AU Pro Basketball Season 5 Week 1 Draft Results

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.