SEATTLE – Stratos Papastavrou, a 6-7 shooting guard from Athens, Greece, has signed with Seattle University men's basketball beginning with the 2025-26 season, Head Coach Chris Victor announced Monday.
A top prospect out of Greece and considered a rising star across all of Europe, Papastavrou brings a wealth of national and international competition to the Redhawk squad this coming season.
He has represented Greece since 2023 as a member of the U16, U17 and U18 national teams. In 2023, he averaged 11.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists as Greece finished eighth in the FIBA U16 Euro Championships. In 2024, Papastavrou competed in the Bucharest Balkan Tournament with the Greek U17 team. The squad took second place as Papastavrou was named MVP, Best Scorer and Best 5 in the tournament after averaging 14 points, six rebounds and two assists per game.
This summer, Papastavrou will represent Greece in FIBA's U18 EuroBasket 2025 in Belgrade, Serbia.
Papastavrou has been playing for Panionios BC in the Greek GBL since January 2025. Panionios U18 finished second in the Athens Stat Championship and took second place in the Rising Stars regular season where Papastavrou averaged 19 points, seven rebounds and four assists per game.
As a member of the U18 Next Gen Team Istanbul, Papastavrou averaged 8.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists in competition at the 2024 Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul.
He previously competed for Olympiacos U16 and U18, winning Athens State Championships in 2022 and 2023.
Papastavrou marks the sixth 2025-26 Redhawk signee. He joins Gonzaga transfer Junseok Yeo, City College of San Francisco standout Miles Amos, Southern Utah transfer Brock Felder, Chico State star Jojo Murphy and Grand Canyon transfer Austin Maurer as the newest members of the Redhawk squad.
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