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Allisha Gray, Lexie Hull and CC Andrews earn honors at Athletes Unlimited Basketball

Athletes Unlimited Basketball wrapped Season 2 by awarding honors to the athletes.

Athletes Unlimited Basketball wrapped Season 2 by awarding honors to the athletes. NaLyssa Smith, Naz Hillmon and Odyssey Sims walked away with first through third place, respectively.

However, the awards didn’t stop there.

Allisha Gray took fourth in the league based on leaderboard points, Lexie Hull was named the Defensive Player of the Year and the 2023 Teammate of the Year Award presented by weThink was CC Andrews.

Gray is an Olympic gold medalist and currently plays for the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA, in addition to playing in Athletes Unlimited. She played with her WNBA teammate Naz Hillmon for four weeks of the Athletes Unlimited season. Points are meted out for buckets and great play on the court then tallied into leaderboard totals throughout the season. With this scoring system, Gray had 5,748 total points and shot 91.8% from the free-throw line.

The Athletes Unlimited 2023 All-Defensive Team was voted upon by players and the facilitators of the league. The All-Defensive Team included Ty Young, Jordin Canada, Natasha Cloud, Gray and Hull.

Hull was then voted as the Defensive Player of the Year. She tied for first in steals with 29 on the season and added 97 rebounds. She was the No. 6 overall pick by Indiana Fever in the 2022 WNBA draft.

Andrews won the Sportsmanship Award in the inaugural season of Athletes Unlimited Basketball in 2022 and won the 2023 Teammate of the Year Award. The Teammate of the Year Award was voted on by the players and goes to an individual who exemplifies the most growth-minded awareness of the attributes of good character, integrity and grit.

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Naz Hillmon wins silver in 2023 Athletes Unlimited basketball championship

The overall champions were crowned and All-American Michigan college basketball standout and current WNBA player Naz Hillmon took home the silver.

While the scoring system for Athletes Unlimited Basketball is slightly different than traditional systems, the excitement and passion is on another level. The players are excited to play, with smiles and laughter filling practices and games.

The second season of Athletes Unlimited Basketball took place in Dallas, Texas, and consisted of five weeks of play. The overall champions were crowned, and Naz Hillmon, a former All-American who plays in the WNBA, took home the silver.

Hillmon played college basketball at Michigan and was the women’s program’s first All-American. She was the first Michigan basketball player – male or female – to score 2,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds. Hillmon recorded a double-double in the team’s four games in the 2022 NCAA Tournament, finishing her career with 52 overall.

She was drafted 15th overall by the Atlanta Dream in the 2022 WNBA draft and started in 12 of 24 games played in her first season. Before the start of the 2023 WNBA season, Hillmon joined Athletes Unlimited for its second season of play and she turned heads.

Each week of Athletes Unlimited, new captains are picked based on the unique scoring system. Hillmon was in the captain’s chair 12 times and holds an 8-4 record at the helm of her teams.

Hillmon is the winningest captain and medalist of the 2023 season with 3,300 win points acquired from quarters (33) and games (11). Hillmon also was voted MVP honors nine times.

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Rosters set for Week 4 of Athletes Unlimited basketball

The four players from the previous week with the highest points accumulation are elected captains and draft their dream team.

Each week the new captains for the four Athletes Unlimited basketball teams redraft their teams. The four players with the most points in the previous week are named captains and draft their teams.

Week 4 games start on March 15 and the Week 4 draft was on March 12.

The Week 4 rosters are set with some players competing against their Week 3 teammates. You can follow along with the drafts each week via YouTube.

There are five rounds in the draft each week and a total of 40 roster spots up for grabs with four spots being held by the captains for a total of 44 roster spots in the league.

The basketball is exciting, unique and an opportunity for more players to play professional basketball domestically and not have to travel overseas to play. This is the second season for Athletes Unlimited, which is located in Dallas.

The season runs through March 25.

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Naz Hillmon records impressive record in Athletes Unlimited game

Naz Hillmon broke the Athletes Unlimited single-game leaderboard points record.

Naz Hillmon broke the Athletes Unlimited single-game leaderboard points record with 834 points. The scoring system for Athletes Unlimited is different from traditional scoring systems. This system allows players to earn points for more than just scoring, which rewards players with other skill sets such as ball thieves, bigs who block and rebounding gawds.

Hillmon played college basketball at Michigan and was its first All-American in its women’s basketball program. She was the first Michigan basketball player – male or female – in school history to score 2,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds. Hillmon recorded a double-double in the team’s four games in the 2022 NCAA Tournament, finishing her career with 52 total.

She was drafted 15th overall by the Atlanta Dream in the 2022 WNBA draft and started in 12 of 24 games played in her first season. Before the start of the 2023 WNBA season, Hillmon joined Athletes Unlimited for its second season of play and she is turning heads.

Even her Atlanta Dream teammate Rhyne Howard, who was drafted first overall in the 2022 WNBA draft, noticed Hillmon’s stellar performance.

Since Hillmon was top four in points in Week 2 of Athletes Unlimited, she was selected as a team captain and drafted a new team for Week 3. To learn more about Athletes Unlimited and its scoring system, look at the video below:

The Athletes Unlimited basketball season ends on March 25. The WNBA 2023 season kicks off on May 19. Hillmon and the Dream play against the Dallas Wings on May 20 at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas.

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Naz Hillmon and Aidan Hutchinson win Michigan Athletes of the Year

Both are so deserving! #GoBlue

The Michigan Athletics Department announced on Wednesday afternoon that Michigan women’s basketball star, Naz Hillmon, and Michigan football star, Aidan Hutchinson, were selected as the Michigan Athletes of the Year.

The Michigan Athletics Twitter account tweeted out a video sharing the news while compiling some highlights of both Hillmon and Hutchinson. You can see the video below.

Hillmon left Michigan as arguably the most decorated women’s basketball player to ever play for the maize and blue. She is the program leader in rebounds (1,063), double-doubles (52), and free throws made (487.) Hillmon is the only women’s player to record 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in a career with the Wolverines. The Michigan phenom ended her Wolverines’ career as the second all-time scorer with 2,183 points — behind Katelyn Flahtery who scored 2,776 points.

During Hillmon’s senior season she averaged 21.0 points-per-game and 9.6 rebounds-per-game — while scoring in double figures in all but one game. She left Ann Arbor as an All-American and a first-team All-Big Ten for the fourth straight year. Hillmon was selected by the Atlanta Dream with the 15th pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft, and she is now the highest-drafted Michigan women’s basketball player ever.

On the men’s side of things, Aidan Hutchinson left Michigan as a fan favorite and one of the greatest to play defensive end. During his senior season, he compiled 62 tackles, 16.5 tackles-for-loss, and set the single-season program record with 14 sacks in 2021. In his final game against Ohio State, he helped Michigan punish the Buckeyes’ offensive line by recording three sacks against CJ Stroud.

At the season end, Hutchinson finshed second in Heisman voting, first-team All-American, he won the Lott IMPACT Trophy, the Rotary Lombardi Award, Ted Hendricks Award and was the co-recipient of the 2021 Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year. Hutchinson was also first-team All-Big Ten and he won the Big Ten Nagurski-Woodson Defensive Player of the Year, and the Smith-Brown Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year.

Hutchinson was selected second overall in the 2022 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions.

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