Breanna Stewart for her eighth year in the league, following a solid 2024 season with the Chicago Sky. Last year, she put up 6.5 points and 3.9 rebounds per game, and has the potential to make a real impact in New York this season.
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Kia Nurse – Chicago Sky
Kia Nurse is another AU pro starting a new chapter this WNBA season. She’s getting settled with the Chicago Sky – her fourth team in as many years – and her six years of experience could help balance out the young names on the Sky roster. She averaged 7.6 points per game in the W last season, and 15.8 in February’s AU season, and should be a viable scoring option for Chicago.
Bria Hartley – Connecticut Sun
Bria Hartley picked up a last-second training camp contract with the Connecticut Sun less than a week ago, and she’s making the most of the opportunity. She has nine years in the W on her resume, with her last active season wrapping in 2022, but if there’s anything we learned from her clutch performances in AU Season 4, it’s that she’s still capable of pulling off big moments on the court.
Alysha Clark – Seattle Storm
For year 13 in the W, Alysha Clark is coming home to Seattle. The veteran forward spent nine years with the Storm before brief stops in D.C. and Vegas during her last three seasons, but now she’s back in Seattle, and still as much of an asset as ever. She averaged six points per game with the Aces in 2024 and is now back in green and gold and ready for more action.
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Jaylyn Sherrod – New York Liberty
Jaylyn Sherrod is another AU athlete kicking it with the defending champs. In her rookie season, she saw action in 10 contests and got quality offseason reps in AU Season 4 in Nashville. She recorded 6.7 points and 2.4 rebounds per game across 11 outings in Music City and is set to increase her workload in New York this WNBA season.
Kierstan Bell – Las Vegas Aces
Kierstan Bell is staring down her fourth year in the league, and the Aces are the only WNBA team she’s ever suited up for. An injury limited her to just six appearances in 2024, but her AU showing this winter proved that she’s back in fighting form. She averaged 10.3 points and 5.3 rebounds per game in Nashville and could make a big difference down low for Vegas this season.
Sydney Colson – Indiana Fever
After three consecutive seasons with the Aces, Sydney Colson is prepped for her next assignment with the Indiana Fever. This season will mark 11 years in the league for the WNBA veteran, and a chance to continue her upward trajectory from last season. She saw a slight uptick in scoring production last year in Vegas and was a steady off-the-bench presence for the Aces – a quality that should serve the Fever well this season.
Alissa Pili – Minnesota Lynx
Alissa Pili was the eighth overall pick in last year’s draft, and she carved out a role for herself fairly quickly. She appeared in 22 games for the league runners-up, averaging 2.4 points per game, and in her AU debut, she showed some scoring pop with 12.1 points per game and 3.7 rebounds per game to boot. Year two should spark an increase in her workload for the Lynx and give her the opportunity to further solidify her place on the squad.
Siera Jones is the digital media reporter at Athletes Unlimited. You can follow her on Instagram and X @sieraajones.
