AU Pro Volleyball Season 4 Draft Results: Meet the Week 1 Teams

Outside hitter and 2022 Athletes Unlimited Pro Volleyball champion Bethania De La Cruz-Mejía led the Purple team to a 3-0 record in Week One and claimed 1,066 points to earn her 12th stint as a team captain. The Dominican Republic native will guide the Gold team for the sixth time in her AU Pro Volleyball career in the 2024 season’s second segment.

Guiding the Orange team in Week Two is league newcomer opposite Brittany Abercrombie. The USC product put down 46 kills in the first portion of play and ranks second on the leaderboard with 1,050 points. Abercrombie leads the circuit with 140 MVP points through the league’s first week.

Also making her debut as a team captain is middle blocker Kayla Caffey who will lead the Blue team. The former Texas standout tied an AU Pro Volleyball single-week record with 12 solo blocks and claimed a pair of Match MVP laurels to finish the opening segment of the campaign with 795 points

Rounding out the Week Two captains, setter Nootsara Tomkom holds onto fourth place with 713 leaderboard points and will pilot the Purple team. Tomkom leads the circuit with 106 assists through her first three matches of the 2024 season. She returns to the captain’s chair for the second time in her AU Pro Volleyball career after leading the Blue side in the first week of the 2023 season.

Meet the Week Two teams.

TEAM DE LA CRUZ-MEJÍA

Facilitator: Thomas Robson

• Bethania De La Cruz-Mejía, Outside Hitter (Captain)
• Leketor Member-Meneh, Outside Hitter
• Natalia Valentin-Anderson, Setter
• Jenna Rosenthal, Middle Blocker
• Manami Kojima, Libero
• Willow Johnson, Opposite
• Karis Watson, Middle Blocker
• Kayla Haneline, Middle Blocker
• Heydi Casanova, Opposite
• Erin Fairs, Outside Hitter
• Gabby Blossom, Setter

TEAM ABERCROMBIE

Facilitator: Dave Rubio

• Brittany Abercrombie, Opposite (Captain)
• Dani Drews, Outside Hitter
• Molly McCage, Middle Blocker
• Sydney Hilley, Setter
• Morgan Hentz, Libero
• Claire Hoffman, Outside Hitter
• Lauren Page, Middle Blocker
• Paige Briggs-Romine, Outside Hitter
• Berkeley Oblad, Middle Blocker
• Taylor Bruns Tegenrot, Setter
• Sherridan Atkinson, Opposite

TEAM CAFFEY

Facilitator: Joe Trinsey

• Kayla Caffey, Middle Blocker (Captain)
• Brooke Nuneviller, Outside Hitter
• Kelsie Payne, Opposite
• Allison Mayfield, Outside Hitter
• Emily Thater, Middle Blocker
• Madi Bugg, Setter
• Mary Lake, Libero
• Marlie Monserez, Setter
• Becca Latham, Opposite
• Temi Thomas-Ailara, Outside Hitter
• Tess Clark, Middle Blocker

TEAM TOMKOM

Facilitator: Deitre Collins-Parker

• Nootsara Tomkom, Setter (Captain)
• Madi Kingdon Rishel, Outside Hitter
• Khat Bell, Opposite
• Tori Dixon, Middle Blocker
• Gia Day, Outside Hitter
• Kaz Brown, Middle Blocker
• Lindsey Vander Weide, Outside Hitter
• Alisha Childress, Setter
• Génesis Collazo, Opposite
• M’kaela White, Middle Blocker
• Nomaris Vélez Agosto, Libero

Week Two begins with Team Caffey vs. Team Abercrombie on Friday, October 11 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT followed by Team De La Cruz-Mejía vs. Team Tomkom on Bally Sports and Volleyball TV.