The College of Nebraska at Omaha confirmed Sunday the loss of life of males’s basketball participant Deng Mayar, who drowned at Blackridge Reservoir in Herriman, Utah, on Saturday. He was 22.
Mayar joined the Omaha program this offseason via the switch portal. The Salt Lake Metropolis native spent the final two years of his profession at North Dakota and made 15 begins for the Combating Hawks throughout 42 complete appearances.
Police responded round 5:40 p.m. on Saturday to a 911 name reporting two individuals in misery on the reservoir. Two people have been struggling within the water. One made it to the shore, however Mayar remained struggling. The opposite particular person, together with a number of bystanders, reentered the water in an try to help Mayar however couldn’t save him.
Mayar reportedly went underwater about 35 yards off the shore, and authorities carried out search efforts to find his physique, per ABC4. A submersible robotic discovered him at 10:40 p.m., divers recovered him 20 minutes later and pronounced him deceased. His household was available throughout the search.
“We’re devastated to study of Deng’s passing,” Omaha chancellor Joanne Li and athletic director Adrian Dowell mentioned in a joint assertion. “On behalf of our college neighborhood, our love and honest condolences are along with his household throughout this tough time. We additionally want his mates and teammates in Omaha, North Dakota, and Salt Lake Metropolis household, peace as they course of this tragic loss.”
Mayar averaged 5.7 factors per sport for his North Dakota profession and helped information the Combating Hawks to a Summit League Match semifinals look final season. He made an intraconference transfer to UNO on the finish of the marketing campaign.
“Our total program is devastated to study of Deng’s passing,” Omaha coach Chris Crutchfield mentioned. “After competing towards him for 2 years, we have been elated so as to add him to our group and he made great progress this summer season. Deng was a pleasure to be round and made our tradition higher. We are going to miss him tremendously. Jodi and I, together with our total program, ship our hearts and prayers to Deng’s household, mates and teammates.”
The North Dakota program additionally supplied its condolences.
“Our hearts are damaged to listen to the tragic information of Deng’s passing,” mentioned Paul Sather, Mayar’s coach at North Dakota. “He was an exquisite individual with a coronary heart the scale of a fitness center. Our ideas are along with his mother and father and household, together with all his teammates from UND and UNO. As aggressive as he was on the court docket, he had a mild nature and type soul off the court docket. Deng shall be tremendously missed by all of people who knew and cherished him.”
