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]

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 winsTwo players (1)
Most recentMichael Dixon, US Monastir (2022)

Winners
Walter Hodge won the first 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]

Notes
  1. Walter 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.

References
  1. "Zamalek are the champions of the inaugural Basketball Africa League". The BAL. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
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