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

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
2022–23 Lorenz Bank Forward  Germany Phoenix Hagen [3]
2023–24 Jack Kayil Guard  Germany Rasta Vechta [4]
2024–25 Alexander Richardson Center  Germany/ Great Britain ART Giants Düsseldorf [5]
2025–26 Lenny Liedtke Forward  Germany BBC Bayreuth [6]
  1. ↑ Bekteshi, born in Ferizaj, Serbia, also owns the Albanian nationality. He represents Germany in international competitions.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Spieler/ Coach der Saison 2016/2017" (in German). 2. Basketball-Bundesliga. 2017-06-07. Retrieved 2017-06-28. Facebook-Post
  3. ↑ "ProA-Youngster of the Year: Lorenz Bank – Basketball Hagen". www.phoenix-hagen.de. 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
  4. ↑ "JACK KAYIL: FARMTEAM STELLT „YOUNGSTER OF THE YEAR" IN DER PROA!". www.rasta-vechta.de (in German). Retrieved 2026-05-02.
  5. ↑ "Valentine Adds Richardson to 2025-26 Roster". Loyola University Chicago Athletics. 2025-06-13. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
  6. ↑ "„Youngster of the Year" – Lenny Liedtke vom BBC Bayreuth ausgezeichnet". www.mainwelle.de (in German). 2026-05-01. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
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