UCLA Softball Shortstop Maya Brady has committed to playing in the new athlete’s Unlimited Softball League (AUSL), reported ESPN.
Adding a player of Brady’s caliber and star power is expected to give a boost to the upstart -League that will complete its initial draft this week.
The 23-year-old is the niy of seven-time the Super Bowl winner and current Fox Sports Lead NFL analyst Tom Brady.
Sign up for TUBI and Stream Super Bowl Lix Free
Maya Brady from UCLA Bruins during a game against Stanford Cardinal at Easton Stadium April 2, 2023 in Los Angeles. (Katharine Lotze/Getty Images)
The left-handed UCLA Bruin also plays in Outfield and has received the first team of all-American Honors twice. Brady was also previously named PAC-12 player of the year and was Softball America Freshman of the Year in 2020.
UCLA has long boasted one of the best softball programs in the nation, and Brady ranks number two at the school’s all-time home drive.
CLICK HERE for more sports cover at Foxnews.com
Former Miami Marlins General Manager Kim NG spearheads with Ausl and was appointed senior adviser last year. NG has said the league will be “Major League Baseball for Softball.”
The league has four teams playing 30 games in six to eight cities in its first season.
The bandits, Blaze, Volts and Talons will be the league’s original four teams.
Maya Brady from UCLA Bruins against Stanford Cardinal in the third lap on Boyd at Jill Smith Family Stadium April 20, 2024 in Stanford, California. (Eakin Howard/Getty Images)
“Softball is ready for tremendous growth at the professional level, and AUSL meets the moment by creating the action-packed world-class softball league that this sport has deserved for so long,” NG said.
“The caliber of players struggling to be drafted in the morning olympiere, Team USA veterans, Allamericans and NCAA-Masters-Examination further that the world’s best players are here together as a unit of basic members who will make AUSL The next big thing in women’s sports.
UCLAS Maya Brady celebrates after a home drive during the third round of a NCAA Softball Women’s College World Series game against Oklahoma June 6, 2022 in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)
Brady hit 71 home runs with 246 RBIs in 249 matches at UCLA.
Last summer, two different four-team softball leagues held games, women’s professional fast pitches and association of fast pitchers.
