▲ Basketball prospect Yoon Ji-won and baseball player Ha Hyun-seung (right) pose after receiving the grand prizes at the 2026 Futures Star Awards held at the Korea Press Center in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the 26th.
Baseball prospect Ha Hyun-seung (Busan High School) and basketball prospect Yoon Ji-won (Kyungbock High School) have both been awarded the grand prizes at the 2026 Futures Star Awards.
The two athletes were selected as the grand prize winners at the 2026 Futures Star Awards ceremony held at the Korea Press Center in Jung-gu, Seoul, today (the 26th), each receiving a cash prize of 3 million won.
Ha Hyun-seung, a two-way player excelling in both pitching and hitting, dominated the high school baseball stage this year and was selected by the Kiwoom Heroes as the number one overall pick in the 2027 KBO rookie draft.
He subsequently signed a rookie contract with Kiwoom for 1.6 billion won, the highest signing bonus in KBO history for a rookie.
Forward Yoon Ji-won drew attention as a next-generation basketball star by leading the Kyungbock High School basketball team to four championship titles this year.
Star Awards were won by baseball player Lee Ho-min (Gyeongnam High School), football players Ahn Ju-wan (Sinpyeong High School) and Jung Hyun-woong (Osan High School), basketball player Yoon Ji-hoon (Kyungbock High School), golfer Yang Yoon-seo (Incheon Girls' High School Attached Cyber High School), and skateboarder Kang Jun-i (Yeongdeungpo High School).
Volleyball player Sohn Seo-yeon (Sunmyung Girls' High School) and artistic gymnast Hwang Seo-hyun (Incheon Physical Education High School) received the Future Star Awards.
The Futures Star Awards are hosted and organized by StarNews, and sponsored by the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, Korea Sports Promotion Foundation, Korea Baseball Softball Association, Korea Basketball Association, Korea Volleyball Association, and Korea Sports Leisure Co., Ltd.
(Photo provided by StarNews, Yonhap News)
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