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2026 AUSL season
The 2026 AUSL season is the upcoming second season of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League. There will be six teams in the league consisting of the Chicago Bandits, Carolina Blaze, Utah Talons, and Texas Volts, joined by expansion teams Portland Cascade and Oklahoma City Spark.
2026 AUSL season
Athletes Unlimited Softball League
Softball
June 9 – July 20, 2026
25 (150 in total)
6
ESPN
Allocation draft: Kelly Maxwell College draft: TBA
Allocation draft: Portland Cascade College draft: TBA
The 2026 AUSL season is the upcoming second season of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League. There will be six teams in the league consisting of the Chicago Bandits, Carolina Blaze, Utah Talons, and Texas Volts, joined by expansion teams Portland Cascade and Oklahoma City Spark.
On December 1, 2025, the AUSL held an expansion and subsequent allocation draft following the addition of the two expansion teams. The drafts were aired on ESPNU.
The annual College Draft will be held in Spring 2026.
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
Pick
Name
New team
Position
Previous team
Maya Brady
Oklahoma City Spark
Utility
Talons
Sam Landry
Cascade
Pitcher
Volts
Pick
Name
New team
Position
Previous team
Carley Hoover
Cascade
Pitcher
Blaze
Sydney McKinney
Spark
Utility
Bandits
Pick
Name
New team
Position
Previous team
Sydney Romero
Spark
Infielder
Blaze
Sierra Sacco
Cascade
Outfielder
Talons
Pick
Name
New team
Position
Previous team
Payton Gottshall
Cascade
Pitcher
Volts
Jessie Warren
Spark
Infielder
Volts
Pick
Name
New team
Position
Previous team
Alana Vawter
Spark
Pitcher
Blaze
Korbe Otis
Cascade
Outfielder
Blaze
Pick
Name
New team
Position
Previous team
Tori Vidales
Cascade
Infielder
Talons
Bubba Nickles-Camarena
Spark
Outfielder
Bandits
Pick
Name
New team
Position
Previous team
Delanie Wisz
Spark
Catcher/Utility
Bandits
Pass
Cascade
Pick
Name
New team
Position
Previous team
Pass
Spark
Pick
Name
Team
Position
College
Kelly Maxwell
Portland Cascade
Pitcher
Oklahoma
Kinzie Hansen
Oklahoma City Spark
Catcher
Oklahoma
Jayda Coleman
Utah Talons
Outfielder
Oklahoma
Kathryn Sandercock
Chicago Bandits
Pitcher
Florida State
Alyssa Brito
Carolina Blaze
Infielder
Oklahoma
Ally Carda
Texas Volts
Pitcher
UCLA
Pick
Name
Team
Position
College
Maddie Penta
Spark
Pitcher
Auburn
Mia Davidson
Cascade
Catcher
Mississippi State
Jadelyn Allchin
Talons
Outfielder
UCLA
Jocelyn Alo
Bandits
Utility
Oklahoma
Jenna Laird
Blaze
Infielder
Missouri
Alyssa Denham
Volts
Pitcher
Arizona
Pick
Name
Team
Position
College
Sis Bates
Cascade
Infielder
Washington
Jailyn Ford
Spark
Pitcher
James Madison
Rachel Becker
Talons
Infielder
Oklahoma State
Jessica Clements
Bandits
Outfielder
UCLA
Jala Wright
Blaze
Pitcher
Duke
Rylie Boone
Volts
Outfielder
Oklahoma
Pick
Name
Team
Position
College
Billie Andrews
Spark
Infielder
Nebraska
Paige Sinicki
Cascade
Infielder
Oregon
Maddie Moore
Talons
Infielder
Clemson
Sami Williams
Bandits
Infielder
Iowa State
Valerie Cagle
Blaze
Pitcher/Utility
Clemson
Aliyah Binford
Volts
Pitcher/Utility
Mississippi
Pick
Name
Team
Position
College
Ali Newland
Cascade
Catcher/Utility
Louisiana State
Sydney Sherrill
Spark
Infielder
Florida State
Aliyah Andrews
Talons
Outfielder
Louisiana State
Emiley Kennedy
Bandits
Pitcher
Texas A&M
Pass
Blaze
Pick
Name
Team
Position
College
Haley Lee
Spark
Catcher/Utility
Oklahoma
Kendra Falby
Cascade
Outfielder
Florida
Pass
Talons
Pass
Bandits
Pick
Name
Team
Position
College
Pass
Spark
Pass
Cascade
On November 12, 2025, the league announced the addition of two 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.
The season schedule was announced on January 13, 2026, with each team scheduled to play 25 games. The regular season will begin on June 9 and conclude on July 20, followed by a play-in game, the best of three AUSL Championship series, and the 2026 All-Star Cup.
ESPN will broadcast 47 regular season games and the championship series.
Schedule
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