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Category: Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk

It’s been a rough ride so far for the talented forward who left KBGO Duva Fruit this past summer to continue his development at the University of Illinois (NCAA). Although his play in practice quickly garnered praise from coaches and fans alike, a big set back wasn’t long in the waiting as Bosmans-Verdonk suffered a lower-leg injury…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Omar Thielemans

It’s been a tough couple of seasons for the youngster who left Gistel-Oostende in the summer of 2018 to continue his development in the USA. The 2m01 tall all-rounded Forward was offered a scholarship by Arizona and accepted but before the season even started Thielemans opted to transfer out of Arizona, probably because his chances…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Andy van Vliet

Going out with a bang. In his fifth and final season as a Student-Athlete Van Vliet has finally been able to show his qualities on the court as he was one of the lead-players for William & Mary, finishing 2nd on the team in scoring (13.2 ppg), rebounding (8.7 rpg), blocks (1.3 bpg) and minutes…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Romain Boxus

Romain Boxus is another youngster who has just finished his college career and will now be looking to start his professional career. Boxus left Belgium back in 2012 when he moved from the AWBB academy to join Antibes in the French U21 league. After 2 seasons at Antibes Boxus then signed with Gravelines where he…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Steven Verplancken Jr.

The Belgian guard with Dominican roots has just finished a very impressive season at Glenville State (NCAA2). The youngster left Gistel-Oostende back in 2017 to move to The States and finish out his High School at Teays Valley Christian where he graduated this past season before joining Glenville State. Despite it only being his first…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Max Dehon

Youngster Max Dehon finished his sophomore season at Northwest College Trapper Athletics with a loss at Western Wyoming in Region IX Tournament play. Although Dehon dropped 14 pts in that game he couldn’t prevent Northwest from taking the 84-57 loss, effectively ending their season with a 9-22 overall record. It was already the second season in the…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Owen Soontjens

19 year old Owen Soontjens finished his freshman season with the Adelphi University Panthers after first having moved to the States in 2016 when he joined Marianapolis Prep. In his first season with Adelphi the Corbais/Mont-Saint-Guibert native saw a decent amount of minutes as he played 14.8 mpg and averaged 2.9 ppg & 1.7 rpg. Soontjens started…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Alan Kikwaki

In his second year at Iowa Lakes Men’s Basketball the Brussels native Kikwaki has clearly made quite a lot of progress as he saw his numbers rise from 3.8 ppg & 3.3 rpg in 11.8 mpg last year to 9.6 ppg & 5.1 rpg in 20.0 mpg this year. Although Kikwaki continued to come off the bench…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Sam Hofman

After 13 seasons of hard work with Bavi Vilvoorde youngster Sam Hofman made the move abroad this past summer where he has now concluded his first season in the NCAA with the Detroit Mercy Titans. As the first Belgian player to be recruited into the program (and obviously being a freshman) Hofman’s minutes have been limited throughout…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Lore Devos

In her third (junior) year at Colorado State Women’s Basketball youngster Lore Devos has just wrapped up her season this past Sunday with a 48-60 loss at Air Force in the Mountain West Championship tournament. The loss marked the end of a pretty tough season for Devos who missed practically half of the competition due…