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{{short description|Lithuanian basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name         = Steponas Babrauskas
| image        = Steponas Babrauskas by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg
| image_size   = 300px
| caption      = Babrauskas with [[BC Lietuvos rytas|Lietuvos rytas]], in 2014.
| height_ft    = 6
| height_in    = 6<!-- https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Steponas-Babrauskas/Lithuania/Dzukija-Alytus/48902 -->
| weight_lb    = 206.8
| league       = [[Lietuvos krepšinio lyga|Lithuanian Basketball League]]
| team         = CBet Jonava
| position     = [[Assistant coach]]
| number       = 
| nationality  = Lithuanian
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1984|6|20}}
| birth_place  = [[Trakai]], [[Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic|Lithuanian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| draft        = 
| draft_year   = 2006
| draft_team   = 
| career_start = 2002
| career_end   = 2020
| coach_start   = 2023
| career_position = [[Shooting guard]] / [[small forward]]
| years1       = 2002–2003
| team1        = [[BC Sakalai|Sakalai Vilnius]]
| years2       = 2003–2006
| team2        = [[BC Lietuvos rytas|Lietuvos rytas Vilnius]]
| years3       = 2004–2005
| team3        = →Sakalai Vilnius
| years4       = 2005–2006
| team4        = →[[Leuven Bears|Leuven Basket Groot]]
| years5       = 2006–2007
| team5        = [[ASK Riga]]
| years6       = 2007
| team6        = [[Pallacanestro Varese|Varese]]
| years7       = 2007–2008
| team7        = [[Scafati Basket|Scafati]]
| years8       = 2008–2014
| team8        = Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
| years9       = 2014–2015
| team9        = [[İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor (basketball)|İstanbul BB]]
| years10      = 2015–2018
| team10       = [[BC Pieno žvaigždės|Pieno žvaigždės]]
| years11      = 2018–2019
| team11       = [[BC Dzūkija|Dzūkija]]
| years12      = 2020
| team12       = [[Nuova Matteoti]] 
| cyears1      = 2023–2024
| cteam1       = Pieno žvaigždės (assistant)
| cyears2      = 2024–present
| cteam2       = [[BC Jonava|CBet Jonava]] (assistant)
| highlights   = 
* 2× [[LKL All-Star Game|Lithuanian All-Star]] ([[2009 LKL All-Star Game|2009]], [[2010 LKL All-Star Game|2010]])
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|LTU}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Under-21 World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2005 FIBA Under-21 World Championship|2005 Argentina]] | Under-21}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Under-19 World Cup]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship|2003 Greece]] | Under-19}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship|2004 Czech Republic]] | Under-20}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Summer Universiade|Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[Basketball at the 2007 Summer Universiade|2007 Thailand]] | }}
}}

'''Steponas Babrauskas''' (born June 20, 1984) is a Lithuanian professional [[Coach (basketball)|basketball coach]] and former player. He currently serves as assistant coach at [[BC Jonava|CBet Jonava]].

==Professional career==
Babrauskas was a runner-up in the [[Lithuanian Basketball League]] (LKL) with [[BC Lietuvos Rytas|Lietuvos Rytas]], in 2004. He won the [[Latvian Basketball League]] (LBL) with [[ASK Riga]], in 2007. In 2008, he returned to Lietuvos Rytas, and was named the team's [[captain (sports)|captain]]. With Rytas, he won the European secondary level [[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]] championship, the Lithuanian League championship, and the [[Baltic Basketball League|Baltic League]] (BBL) championship. He was one of the most hated opposing players by the rival fans of [[BC Žalgiris Kaunas|Žalgiris Kaunas]].

He had a brief stint in Turkey, in the 2014-15 season, a year removed after he left Rytas. He played for three seasons with [[BC Pieno žvaigždės|Pieno žvaigždės]], with whom he won the Baltic League in 2018. He moved to [[BC Dzūkija|Dzūkija]] in 2018.

==National team career==
Babrauskas' first major achievement in basketball came at the [[2003 FIBA Under-19 World Cup]] in Greece, where he and the Lithuanian Under-19 National Basketball Team won silver medals. He also won a bronze medal at the [[2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship]], in the Czech Republic. He first won a gold medal at the [[2005 FIBA Under-21 World Cup]], in Argentina. He also helped the Lithuanian junior team to win gold medals at the [[Basketball at the 2007 Summer Universiade|2007 Summer Universiade]].

==Career statistics==
{{Cleanup-section|reason=The table requires "Career row" which currently doesn't exist|date=January 2019}}
{{Euroleague player statistics legend}}

===EuroLeague===
{{Euroleague player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2009–10 Euroleague|2009–10]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[BC Lietuvos Rytas|Lietuvos Rytas]]
| 10 || 0 || 20.1 || .368 || .405 || .625 || 2.6 || .3 || .2 || '''.1''' || '''7.0''' || 2.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2010–11 Euroleague|2010–11]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Lietuvos Rytas
| '''14''' || 1 || 11.3 || .250 || '''.471''' || .500 || .9 || .2 || .4 || .0 || 2.4 || .8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2012–13 Euroleague|2012–13]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Lietuvos Rytas
| 10 || 1 || '''23.0''' || .280 || .357 || .722 || '''3.2''' || .5 || .6 || '''.1''' || 5.7 || '''3.8'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2013–14 Euroleague|2013–14]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Lietuvos Rytas
| 10 || '''6''' || 17.0 || '''.545''' || .261 || '''.800''' || 1.9 || '''.7''' || '''1.2''' || .0 || 4.2 || 3.1
{{S-end}}

==Awards and honors==
===Pro clubs===
*[[Latvian Basketball League|Latvian League]] Champion: 2007
*[[Baltic Basketball League|Baltic League]] Presidents Cup Winner: 2008
*[[LKF Cup|Lithuanian Federation Cup]] Winner: 2009
*[[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]] Champion: 2009
*2× [[Lithuanian Basketball League|Lithuanian League]] Champion: 2009, 2010

===Lithuanian junior national team===
*[[2003 FIBA Under-19 World Cup]]: {{silver medal}}
*[[2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship]]: {{bronze medal}}
*[[2005 FIBA Under-21 World Cup]]: {{gold medal}}
*[[Basketball at the 2007 Summer Universiade|2007 Summer Universiade]]: {{gold medal}}

==References==
* [http://bc.lrytas.lt/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=127&Itemid=14%E2%8C%A9%3Dlt%E2%8C%A9=lt]. ''Steponas Babrauskas''. [[BC Lietuvos Rytas]].

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190201120043/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Steponas%20Babrauskas/pid//_//players.html FIBA Profile]
*[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=BUV#!careerstats Euroleague.net Profile]
*[https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Steponas-Babrauskas/Lithuania/Dzukija-Alytus/48902 Eurobasket.com Profile]

{{BC Jonava current roster}}
{{BC Lietuvos Rytas 2008–09 Eurocup Champions}}

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[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:ASK Riga players]]
[[Category:BC Dzūkija players]]
[[Category:BC Pieno žvaigždės players]]
[[Category:BC Rytas players]]
[[Category:İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor basketball players]]
[[Category:Leuven Bears players]]
[[Category:Lithuanian men's basketball players]]
[[Category:21st-century Lithuanian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Pallacanestro Varese players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Trakai]]
[[Category:Scafati Basket players]]
[[Category:Shooting guards]]
[[Category:Small forwards]]
[[Category:Summer World University Games medalists in basketball]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Lithuania]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade]]


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