BAL Most Valuable Player

The Basketball Africa League Hakeem Olajuwon Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual Basketball Africa League (BAL) award given to the best player of a given season. The award is named after all-time great Hakeem Olajuwon. The award was first handed out in the inaugural season to Walter Hodge.[1]

Basketball Africa League awards and honours
Individual awards
Honors
BAL Most Valuable Player Award
SportBasketball
LeagueBasketball Africa League
Awarded forBest performing player in the season of the Basketball Africa League
History
First award2021
Most winsThree players (1 each)
Most recentNuni Omot, Al Ahly (2023)

Three players have won the award thus far. Nuni Omot from South Sudan is the only African player to have won the award.[2]

Winners
Nuni Omot with the MVP award in 2023. He is the only African player to have won the award.
Season Player Position Nationality Club Ref
2021 Walter Hodge Guard  US Virgin Islands[lower-alpha 1] Egypt Zamalek [1]
2022 Michael Dixon Guard  Georgia[lower-alpha 2] Tunisia US Monastir [1]
2023 Nuni Omot Forward  South Sudan[lower-alpha 3] Egypt Al Ahly [2]

Notes
  1. Hodge, born in Puerto Rico, also owns the Puerto Rican and American nationality but represents the US Virgin Islands in international competition.
  2. Dixon was born in the United States but became a naturalised Georgian citizen in 2016.
  3. Omot was born to South Sudanese parents in a refugee camp in Nairobi, Kenya. He also owns the American nationality as he moved to the country at age 2.[3] He represents South Sudan in international competition.

References
  1. "Zamalek are the champions of the inaugural Basketball Africa League". The BAL. 30 May 2021. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. "AL AHLY ARE THE 2023 BAL CHAMPIONS". The BAL. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  3. "New forward for Bundesliga basketball team Gießen 46ers". Archysport. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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