As we’re living in a more globalized world each day, more and more European basketball players make their way to the NBA. Time for us to honor some great European stars who made an impact in the NBA during the past 10 years. This ranking is based on the best European performers between the 2009-10…
Hans Vanwijn from the Antwerp Giants has been elected as the 2019-’20 EMBL Belgian Player of the Year. In 14 games Vanwijn recorded averages of 12.8 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 2.9 apg, 0.5 spg & 0.4 bpg. Seppe D’espallier from the Leuven Bears has been elected as the 2019-’20 EMBL Belgian Youngster of the Year. The…
It’s already the fifth season in the States for the youngster from Antwerp as he first made the step way back in 2015 when he joined Huntington Prep. The following season he then competed for Teays Valley Christian before joining Concord University in 2017. Now in his junior (3rd) season with the Mountain Lions Bea…
Quite possibly the least known youngster here in Belgium of all Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA… and yet, he might actually be the most promising of them all. The Brussels native started playing basketball at the age of 6 when he joined his local club Saint-Hubert Boitsfort. Six years later he moved on to United Basket…
In her second (sophomore) season at Wichita State Séraphine continues to play a huge role for the Shockers as she again started every single game of her 30 total games and led the team in Rebounds (5.1 rpg) and Assists (3.5 apg), while she was second in Scoring (7.7 ppg) and in Steals (1.5 spg).She…
Paula Dits has also finished out her second (sophomore) season at Caldwell in the NCAA 2nd Division and just like Séraphine Bastin she has also continued to be a key-player for the Cougars. She got the starting nod in 26 of her total 29 games played and led the team in Rebounding with her 6.3…
The last Student-Athlete in the USA that we’ll be taking a closer look at is Bethy Mununga who just finished her junior year at the University of South Florida (NCAA) where she provided a solid inside presence. She started in 27 of her 29 games and averaged very nice numbers with 9.2 ppg (3rd on…
Coleman is another youngster from Leopoldsburg who has left Belgium early on as he moved to the States in 2017 to join Sunrise Academy. He spent 2 solid seasons at the renowned academy to earn himself a scholarship at the University of San Diego (NCAA) where he started his collegiate career this season. As a…
In his second season at Texas-Arlington 1m98 tall Guard/Forward Nouhi remained in search of more playing time as he only played 12.0 mpg (just a tad better than his 11.9 mpg from last season) in which he averaged 1.9 ppg & 1.4 rpg. Despite bringing an unmatched work-ethic to the table, Nouhi has continued to…
The Leopoldsburg native Snyers saw his first minutes on the court at North Georgia this season after sitting out the previous year due to NCAA rules. And I must say that he definitely showed promise. Although Darnell started the season fairly slowly, the mature 21 year old guard eventually got some wind underneath his wings…
