Awardees

Awardees

University of Westminster Students’ Union (UWSU) hold an annual Sports Ball every year announcing prestigious awards to athletes from across the Dragons.

The University of Westminster Men’s Basketball athletes has been awarded individual and team awards over the years for exceptional performances and contributions to the Dragons.


UWSU Awards

Kwesi Washington

UWSU
Quintin Hogg Award
2012

Clive Castillo

UWSU
Captain of the Year
2013

Wunmi Agunbiade

UWSU
Player of the Year & Quintin Hogg
2014

Men’s Basketball

UWSU
Team of the Year
2015

Otis Kirby-Dunkley

UWSU
Quintin Hogg Award
2015

Lemar Darien-Campbell

UWSU
Quintin Hogg Award
2017

Men’s Basketball

UWSU
Team of the Year
2018

Men’s Basketball

UWSU
Team of the Year
2020

Tyree Blake-Bailey

UWSU
Quintin Hogg Award
2020

Men’s Basketball

UWSU
Team of the Year
2023


UWSU Men’s Basketball Awards

  • Most Valuable Player (MVP)
    2022-23 – Rinor Dragusha (1st Team)
    2021-22 – Aundre Reid (1st Team)
    2019-20 – Afrasyab Khalil & Mylo Mitchell (1st Team), Thomas Nahum (2nd Team)
    2018-19 – Afrasyab Khalil (1st Team), Thomas Nahum (2nd Team)
    2017-18 – Teo Psychidis (1st Team), Jerico Lagasca (2nd Team)
    2016-17 – Teo Psychidis & Atilla Öztuncay (1st Team), Wu Rongjun (2nd Team)
    2015-16 – Lemar Darien-Campbell
    2012-13 – Michael Abiodun
  • Dragon of the Year
    2022-23 – Julius Vaitkus
    2021-22 – Ben Butawan
    2016-17 – Brandon Wade
    2015-16 – Giorgio Sleiter & Panos Papachristos
    2012-13 – Clive Castillo
  • Achievement Recognition Award
    2022-23 – Kamari Hunter
    2020-21 – Josh Ragua, Guillermo Crespo, Fernando Roman, James Beveney
    2019-20 – Joshua Klein, Arian Ahmetaj, Gerald Aguilar, Hamse Adan, Ismael Temimi, Sebastian Amadeo, Tyree Blake-Bailey
    2018-19 – Khyle Andres-Diaz, Giorgio Sleiter, Jhaic Villanueva & Ulhas KS
    2017-18 – Atilla Öztuncay & Brandon Wade
    2016-17 – Jason Ying, Lemar Darien-Campbell & Raban Aso
    2015-16 – Carl Elayba & Otis Kirby-Dunkley
    2012-13 – Bektur Savitahunov
  • Coaches’ Player of the Year
    2022-23 Aundre Reid
    2021-22 Michael Otoo
  • Players’ Player of the Year
    2022-23 – Jotham King
    2021-22 – Fernando Roman
    2019-20 – Guillermo Crespo
    2017-18 – Yao Xiyuan
    2016-17 – Gerald Aguilar
    2012-13 – Clive Castillo
  • Fresher of the Year
    2022-23 – Rinor Dragusha
    2021-22 – Julius Vaitkus
    2019-20 – Orestas Vasilauskas
    2018-19 – Carlos Javier
    2017-18 – Hamse Adan
    2016-17 – Vlad Petrea
    2015-16 – Atilla Öztuncay
    2012-13 – Ben Norton
  • Defensive Player of the Year
    2022-23 – Marka Sy
    2021-22 – Lilian Nahum
    2019-20 – Orestas Vasilauskas
    2018-19 – Arian Ahmetaj
    2017-18 – Thomas Nahum
    2016-17 – Lemar Darien-Campbell
    2015-16 – Petr Soukup
    2012-13 – Phillip Manu
  • Magical Moment of the Year
    2016-17 – Vlad Petrea (Game Winning jump-shot vs LSE)
    2012-13 – Chris Stanton (Game Winning 3 vs Canterbury CC)
  • Young Player of the Year
    2012-13 – John Lucas
  • International Player of the Year
    2022-23 – Michael Otoo (Canada)
    2020-21 – Kamari Hunter (USA)
    2019-20 – Fernando Roman (Spain)
    2018-19 – Justin Senou (USA/France)
    2017-18 – Khyle Andres-Diaz (USA)
    2016-17 – Ulhas KS (India)
    2015-16 – Sittikarn Valee-Ittikul (Thailand)
    2012-13 – Alexander Schroder (Denmark)
  • Most Improved Player of the Year
    2022-23 – Lilian Nahum
    2019-20 – James Beveney
    2018-19 – Tyree Blake-Bailey
    2017-18 – Ulhas KS
    2016-17 – Josh Ragua & Xiyuan Yao
    2015-16 – Kasper Ludvigsen
    2012-13 – Wumni Agunbiade
  • Fans of the Year
    2022-23 – Wilman Family
    2021-22 – Brent Girls (Kenisha Whyte & Marie Lou-Ries) & Peter Bonfield (VC)
    2019-20 – Jordan Blanchard
    2018-19 – Darshan Bhudia
    2017-18 – Wade Bailey