Pro Basketball League Rising Star

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.

Belgium
EuroMillions Basketball League awards and leaders
Individual awards
Statistical leaders

Winners
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
Season Player Position Nationality Team Ref(s)
2008–09 Maxime De Zeeuw Power forward  Belgium Antwerp Giants [1]
2009–10 Jorn Steinbach Point guard  Belgium Okapi Aalstar [2]
2010–11† Quentin Serron Shooting guard  Belgium Telenet Oostende [3]
2011–12 Jean-Marc Mwema^ Power forward  Belgium[lower-alpha 1] Antwerp Giants [4]
2012–13† Jean Salumu Shooting guard  Belgium Telenet Oostende [5]
2013–14† Pierre-Antoine Gillet Power forward  Belgium Telenet Oostende [6]
2014–15 Vincent Kesteloot^ Small forward  Belgium Okapi Aalstar [7]
2015–16 Hans Vanwijn Power forward  Belgium Limburg United [8]
2016–17 Ismaël Bako Center  Belgium Leuven Bears [9]
2017–18 Thomas Akyazili Point guard  Belgium Telenet Giants Antwerp [10]
2018–19 Sigfredo Casero-Ortiz Point guard  Belgium Okapi Aalstar [11]
2019–20 Seppe D'Espalier^ Point guard  Belgium Leuven Bears [12]
2020–21 Vrenz Bleijenbergh Guard  Belgium Antwerp Giants

Awards by club
Player Total
Antwerp Giants 4
Oostende 3
Okapi Aalstar 3

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

References
  1. "Christophe Beghin (Antwerp Giants) basketter van het jaar". HLN.be (in Dutch). 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
  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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