ProA Young Player of the Year

The ProA Young Player of the Year Award is an award that is handed out to the best young player (under-22) of a given ProA season. The ProA is the second highest basketball division of Germany. The award was first handed out in the inaugural 2007–08 ProA season, to Per Günther of Phoenix Hagen.

Winners edit

 
Per Günther was the inaugural winner
 
Akeem Vargas won the award in 2013
^ Denotes player who is still active in the ProA
* Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame
Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has received the award
Season Player Position Nationality Club Ref.
2007–08 Per Günther Guard   Germany Phoenix Hagen
2008–09 Johannes Lischka   Germany LTi Lich
2009–10 Simon Schmitz   Germany Science City Jena
2010–11 Bastian Doreth Guard   Germany Bayern Munich
2011–12 Jusuf El-Domiaty Guard   Germany Cuxhaven BasCats
2012–13 Akeem Vargas Guard   Germany Göttingen
2013–14 Stephan Haukohl Forward   Germany Ehingen Urspring
2014–15 Besnik Bekteshi Guard   Germany[a] Gießen 46ers
2015–16 Johannes Thiemann Forward/center   Germany Baunach Young Pikes
2016–17 Jonas Richter Forward   Germany Niners Chemnitz [2]
2017–18 William McDowell-White Guard   Australia Baunach Young Pikes
2018–19 Justus Hollatz Guard   Germany Hamburg Towers
  1. ^ Bekteshi, born in Ferizaj, Serbia, also owns the Albanian nationality. He represents Germany in international competitions.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ [1] [bare URL]
  2. ^ "Spieler/ Coach der Saison 2016/2017" (in German). 2. Basketball-Bundesliga. 2017-06-07. Retrieved 2017-06-28. Facebook-Post