Nebraska secured the commitment of 7'0" 215# Lithuanian class of 2021 center Oleg Kojenets. Kojenets has played for the U16 Lithuania team, U18 Lithuanian club Zalgiris Kaunas, and recently his senior year in the US at prep school Western Reserve Academy in Ohio. Kojenets' father, also named Oleg, played college basketball for UNC-Wilmington and was a long time pro in Europe.
Back in 2019 during the FIBA u16 European Championships, he received this glowing review from Evan Daniels.
Between the U18 European Championships being canceled and Western Reserve's season being cut down due to Covid, there isn't a ton of film out there on Kojenets. A reel put together from his time at Western Reserve shows some of that skill Daniels saw at the U16 games.
The addition of Kojenets seems like a logical move to out the depth chart at the center position with Yvan Ouedraogo transferring. At minimum he seems to fit the bill for someone with enough size to log minutes in the conference at the 5 should Derrick Walker or Eduardo Andre miss time due to injury or foul trouble. With any luck, Nebraska just landed another Eduardo Andre-esque diamond in the rough.
Nebraska at this time has two remaining scholarships for 2021-2022.
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