AUSL debuts 2025: Rosters, full players list of every team to watch in Athletes Unlimited Softball League.
The 2025Women's College World Series just wrapped up and softball fans still riding high from the Texas Longhorns' national championship run are in luck. The inaugural Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) season gets underway on Saturday, meaning you don't have to wait long for fierce competition among world-class athletes.
The AUSL officially kicks off on June 7 with an opening day matchup between the Talons and Bandits in Rosemont, Illinois, followed by a game between the Volts and Blaze in Wichita, Kansas. The Volts-Blaze game will be broadcast nationally on the MLB Network, marking the first pro softball game ever featured on the league's network. It was made possible by some heavy hitters backing the league.
The MLB announced a wide-ranging partnership with the AUSL last week, marking Major League Baseball's first investment in a women's professional sports league. MLB will leverage its broadcast partners and platforms to promote the visibility of the AUSL, which is helmed by commissioner Kim Ng, the former Miami Marlins general manager (2021–23).
Athletes Unlimited Softball League players Montana Fouts, Odicci Alexander, Sis Bates, Skylar Wallace, Amanda Lorenz, Aliyah Andrews, Maya Brady and Aleshia Ocasio.
2025 SCHEDULE: How to watch Athletes Unlimited Softball League
Not only does the AUSL have the support of MLB, the women's professional softball league will be shepherded by icons that have helped introduce the world to softball. Seven members of the 2004 gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic softball team are involved with the AUSL as coaches, general managers or advisors: Lisa Fernandez, Stacey Nuveman-Deniz, Cat Osterman, Kelly Kretschman, Jennie Finch, Jessica Mendoza and Natasha Watley.
Here's everything you need to know about the AUSL's debut on Saturday, from full team rosters, to players to watch and the opening week schedule:
2025 AUSL opening week schedule, dates, times, tv channels.
National TV/streaming networks for each game are shown below. Games are also being broadcast in select local markets; check your local listings or click here.
*All times Eastern
Saturday, June 7
Talons vs. Bandits, 3 p.m. (Rosemont, Illinois) | MLB.com, MLB.tv
Volts vs. Blaze, 7:30 p.m. (Wichita, Kansas) | MLB Network, MLB.tv
Sunday, June 8
Talons vs. Bandits, 2 p.m. (Rosemont, Illinois) | MLB.com, MLB.tv
Volts vs. Blaze, 5 p.m. (Wichita, Kansas) | MLB.com, MLB.tv
Monday, June 9
Volts vs. Blaze, 7 p.m. (Wichita, Kansas) | MLB.com, MLB.tv
Tuesday, June 10
Talons vs. Bandits, 8 p.m. (Rosemont, Illinois) | ESPN2
Thursday, June 12
Volts vs. Bandits, 7 p.m. (Sulphur, Louisiana) | ESPN2
Friday, June 13
Talons vs. Blaze, 6:30 p.m. (Chattanooga, Tennessee) | MLB.com, MLB.tv
Volts vs. Bandits, 9 p.m. (Sulphur, Louisiana) | MLB.com, MLB.tv
View the full season schedule here.
AUSL rosters
The AUSL's inaugural season features four teams — Talons, Bandits, Blaze and Volts — playing a 24-game season across 10 metro areas, including Chicago, Austin and Salt Lake City. Here are the complete rosters:
AUSL 2025 Bandits full roster list, players, head coach, GM
Head coach: Stacey Nuveman Deniz
General Manager: Jenny Dalton-Hill
Catcher Jordan Roberts (Florida)
Catcher Kelly Torres (Duke)
Infielder Sydney McKinney (Wichita State)
Infielder Delanie Wisz (UCLA)
Infielder Erin Coffel (Kentucky)
Infielder Skylar Wallace (Florida)
Utility player Cori McMillan (Virginia Tech)
Outfielder Morgan Zerkle (Marshall)
Outfielder Bubba Nickles-Camarena (UCLA)
Outfielder Bella Dayton (Texas)
Pitcher Taylor McQuillin (LHP, Arizona)
Pitcher Emiley Kennedy (LHP, Texas A&M)
Pitcher Odicci Alexander (RHP, James Madison)
Pitcher Sarah Willis (RHP, UCF)
Pitcher Lexi Kilfoyl (RHP, Oklahoma State)
Pitcher Devyn Netz (RHP, Arizona)
AUSL 2025 Blaze full roster list, players head coach, GM
Head coach: Alisa Goler
General Manager: Dana Sorensen
Catcher Taylor Edwards (Nebraska)
Catcher Kayla Kowalik (Kentucky)
Infielder Danielle Gibson Whorton (Arkansas)
Infielder Baylee Klingler (Washington)
Infielder Ana Gold (Duke)
Infielder Aubrey Leach (Tennessee)
Infielder Anissa Urtez (Utah)
Outfielder Aliyah Andrews (LSU)
Outfielder Ciara Briggs (LSU)
Outfielder Kalei Harding (Florida State)
Outfielder Korbe Otis (Florida)
Pitcher Emma Lemley (Virginia Tech)
Pitcher Brooke McCubbin (Clemson)
Pitcher Aleshia Ocasio (Florida)
Pitcher Keilani Ricketts (Oklahoma)
Pitcher Hope Trautwein-Valdespino (Oklahoma)
AUSL 2025 Talone full roster list, head coach, GM
Head coach: Howard Dobson
General Manager: Lisa Fernandez
Catcher Ally Shipman-Shrout (Alabama)
Catcher Sharlize Palacios (UCLA)
Infielder Bri Ellis (Arkansas)
Infielder Tori Vidales (Texas A&M)
Infielder Sydney Romero (Oklahoma)
Infielder Hannah Flippen (Utah)
Infielder Ali Aguilar (Washington)
Outfielder Sierra Sacco (Mississippi State)
Outfielder Caroline Jacobsen (Clemson)
Outfielder Jadelyn Allchin (UCLA)
Outfielder Victoria Hayward (Washington)
Pitcher Megan Faraimo (UCLA)
Pitcher Mariah Lopez (Utah)
Pitcher Raelin Chaffin (Mississippi State)
Pitcher Montana Fouts (Alabama)
Pitcher Lauren Derkowski (Michigan)
AUSL 2025 Volts full roster list, playrs, head coach, GM
Head Coach: Kelly Kretschman
General Manager: Cat Osterman
Catcher Michaela Edenfield (Florida State)
Catcher Mary Iakopo (Texas)
Infielder Sis Bates (Washington)
Infielder Tiare Jennings (Oklahoma)
Infielder Sierra Romero (Michigan)
Infielder Kelsey Stewart-Hunter (Florida)
Infielder Jessi Warren (Florida State)
Utility player Danieca Coffey (LSU)
Utility player Ali Newland (LSU)
Outfielder McKenzie Clark (Clemson)
Outfielder Amanda Lorenz (Florida)
Pitcher Rachel Garcia (UCLA)
Pitcher Payton Gottshall (Tennessee)
Pitcher Sam Landry (Oklahoma)
Pitcher Mariah Mazón (Oregon State)
Pitcher Miranda Stoddard (Arizona)
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