Maya Brady, niece of legendary NFL QB, goes No 1 in pro softball league's expansion draft

Top-tier athletes tally successful the Brady household arsenic the niece of the legendary NFL backmost reached an accomplishment that her uncle ne'er did – spell No. 1 successful a nonrecreational sports draft.

Maya Brady was selected No. 1 wide successful the Athletes Unlimited Softball League’s enlargement and allocation drafts connected Monday. The Oklahoma City Spark chose the erstwhile UCLA Bruins prima shortstop. Brady’s parent is Maureen Brady, the sister of Tom Brady. Her parent was besides a prima softball subordinate for the Fresno State Bulldogs.

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UCLA's Maya Brady (7) bats during an NCAA softball crippled against Grand Canyon connected May 19, 2023, successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong, File)

Brady was a superstar erstwhile she was with the Bruins. She was a two-time Pac-12 Player of the Year Award winner, two-time USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year finalist and a three-time First Team National Fastpitch Coaches Association First Team All-American.

She wrapped her collegiate vocation successful 2024, finishing 2nd all-time successful the programme successful location runs (71), RBI (246) and slugging percent (.757).

Being successful the Brady household whitethorn travel with a definite benignant of pressure, but successful an interrogation with The Athletic, she suggested that she understood that unit makes diamonds.

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UCLA shortstop Maya Brady (7) reacts during an NCAA softball crippled against Washington connected March 17, 2023, successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong, File)

"For me, knowing that my household is precise successful, I deliberation it puts a batch of bully unit connected me," she said successful 2021. "It’s not unit similar ... I’m going to enactment shame connected the Brady household name. It’s conscionable bully pressure. I emotion bearing the past name. I’m conscionable truly arrogant of it."

The Cascade took erstwhile Oklahoma Sooners pitcher Sam Landry No. 2 and past followed up with erstwhile Oklahoma State Cowgirls pitcher Kelly Maxwell arsenic the apical prime successful the allocation draft.

Former Sooner slugger Jocelyn Alo went to the Bandits astatine No. 10 successful the allocation draft.

Oklahoma's Sam Landry (21) throws a transportation during the Women's College World Series softball crippled betwixt the Oklahoma Sooners and the Oregon Ducks astatine Devon Park successful Oklahoma City, Sunday, June, 1, 2025. (SARAH PHIPPS/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

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The AUSL was founded successful 2024. The Talons defeated the Bandits successful the 2025 title earlier this year. The league has six teams successful total.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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