Stefan Vaaks

Stefan Vaaks (born 8 May 2005) is an Estonian college basketball player for the Illinois Fighting Illini of the Big Ten Conference. He previously played for the Providence Friars. Vaaks has also represented the Estonian national basketball team internationally.

College career On 4 April 2025, it was announced that Vaaks will play for the Providence Friars basketball team in the 2025–26 season. In the Big East Tournament, Vaaks scored 28 points against Butler. Vaaks was also chosen to the Big East All-Freshman Team. He averaged 15.8 points and 3.2 assists per game, while shooting 35% from 3-point range. Vaaks transferred to Illinois for his sophomore season.

Professional career Spending four years in CB Estudiantes academy, Vaaks came back to Estonia and signed with Viimsi of the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League for the 2023–24 season.

Vaaks left Viimsi to Kalev/Cramo after the season start. That season he won the Estonian Cup, became the Estonian champion with Kalev and was chosen to the Latvian-Estonian League All-Star Five.

National team career Vaaks has represented the Estonian U18 Team at the 2023 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B tournament.

In 2025, he made a debut for the Estonian national team in EuroBasket 2025 qualification tournament against North Macedonia, scoring 4 points in a 84–65 win.

Career statistics

Domestic leagues Season Team League 2023–24 Viimsi LEBL 26 27.3 .436 .355 .699 2.5 1.8 1.3 .3 15.6 2024–25 1 26.4 .46.5 .500 1.000 6.0 1.0 .0 .0 13.0 BC Kalev 29 24.3 .483 .331 .750 3.3 2.5 1.4 .4 15.2

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