Pro Basketball League Rising Star

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The Pro Basketball League (PBL) Rising Star is an annual Pro Basketball League (PBL) award given to the best young player in the top tier domestic basketball league in Belgium. Formerly, the award was named the PBL Most Promising Player of the Year. Maxime De Zeeuw was the inaugural winner in 2009.

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Winners

Quentin Serron won the Rising Star award in 2011 Quentin Serron-5.jpg
Quentin Serron won the Rising Star award in 2011
Key
Player (X)Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
Club (X)Name of the club and the number of times a player of it has won the award (if more than one)
†Denotes player whose team won championship that year
^Denotes player who is still active in the PBL
SeasonPlayerPositionNationalityTeamRef(s)
2008–09 Maxime De Zeeuw Power forward Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Antwerp Giants [1]
2009–10 Jorn Steinbach Point guard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Okapi Aalstar [2]
2010–11 † Quentin Serron Shooting guard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Telenet Oostende [3]
2011–12 Jean-Marc Mwema ^ Power forward Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium [lower-alpha 1] Antwerp Giants [4]
2012–13 † Jean Salumu Shooting guard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Telenet Oostende [5]
2013–14 † Pierre-Antoine Gillet Power forward Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Telenet Oostende [6]
2014–15 Vincent Kesteloot ^ Small forward Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Okapi Aalstar [7]
2015–16 Hans Vanwijn Power forward Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Limburg United [8]
2016–17 Ismaël Bako Center Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Leuven Bears [9]
2017–18 Thomas Akyazili Point guard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Telenet Giants Antwerp [10]
2018–19 Sigfredo Casero-Ortiz Point guard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Okapi Aalstar [11]
2019–20 Seppe D'Espalier ^ Point guard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Leuven Bears [12]
2020–21 Vrenz Bleijenbergh Guard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Antwerp Giants

Awards by club

PlayerTotal
Antwerp Giants 4
Oostende 3
Okapi Aalstar 3

Notes

  1. ↑ Jean-Marc Mwema also owns the Ugandan nationality.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Belofte van het jaar Heren 2010". Vlaamsebasketballiga.be. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
  3. ↑ "Belofte van het jaar Heren 2011". Vlaamsebasketballiga.be. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
  4. ↑ "Steinbach (Aalstar) basketspeler van het jaar". HLN.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2014-06-13.
  5. ↑ "Jean Salumu Belofte van het Jaar". Ethias League. 2013-05-14. Archived from the original on 2014-06-10. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
  6. ↑ "Antwerp Giant De Zeeuw is Speler van het Jaar". Sporza.be. Archived from the original on 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
  7. ↑ "Pierre-Antoine Gillet is Belgische Speler van het Jaar".
  8. ↑ "Amerikaan Tofi beste basketballer in België". Sporza.be. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  9. ↑ "Ismaël Bako Young Player of the Year". Euromillionsbasketball.be. 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
  10. ↑ "Thomas Akyazili van Telenet Giants Antwerp is Belofte van het Jaar".
  11. ↑ "The EuroMillions Basketball Awards 2019 results are in!". EuroMillions Basketball League. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  12. ↑ "Hans Vanwijn earns Belgian Player & Seppe D'Espallier Rising Star of the Year". EuroMillions Basketball League. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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