NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Athletes Unlimited introduced a remaining roster Thursday that includes 20 returning gamers and 20 newcomers for its fifth season of girls’s basketball beginning Feb. 4 in Nashville.
The roster consists of Tina Charles, the WNBA’s profession chief in rebounds and area targets, who performed abroad the previous decade in the course of the league’s offseason.
WNBA veterans similar to Ariel Atkins, Alysha Clark, three-time Olympian Kia Nurse, Odyssey Sims, Aerial Powers, Kiah Stokes, Brianna Turner, Isabelle Harrison and Bria Hartley are also on faucet for this season.
Lexie Brown, chair of the AU Professional Basketball Participant govt committee, additionally could have her father, former Celtics star Dee Brown, available. His title is participant enhancement specialist. He shall be working with Danielle Viglione serving to coaches Zak Buncik, Edniesha Curry, Chaz Franklin and Kia Vaughn.
Different gamers competing embody Aneesah Morrow, NaLyssa Smith, Jacy Sheldon, Te-Hina Paopao, Zia Cooke, Deja Kelly, Kaitlyn Chen, Jaylyn Sherrod and Aaliyah Nye.
Megan Perry, vice chairman of basketball for Athletes Unlimited, mentioned this roster options gamers who need to check themselves towards the most effective. AU’s format options 5-on-5 basketball.
“The depth throughout all 40 spots is outstanding, and it may make this one of the difficult and compelling seasons we have had,” Perry mentioned.
The 2026 season shall be performed for a second straight yr at Municipal Auditorium in Nashville from Feb. 4 to March 1.