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Olympiacos' future celebrated (vid)

The Academies of Olympiacos BC celebrated the future of the team in an event held on Saturday (21/12) at the 'Melina Merkouri' room at the SEF.

The festive event was filled with smiles, emotion, dreams and 'thirst' for tomorrow. All in a 'red & white' background. The coaches and the scientific team of the Academies were there, together with representatives of the men's team, the Olympiacos' BC administration and of course the Academies' athletes. The awards given during the event were the following (in order): Mosta coachable players, Hardest workers, Best teammates.

The distinguished athletes of the 2023/2024 season won 1st place in the Panhellenic League and the teams' staffs, while special awards were awarded to Stefanos Spartalis on his first professional contract and years' long tenured Academies' manager, Mr. Nikiforos Lavrentzos.

Everyone, sharing a common goal. Reenforcing the Vision and the Philosophy of the Olympiacos BC Academy. The event began with handing our the Most Coachable players awards, presented by Thomas Walkup. Then it was time for the hardest workers, whose awards were presented by Sasha Vezenkov. Finally, captain Kostas Papanikolaou honored the Best teammates.

The sports director of Olympiacos BC, Christos Bafes handed out the awards for the players of the U-16 team of the club that won the Greek Championship, while the general director of Olympiacos BC, Nikos Lepeniotis gave the awards for the U-18 team that also won the Greek Championship last season. The most emotional moment of the event came when Giorgos Bartzokas presented the years' long tenured Academies' manager, Mr. Nikiforos Lavrentzos with his award for his service.

Following the conclusion of the event, the General Director of Olympiacos BC, Nikos Lepeniotis, commented as follows: «Olympiacos is a family, not just an organization. Today we celebrated the team's infrastructure, our Academy. But we mainly gave out wards to a series of collaboratores, coaches, top class student-athletes, all those who particiapte what we call 'Olympiacos' Academy'. I want to congratualate all those who contribute to strengthen Olympiacos' footprint in the Greek society. I wish for a Happy Holiday season and congratulations to you all».