Kipina signs Hannes Polla

Kipina Aanekoski (1st Division A) signed 28-year old ex-international center Hannes Polla (211cm-122kg-1998, college: UT Martin) for the upcoming 2026-27 season. He will still stay in Finland where he was the best rebounder at KTP-Basket (Korisliiga). In 39 games, he had 13.5ppg, 6.7rpg, and 1.1apg. 1st Division A will be definitely a better match, and he can see more playing time. The 2025-26 season was a great one as he was named to Eurobasket.com All-Finnish League All-Domestic Players Team and Eurobasket.com All-Finnish League Third Team. In the previous (2024-25) season, he played at another Finnish team Joensuun Kataja Basket (also in Korisliiga).
He was also a member of the Finnish international program for some years. Polla played for Finnish Senior National Team between 2017 and 2024 and previously for the Under 20 National Team back in 2018.
He also represented Finland at the FIBA World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers three years ago. During this event, he scored an average of 5 points per game and had 4.4 rebounds per game.
Polla has played for Kouvot before.
Among many awards, his team finished as the regular season runner-up in the Finnish League in 2022. He was voted to the Eurobasket.com Finnish Korisliiga All-Domestic Players Team back in 2022.
Polla graduated from the University of Tennessee at Martin in 2021 and will be entering his sixth season as a professional player. He also played for the University of Oklahoma for 2 years.