Omaha basketball player Deng Mayar drowned Saturday in a Utah reservoir, police said. Herriman police said Mayar died at Blackridge Reservoir after going underwater about 35 yards from shore. Mayar, 22, was a graduate student who joined the Mavericks after playing two seasons for Summit League rival North Dakota. Mayar, from Salt Lake City, started 15 games in two seasons …
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Omaha basketball player Deng Mayar dies in drowning incident at age 22
Omaha forward Deng Mayar died in a drowning incident in Utah, the school confirmed Sunday. Mayar was 22. While swimming at Blackridge Reservoir in Herriman, Utah, Mayar and a friend, Sa Mafutaga, both began to struggle to stay afloat, according to the Herriman Police Department. Mafutaga made it to shore but reentered the water when he saw Mayar struggling. Bystanders …
Read More »Omaha forward Deng Mayar dies in drowning incident
Myron MedcalfAug 17, 2025, 09:30 PM ET Close Myron Medcalf covers college basketball for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2011. Omaha forward Deng Mayar, who transferred from North Dakota this offseason, died Saturday in a drowning incident, the school announced Sunday. He was 22. According to news reports, Mayar was with a friend at the Blackridge Reservoir in Herriman, Utah, …
Read More »Nebraska Omaha basketball player Deng Mayar dies after drowning incident at 22
University of Nebraska Omaha forward Deng Mayar died on Saturday night after an incident in Utah, the program confirmed. He was 22. Mayar transferred into Omaha this summer after spending the past two seasons at North Dakota. According to the Omaha World-Herald, Mayar drowned after an incident in the Blackridge Reservoir near Herriman, Utah, on Saturday. “Our entire program is …
Read More »Omaha Central 5-Star Safety Tory Pittman III Commits to Nebraska Over Oregon, Miami
Nebraska football’s 2027 recruiting class may be small, but it is as mighty as they come. Five-star safety Tory Pittman III became the second commit for the Huskers in the class. On Friday, he made his announcement for the Big Red. GBR‼️@RingsNthingsCA @TerrenceMackey2 @s_kwilli32 @CoachMattRhule @HuskerFootball @GregSmithRivals @TimVerghese @CentralEaglesFB @DomoAthletics @Xi8grfx @bnew78 pic.twitter.com/BEMISuzZuw — Tory Pittman III (@ToryP_3) August 15, …
Read More »Nebraska man arrested after ‘in-air’ disturbance on flight from Omaha, police say
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A Nebraska man was arrested Thursday night after an “in-air” disturbance on a flight from Omaha, police say. Around 6 p.m., the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Police Department was sent to the Eastern Iowa Airport due to a disturbance by 23-year-old Mario Nikprelaj of Nebraska. The flight departed from Eppley Airfield in Omaha and was heading to …
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