Former Alabama All-American Montana Fouts was chosen in the inaugural Athletes Unlimited Softball League draft on Wednesday night.
The Talons acquired the pitcher in the ninth round with the draft’s 35th selection.
The Athletes Unlimited Softball League is a four-team, professional circuit that will take its game on tour in June, with each club playing 24 games.
Along with the Talons, the teams are the Bandits, Blaze and Volts. Athletes Unlimited plans to give each team a permanent home with city-based franchises in the 2026 season after taking its game on a season-long road trip in 2025.
The new softball league gives Athletes Unlimited a traditional-format product for the sport.
The AUSL will precede the Athletes Unlimited All-Star Cup competition, which will return with a four-week season featuring 60 players. The All-Star Cup has a weekly re-draft of the players into new teams by the top four players from the previous week’s play.
The Bandits chose former Oklahoma State pitcher Lexi Kilfoyl with the No. 1 pick in the AUSL Draft on Wednesday night. The draft lasted 12 rounds and 48 of the 80 players who made themselves available to the league were chosen.
Former Alabama standout Kelly Kretschman is the coach of the Volts.
