Froling is part of Australian basketball royalty, the youngest child of Shane and Jenny who played professionally throughout the 1980s and 90s and sibling of Harry and twin sisters Keely and Alicia who compete in the NBL and WNBL.

He played one year of college basketball with Creighton Bluejays in 2019 before returning home and beginning his professional career in style with the Illawarra Hawks, named the NBL’s Most Improved Player in 2020/21.

Froling represented the Boomers during World Cup qualification games and was part of the team that won the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup.

He most recently played for Levanga Hokkaido the Japanese B League.

Did You Know?

Sam’s first NBL and Australian coach Brian Goorjian coached his father Shane at Nunawading Spectres in the NBL in the late 1980s.