Tag: Leo Westermann
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Valanciunas Presented Young Player of the Year
Germany Sept 3, 2013: Prior to Lithuania’s EuroBasket 2013 opening game against Serbia, FIBA Europe Secretary General Kamil Novak presented Jonas Valanciunas with the 2012 FIBA Europe’s Young Player of the Year trophy. It is the second consecutive year that the Utena native has been bestowed with the honour. “It is a great honour to…
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FIBA Europe Young Men’s Player of the Year
Germany, Feb 06, 2013: Valanciunas eclipsed other nominations in the field which was voted on by selected journalists and fans, easily seeing off Croatia’s Dario Saric and France’s Leo Westermann, who finished second and third respectively. Following on from his breakthrough 2011 when the then 19-year-old led his country’s U19 team to gold at the…