2026 AUSL season

The 2026 AUSL season was the second season for the Athletes Unlimited Softball League. There were six teams in the league: the Chicago Bandits, Carolina Blaze, Utah Talons, and Texas Volts, joined by the expansion teams Portland Cascade and Oklahoma City Spark.

Drafts On December 1, 2025, the AUSL held their expansion and had a subsequent allocation draft following the addition of the two new expansion teams. The drafts were aired on ESPNU.

The annual College Draft was held on May 4, 2026.

Expansion draft Protected players + Bandits Blaze Talons Volts Erin Coffel Ana Gold Georgina Corrick Rachel Garcia Lexi Kilfoyl Baylee Klingler Megan Faraimo Amanda Lorenz Taylor McQuillin Aubrey Leach Hannah Flippen Mia Scott Morgan Zerkle Kayla Kowalik Sharlize Palacios Tiare Jennings Skylar Wallace Keilani Ricketts Montana Fouts Dejah Mulipola Mary Iakopo Aleshia Ocasio Caroline Jacobsen Sierra Romero Bella Dayton Devyn Netz Sahvanna Jaquish Ciara Briggs

First round Pick Name New team Position Previous team1Maya BradyOklahoma City SparkUtilityTalons2Sam LandryCascadePitcherVolts

Second round Pick Name New team Position Previous team3Carley HooverCascadePitcherBlaze4Sydney McKinneySparkUtilityBandits

Third round Pick Name New team Position Previous team5Sydney RomeroSparkInfielderBlaze6Sierra SaccoCascadeOutfielderTalons

Fourth round Pick Name New team Position Previous team7Payton GottshallCascadePitcherVolts8Jessie WarrenSparkInfielderVolts

Fifth round Pick Name New team Position Previous team9Alana VawterSparkPitcherBlaze10Korbe OtisCascadeOutfielderBlaze

Sixth round Pick Name New team Position Previous team11Tori VidalesCascadeInfielderTalons12Bubba Nickles-CamarenaSparkOutfielderBandits

Seventh round Pick Name New team Position Previous team13Delanie WiszSparkCatcher/UtilityBandits14PassCascade

Eighth round Pick Name New team Position Previous team15PassSpark

Allocation draft First round Pick Name Team Position College1Kelly MaxwellPortland CascadePitcherOklahoma2Kinzie HansenOklahoma City SparkCatcherOklahoma3Jayda ColemanUtah TalonsOutfielderOklahoma4Kathryn SandercockChicago BanditsPitcherFlorida State5Alyssa BritoCarolina BlazeInfielderOklahoma6Ally CardaTexas VoltsPitcherUCLA

Second round Pick Name Team Position College7Maddie PentaSparkPitcherAuburn8Mia DavidsonCascadeCatcherMississippi State9Jadelyn AllchinTalonsOutfielderUCLA10Jocelyn AloBanditsUtilityOklahoma11Jenna LairdBlazeInfielderMissouri12Alyssa DenhamVoltsPitcherArizona

Third round Pick Name Team Position College13Sis BatesCascadeInfielderWashington14Jailyn FordSparkPitcherJames Madison15Rachel BeckerTalonsInfielderOklahoma State16Jessica ClementsBanditsOutfielderUCLA17Jala WrightBlazePitcherDuke18Rylie BooneVoltsOutfielderOklahoma

Fourth round Pick Name Team Position College19Billie AndrewsSparkInfielderNebraska20Paige SinickiCascadeInfielderOregon21Maddie MooreTalonsInfielderClemson22Sami WilliamsBanditsInfielderIowa State23Valerie CagleBlazePitcher/UtilityClemson24Aliyah BinfordVoltsPitcher/UtilityMississippi

Fifth round Pick Name Team Position College25Ali NewlandCascadeCatcher/UtilityLouisiana State26Sydney SherrillSparkInfielderFlorida State27Aliyah AndrewsTalonsOutfielderLouisiana State28Emiley KennedyBanditsPitcherTexas A&M29PassBlaze

Sixth round Pick Name Team Position College30Haley LeeSparkCatcher/UtilityOklahoma31Kendra FalbyCascadeOutfielderFlorida32PassTalons33PassBandits

Seventh round Pick Name Team Position College34PassSpark35PassCascade

2026 College Draft The 2026 College Draft was held on May 4, 2026 and aired live on ESPN2. Karlyn Pickens was drafted first overall by the Carolina Blaze.

First round Pick Name Team Position College1Karlyn PickensCarolina BlazePitcherTennessee2NiJaree CanadyTexas VoltsPitcherTexas Tech3Maya JohnsonOklahoma City SparkPitcherBelmont4Megan GrantPortland Cascade UtilityUCLA5Jocelyn EricksonChicago BanditsCatcherFlorida6Jordan WooleryUtah TalonsInfielderUCLA

Second round Pick Name Team Position College7Reese AtwoodBlazeCatcherTexas8Leighann GoodeVoltsInfielderTexas9Sydney StewartCascadeCatcherArizona10Peja GooldSparkPitcherMississippi State11Taryn KernBanditsInfielderStanford12Taylor TinsleyTalonPitcherUCLA

Third round Pick Name Team Position College13Ailana AgbayaniBanditsInfielderOklahoma14Amari HarperSparkUtilityOregon15Kenzie BrownCascadePitcherArizona State16Dakota KennedyBlazeOutfielderArkansas

Fourth round Pick Name Team Position College17Kenleigh CahalanCascadeInfielderFlorida

Notes

Teams

On November 12, 2025, the league announced the addition of two new expansion teams: the Cascade and the Oklahoma City Spark. The Spark previously played in Association of Fastpitch Professionals and is the first AUSL team to have a confirmed home location (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma). The locations of the remaining five teams, as well as the ballparks for all six, were unveiled on January 13, 2026. At this time, it was also confirmed that the Bandits are the continuation of the National Pro Fastpitch team of the same name.

Chicago Bandits

Chicago Bandits roster Pitchers

Catchers

Outfielders Infielders