Deng Mayar, a senior forward for the Omaha Mavericks, tragically drowned in a Utah reservoir on Saturday. Mayar, who came as a graduate transfer to UNO after playing the previous two seasons for North Dakota, was only 22.

- North Dakota forward Deng Mayar (5) drives past Iowa forward Payton Sandfort (20) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Nov. 7, 2023, in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall,

Deng Mayar, a basketball player at University of Nebraska-Omaha, passed away in a drowning incident in Utah. The incident occurred at Blackridge Reser