Euroleague Basketball is pleased to announce that Zaccharie Risacher of Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse has been voted as the BKT EuroCup Rising Star for the 2023-24 season. In a year with exceptional young talent throughout the competition, Risacher was chosen as this season's Rising Star by the competition's head coaches. The EuroCup Rising Star Trophy recognizes the most outstanding player in the competition who was younger than 22 years of age on July 1 of the summer before the season started.
Risacher, who turns 19 on April 8, is the second-youngest player to win the EuroCup Rising Star award. Dzanan Musa of Cedevita Zagreb was exactly a month younger than Risacher when he was chosen as the 2017-18 Rising Star. Nadir Hifi of Paris Basketball came in second in this season's voting and Juan Nunez of ratiopharm Ulm was third.
The Rising Star Trophy is among the awards given in recognition of the EuroCup's finest each season for their efforts on the basketball court. The head coaches will also choose one of their peers as the EuroCup Coach of the Year. The BKT All-EuroCup teams and the season's MVP – for whom fans, team captains and media also voted – will be announced right before the start of the 2024 BKT EuroCup Finals, with Game 1 scheduled for Tuesday between Paris Basketball and Bourg.