2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster

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20 BJ Omot

  • Position Forward
  • Class Junior
  • Ht./Wt. 6-8 / 195
  • Hometown Mankato, MN
  • High School Mankato East HS
  • Prev School North Dakota
  • Major Undeclared

Biography

Accolades
  • All-Summit League First Team (2023-24)
  • NABC All-District 12 Second Team (2023-24)
  • Summit League Player of the Week (Dec. 18-24, 2023)
At Cal
2024-25 (Jr.)
  • Opted to transfer following the 2024-25 season and signed to play for Minnesota
  • Played in just 4 games before he was sidelined with a season-ending wrist injury
  • Averaged 10.8 PPG, 3.0 RPG & 1.0 SPG in 26.5 minutes played during his limited time on the court
  • Started the season with 3 double-figure scoring efforts, including 15 (7 of 13 shooting) at Vanderbilt (Nov. 13)
  • Added 6 rebounds & 2 steals in 31 minutes played vs. the Commodores
  • Was 1 of 10 scholarship transfers to join the Golden Bears in the 2024 offseason
Before Cal
2023-24 (So.) (North Dakota)
  • Earned a spot on the All-Summit League First Team following a breakout sophomore season
  • Averaged 16.7 points & 4.2 rebounds while playing a team-leading 35.2 minutes per game
  • Started all 32 games for the Fighting Hawks
  • Led North Dakota with 535 total points; his 16.7 PPG ranked fifth in the Summit League
  • Scored 20-plus points 13 times, including a career-high 30 points at Kansas City (Jan. 13)
  • Posted first career double-double with 21 points & 10 rebounds vs. Elon (Nov. 12)
  • Recorded team-leading 29 blocked shots
  • Shot 41.6% from the floor & made 53 3-pointers
  • Season-high five assists to go along with 17 points vs. Portland (Dec. 9)
  • Named the Summit League Player of the Week in December following a 21-point, 8-rebound game at Nebraska (Dec. 20)
2022-23 (Fr.) (North Dakota)
  • Started all 33 games & led North Dakota with 31.7 minutes played per game as a freshman
  • Led Fighting Hawks with 12.0 points per game & added 4.0 rebounds & 1.6 assists per game
  • Made an immediate impact defensively, racking up 31 blocked shots to rank among the top 10 in the Summit League
  • Scored season-high 20 points vs. Oral Roberts (Jan. 21)
  • Had double-figure points in 22 of 33 games played
  • Blocked five shots to go along with 17 points & nine rebounds at South Dakota (Feb. 4)
  • Scored in double figures with 11 points in his collegiate debut at Incarnate Word (Nov. 7)
High School
  • Played for and graduated from Mankato East High School (Mankato, Minnesota) in spring 2022
  • Amassed 1,118 points & 398 rebounds in his prep career at Mankato East
  • All-State First Team & All-Conference First Team selection as both a junior & senior
  • Averaged 22.5 points, 7.8 rebounds & 3.0 assists per game as a senior while leading Mankato East to a third-place finish in the 2021-22 state tournament
  • Recorded a 28-point, 10-rebound performance in the final prep game of his career
  • Nominated for Mr. Basketball in Minnesota in 2021-22
Personal
  • Full name is Bajedo Omot
  • Born on Oct. 28, 2003 in Mankato, Minnesota
  • Parents are from South Sudan; migrated to the United States in 1998

Statistics

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