Tom Brady's Niece Maya Selected No. 1 Overall in Softball League Expansion Draft

The niece of an NFL legend went first overall in the Athletes Unlimited Softball League expansion draft on Monday.

Maya Brady, whose uncle is seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady, was selected by the Oklahoma City Spark with the first pick.

Brady played for UCLA from 2020 to 2024, earning two Pac-12 Player of the Year nods and three first-team All-American bids. In January, she was selected 19th overall by the Talons in the AUSL draft.

Tom Brady called her "the most dominant athlete in the Brady family...by far!"

She missed the first month of the 2025 season because of a hamstring injury, but was electric once she made her debut, hitting .500 with a home run and five RBI in 22 at-bats.

The AUSL held its inaugural season in 2025 with four teams: the Bandits, Blaze, Talons and Volts. It expanded to six teams, adding the Spark and Cascade, following an investment from MLB.

If Brady truly is the most dominant athlete in her family, as her uncle called her, she should be in for an outstanding career.