NASHVILLE — Odyssey Sims won the Athletes Unlimited championship Sunday after finishing second each of the past two seasons of the four-week event.
“I’m just happy,” Sims said with the winner’s medal around her neck along with a “GOAT” (Greatest Of All Time) necklace. “Like, I finally did it. This means more to me than anything else right now.”
Sims finished with 6,764 points under a scoring system that factors in team wins and individual performances, well ahead of second-place Aneesah Morrow, who had 5,344 points in her first season with AU Pro Basketball. Rebekah Gardner was third with 5,269 points followed by Tina Charles, the WNBA’s career leader in rebounds and field goals, with 4,875 points.
Sims, a guard who split the WNBA’s 2025 season between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Indiana Fever, didn’t miss a game in AU’s first four seasons. Sims went from finishing sixth in the first season to third in 2023, and she was edged out by Maddy Siegrist last year.
Sims said her experience from the start of the league could be considered cheating a bit. Athletes Unlimited features 41 players rotating through four teams while playing 24 games of 5-on-5 basketball. This was the league’s second season in Nashville.