For the first time in her storied professional basketball career, Alysha Clark will have the opportunity to play in front of some of her biggest fans.
The 2005 Mt. Juliet High graduate and three-time WNBA champion has committed to play in season four of the Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball championship series to be held in early 2025 at Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium.
“I’m so excited to play my first season of AU Pro Basketball because it’s at home,” Clark said.
“I haven’t got to play at home since I was in college and to be able to be a part of a professional league that’s coming to our city and help champion that — I’m looking forward to it so much.”
Previous seasons of AU Pro Basketball took place in Las Vegas (2022) and Dallas (2023 & 2024).
The 24-game schedule will run February 5 through March 2 with the 40-member roster of players competing to be crowned individual champion.
AU Pro Basketball features a range of scoring innovations to bring athletes and fans a unique and intense version of the sport, while featuring a traditional full-court five-on-five format.
Individual athletes earn points based on both team wins and individual performance to become the champions in team sports. Points are earned on every play and the leaderboard will change constantly.
In addition, teams change each week with the top four athletes in the standings serving as captains and drafting their teams.
At the end of the four-week season, the player with the most points is crowned as the league’s individual champion.
Joining Clark will be Nashville native and former Lipscomb University standout Dorie Harrison, former Tennessee Lady Vols Jordan Horston, Isabelle Harrison and Meighan Simmons along with Kierstan Bell, Lexie Brown, Sydney Colson, Alissa Pili and Maddie Siegrist
AU Pro Basketball has come about as an alternative to overseas play for many players from the WNBA and other professional leagues.
For more information on Athletes Unlimited, visit auprosports.com.
About Alysha Clark –A former Tennessee Class AAA Miss Basketball, Clark helped lead the Mt. Juliet Lady Bears to the 2005 state championship.
In college, she led the NCAA in scoring for three straight seasons, first a Belmont, then two years at Middle Tennessee State.
She was named Conference Player of the Year in both the Atlantic Sun (Belmont) and Sun Belt (MTSU), was voted the TSWA Women’s Player of the Year and was a named to eight All-America teams.
Clark was part of WNBA championships in 2018 & 2020 with Seattle Storm and in 2023 with Las Vegas Aces. She was voted the WNBA Sixth Person of the Year in 2023 and in 2020 was inducted into Middle Tennessee State University’s Blue Raider Hall of Fame.
