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A Malawi-to-Nebraska pipeline changes lives. It also leaves students broke and stranded, they say.

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A Malawi-to-Nebraska pipeline changes lives. It also leaves students broke and stranded, they say.

NORFOLK, Neb. (Flatwater Free Press) – The sisters were kicked out of Wayne State College a month into the semester because they had no money to pay tuition, room and board.

Their friends put in a desperate call to Julie Robinson, a Norfolk resident they knew they could turn to for help. When Robinson arrived, she found two sisters unable to afford bedsheets, blankets, shampoo or soap. It was February in Nebraska. The teenagers had no hats, gloves or boots.

They each had a backpack of clothing, everything they had carried on the 9,000-mile journey from Malawi to Nebraska to attend college.

These sisters arrived in Nebraska thinking they would receive scholarships, that their room and board would be free. That’s what they say they’d been promised by a Nebraskan who founded their Malawian high school.

But that belief crashed into reality the moment Joe Mtika dropped them off at Wayne State, Robinson said. The college wasn’t expecting them. Wayne State had no idea who they were.

“We don’t know what you guys are talking about,” a Wayne State official told the sisters, one said at a recent meeting.

The sisters are two of about 70 students who have come to the United States – most to Nebraska – after graduating from Norfolk Schools in Malawi, a nonprofit and private school advertising itself as “a potential gateway to American universities.”

Founded by Mtika, a Norfolk resident and Malawi native, the nonprofit has brought in donations from Norfolk churches and nonprofits. The mayors of Norfolk and Blantyre, Malawi, have exchanged keys to their cities. In 2017, Mtika was runner-up for Norfolk Person of the Year.

But underneath its glittering promise of an American education, Norfolk Schools in Malawi feels like a bait and switch, 13 former students, Northeast Community College administrators, parents and host parents told the Flatwater Free Press.

Students come here believing that they’ll be receiving scholarships, financial assistance, housing, they said, only to arrive and find that assistance spotty at best. Host parents describe believing that they will be housing a few students for a few weeks, only to house many more students for years. Northeast Community College administrators say they have changed policies, and largely cut off contact with Mtika, because of inaccurate financial documents they received from Malawian students.

They all say that Mtika is often unreachable when they need him most.

Mtika and his allies acknowledge misunderstandings between the program’s director and the students, but argue that studying in America can and does change the Malawian teenagers’ lives, they say. Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world, and an American college education is an opportunity almost any Malawian student would kill for, Mtika said in an interview.

In interviews, he also described a nonprofit that’s spiraling out of his control, as the students from eastern Africa land in Nebraska without his prior knowledge, expecting things he says he never promised. At various points, Mtika placed blame on Malawian parents, the U.S. Embassy in Malawi and Northeast Community College for exacerbating these struggles.

It’s unclear how much money the nonprofit has, where it spends it or who is providing oversight. The nonprofit files minimal information with the IRS, as is legal for very small nonprofits.

The four members of the nonprofit’s board didn’t respond to interview requests. Three board members have recently resigned; the board’s vice chair quit last week.

At a tense February meeting between board members and students – a recording of which was shared with the Flatwater Free Press – board members seemed confused and surprised at the stories students were sharing with them.

Students and host parents asked the board and Mtika the same question: When people donate to the nonprofit, where does that money go?

“You are changing lives,” one student can be heard telling Mtika. “But also, when we get here, we’re just like, I think I should have just stayed home … As much as you’re grateful to be here, sometimes it’s just so overwhelming.”

***

Frustration, building for years, boiled over by February, prompting several former host parents to call a meeting at a local church.

There, roughly 45 Malawi students, Northeast Community College staff members and former host parents unloaded grievances onto the nonprofit’s three Norfolk-based board members and Mtika, the nonprofit’s founder and CEO.

Students and host parents described how difficult it is to contact Mtika, who they said is known for ignoring calls when students need help.

Students told the board that their parents didn’t believe them when they called home and told them they had no scholarships and nowhere to live.

They wondered what happened to donations the nonprofit received.

Students repeated the same scenario: In Malawi, they were promised financial support once they reached Nebraska. Many of these promises were made by Mtika himself, they said.

“I thought I was going to have a 100% scholarship,” one told the board.

“Where did that impression come from?” asked Scott Dodson, board vice president. Dodson resigned last week.

“Dr. Joe,” she replied.

“I didn’t tell you 100% scholarship,” Mtika said. “You can come to the United States, and find ways of raising money, working on campus.”

For 90 minutes, students and adults who helped them described their financial struggles after landing in Nebraska.

Many students find themselves crammed into apartments. Six students living in an apartment meant for three, said Pauline Mphwiyo, a Malawian student who graduated from Wayne State in 2023 – and more new students texting, asking for a place to live.

Former host parent Nancy Praeuner cosigned an apartment for Malawi students. This winter, she learned at least four girls, newly arrived, were living in the one-bedroom unit.

They were evicted when they couldn’t make rent, which Praeuner paid.

When older students know there’s a new group arriving from Malawi, they pick up work shifts to stockpile food and cash, said Gina Krysl, director of student care and outreach at Northeast Community College, during the meeting. They give up their beds and sleep on couches when new students have nowhere else to go.

Some are as young as 16.

“There’s not one student that hasn’t told me this exact same story,” Krysl said. “And I’ve met a lot of students from Malawi.”

College staff have seen students copy textbooks to share. They give them college emergency funds when possible, point students to the campus food pantry and connect them with local churches.

College employees have paid for books and health insurance and donated winter coats and boots, Krysl said during the meeting.

Praeuner and a friend pooled money to pay for a student’s tuition, after Mtika said the student would likely be sent back to Malawi if they didn’t pay. Members of her church later gathered money to reimburse her.

She and her husband have bought students used computers, used cars and socks and underwear when they arrived from Malawi.

Robinson, who helped the two girls move out of the Wayne State dorms, has given students rides to school and Walmart. She estimates that she’s paid eight to 10 semesters’ worth of tuition for different students since 2018; and a year’s worth of rent.

Robinson has had students approach her asking for help paying for tuition. She’s offered to fly them home instead. Many of them haven’t seen their families in years, Robinson said.

“I said, it would probably cost me less to buy you plane tickets home, do you want to go home?” she said. “They don’t want to go home. (Mtika) told their parents that they were going to come here and get this education and have this opportunity that no one else got. And if they go home right now, they fail.”

The February meeting ended with no resolution. But Mtika said in an interview that he plans to start having parents sign documents clearly laying out financial expectations, to avoid any future misunderstandings.

“I’m not saying that they’re lying,” Mtika later said in an interview. “I’m just saying, there is a disconnect somewhere.”

***

In 2018, Norfolk Mayor Josh Moenning and two dozen Norfolk residents traveled the 9,000 miles to Blantyre, Malawi, to solidify the burgeoning relationship – and the Malawi-to-Nebraska college pipeline – between the two cities.

There, they attended the graduation of a dozen Norfolk Schools in Malawi students – teens thrilled at the prospect of an American college education.

Michael Chipps, then president of Northeast Community College, awarded each student a $500 scholarship should they choose to attend that community college.

These dozen students were the only students to receive an official scholarship through the nonprofit, Mtika said.

But students told the Flatwater Free Press that Mtika has continually dangled the idea of scholarships, sponsorships and host families paying their way – crucial, since many of their Malawian families have little money or familiarity with U.S. higher education.

One student, who feared being named in this article, said everything seemed formalized, like Mtika had everything mapped out.

They’d live with a host family for the nine months of the school year. After that, they’d be expected to live on their own, she said.

“Maybe they’ll take a liking to you, and they’ll decide that they want to sponsor you” and pay your tuition the next year, she remembers Mtika telling them.

“It sounds crazy, doesn’t it?” she said six years later. “None of us knew who Joe really was as a person. We were all just like, ‘Oh, this man from America wants to give us the opportunity to study in America!’”

Many residents and Norfolk institutions have shared that enthusiasm. Norfolk Public Schools shared curriculum, older computers, textbooks and school blueprints with the school in Malawi.

The Norfolk-based nonprofit Orphan Grain Train started sending much-needed shipping containers of food and supplies to Malawi. Cornhusker Auto, a Norfolk car dealership, donated used vans.

“God has given me this vision to give back to the country where I came from,” Mtika said.

But, out of the public eye, problems quickly began to mount as far back as 2018 for the Malawian students and Norfolk-area residents who had agreed to host them.

Two volunteer host families agreed to sponsor two or three students each. Instead, 11 students showed up in Nebraska. Five boys piled into one host family home, five girls in another, and a lone girl with a third host family.

In 2019, Mtika asked Praeuner if she could host two students for a few weeks.

Five students, all without housing, soon showed up at her home.

“Within a month, I realized they weren’t going anywhere,” Praeuner said. “We just had no more contact with Joe. If we kept calling him, it was, ‘we can’t find anywhere else for them to stay.’”

When the pandemic hit in 2020, a Malawian student living in the dorms was on the verge of being homeless. Praeuner took her in, too.

Praeuner ended up housing three students for three years.

“I’m not a type that’s going to put somebody on the street,” Praeuner said. “I love them to pieces. I have nothing bad to say about the Malawi kids … a year later, I felt bad and took another kid in.”

It’s this network of Norfolkians – not the nonprofit – who keep helping students and enabling the cycle to continue, Robinson said.

“I’m not going to stop helping them, because they’re here,” Robinson said. “But we help them, and so (Mtika) thinks, ‘well somebody’s going to step up and do it.’ So he just keeps, in my opinion, dumping them.”

***

In an interview, Mtika said that sometimes what he says about the reality of a college education in Nebraska, and what Malawian parents and students think they hear, are two different things.

“The moment you mention ‘scholarship’ in Malawi, they believe it’s a full scholarship,” he said. “They don’t have to do anything, they don’t have to pay for it. The only thing they have to do is present themselves.”

Only the first few groups of students were promised housing, Mtika said. Only one group received a small scholarship. But the misconception that students would get a full ride persists, he said, perpetuated by Malawian news reports.

“In their reporting, they put that the students are going to the United States ‘on scholarship,’” Mtika said. “We try to tell them, this is not a scholarship. These students are coming to America and they are expected to work and study.”

The message to students, he said: “We tell them that you are on your own.”

Four Malawian parents – all put in contact with the Flatwater Free Press by Mtika – reiterated this, saying they were aware they’d be paying tuition. They defended the program for giving their children access to college.

“To say parents or guardians did not know that they have to pay for the first year is a big lie,” said Ezekiel Kashisa, whose son is at Central Community College in Columbus.

Mtika said he does tell students that they could qualify for college scholarships, and should apply with the individual schools.

In a 2019 email to Malawi graduates and parents, Mtika promoted a scholarship opportunity from Wayne State College this way:

“We are negotiating a better scholarship deal with Wayne State College than with Northeast Community College,” he wrote. “We would like your student to have a better scholarship so that you as parents pay the least amount of money from your pocket. We want for you to not have to pay anything from your pocket if we can avoid it.”

A representative from Wayne State said the school doesn’t negotiate scholarships.

“We offer what we offer,” said Kevin Halle, vice president of enrollment management.

The school in Malawi is funded mainly through tuition and small grants, Mtika said.

In 2021, the school paid for its computer lab with a $25,000 grant from the Wyoming-based Socrates Foundation.

In 2022, the Norfolk Area United Way awarded Norfolk Schools in Malawi $10,000 to go to Malawian students working and studying in northeast Nebraska. That money went toward things like furniture, cars, tuition and books for students in Norfolk, Dodson said during the board’s February meeting with students.

Last fall, United Way once again awarded the nonprofit a $10,000 grant. But they have yet to disburse the money, United Way board member Troy Uhlir said. It won’t be disbursed until the Norfolk Schools in Malawi board gives United Way more information.

“They do seem to be a little disorganized,” Uhlir said. “We have had some students come to us, and we just wanted some clarification … That money has to go to students that are working and going to school in Northeast Nebraska.”

Last year, Norfolk Schools in Malawi was awarded a $60,000 grant from an Alabama foundation. The money isn’t meant for the students in Nebraska, Mtika said. It will instead be used for a new vertical farming project in Malawi.

***

As recently as this semester, Malawian students continue to arrive at the Norfolk-based Northeast Community College believing, mistakenly, that their tuition and housing are already paid, said Pam Saalfeld, the school’s director of international programs. The school currently has 36 Malawian students enrolled, she said.

“None of that information they were given, the misleading information, came from the college or our office,” Saalfeld said. “If they’re being misled from Norfolk Schools in Malawi, we can’t catch that until it’s actually happened.”

To attend college in the United States, international students are required to prove to the U.S. Embassy and the college that they, their families or an outside sponsor are financially able to pay for a year of college and living expenses.

“It’s not on Norfolk Schools in Malawi,” Mtika said. “It’s the college’s responsibility to have vetted those students financially.”

In 2019, Northeast Community College tightened its financial requirements for all international students. Students must now show bank statements and a certified letter from the bank verifying accounts. Businesses can no longer be listed as sponsors, and students must provide proof of housing.

“That’s a direct result of misleading documents that occurred from Norfolk Schools in Malawi several years ago,” Saalfeld said.

Mtika said he “(doesn’t) deal with that part.”

Mtika himself agrees the Malawi-to-Nebraska pathway he built in 2017 is spiraling out of control, he said during an interview. Students who never graduated from Norfolk Schools in Malawi are ending up at the community college.

He blamed U.S. officials in Malawi, who he believes are rubber-stamping student visas.

He also blamed Northeast leaders for not verifying students with his school directly.

Communication was “more streamlined” under Chipps, the college’s former president, Mtika said.

“I don’t know what he means by streamlined, except that he got away with more stuff,” said Saalfeld. “I don’t have any communication with Joe Mtika. We don’t work with him if we can possibly help it. The relationship is no longer.”

It’s crucial to keep in mind that being able to attend an American college can change the life of a Malawian teenager, Mtika said. Malawi has a population of 20.4 million people, competing for spots in the country’s roughly 30 colleges.

“Most of the students that aren’t able to come here, they would kill to have the opportunity these students have,” Mtika said.

The students and many Norfolk host parents agree that there’s ample value in an American college education.

But parents – even Malawian parents that Mtika encouraged to speak to the Flatwater Free Press and defend his nonprofit – say that their children have ended up stranded in the United States.

Florah Gwalla, one such Malawian mother, said Mtika told her younger son that he would live with a host family, and that family would help pay for his tuition.

He landed in Nebraska in January 2020 to find out there was no host family, she said.

Gwalla tried paying for his college from Malawi, a financial burden she said emptied her bank account. Her son tried to save money by transferring from Wayne State to Northeast Community College after a semester.

It didn’t work. Unable to pay, he quit school and moved out-of-state with a family friend.

The whole time, the Malawian mother said, Mtika was absent.

“This man is not picking up our calls. I was upset,” Gwalla said. “I couldn’t even manage to send (my son) back. To go there and get stranded, it’s not good at all.”

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Gallery: Huskers Run-Rule No. 12 USC to Take Series

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April 19, 2026

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Gallery: Huskers Run-Rule No. 12 USC to Take Series

Carson Jasa pitched a strong game, earning his second complete-game of the season. Nebraska’s offense started fast and kept rolling, leading to a 12-2 run-rule win over No. 12 USC in seven innings on Saturday at Hawks Field. This marked head coach Will Bolt’s 200th career win at Nebraska.

A season-high crowd of 7,602 fans filled the ballpark, making for one of the most exciting games of the year. This attendance is the 25th largest in Hawks Field history and the second biggest since Nebraska joined the Big Ten, just behind the 7,650 fans at a 2021 doubleheader against Michigan. The fans saw Nebraska play a complete game, improving to 30-9 overall and 14-3 in the conference. USC fell to 30-10 and 13-7 in Big Ten play.

Nebraska’s offense scored 12 runs on 12 hits and made only one error. USC scored just two runs on five hits and had two defensive mistakes. Drew Grego led the way, going 3-for-4 and missing the cycle by only a triple. He hit a home run, a double, and drove in four runs. Dylan Carey also went 3-for-4 with a home run and scored three times. Case Sanderson went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs, and Jett Buck added a double and scored three runs. Mac Moyer, Joshua Overbeek, and Trey Fikes each had a hit.

Jasa took control on the mound right from the start. He pitched all seven innings, giving up just two runs, only one earned, on five hits. He struck out seven and walked only two, moving his record to 7-1 this season.

The Huskers started strong, taking an early lead in the first inning. Nebraska sent eight batters to the plate and scored four runs right away. Sanderson brought in the first run with a groundout that scored Moyer. Buck hit a double to bring home Carey, Grego added an RBI double to score Buck, and Overbeek finished the inning with a single that made it 4-0.

Nebraska added to its lead in the third inning with three solo home runs.. Sanderson and Carey hit back-to-back homers, and Grego followed by sending the first pitch he saw over the left field wall. That made it 7-0 and put the game out of reach.

The Huskers continued to add on in the fifth inning, capitalizing on aggressive baserunning. Carey and Buck each stole. The Huskers kept building their lead in the fifth inning by taking advantage of aggressive baserunning. Carey and Buck both stole bases to get into scoring position, and Grego singled to left field to drive them both in, making it 9-0.

USC rallied briefly in the top of the seventh, scoring two runs on three hits and a Nebraska error. A solo home run gave the Trojans their first run, and a mix of hits and a defensive mistake brought in another, making it 10-2. Stokes drew walks to put runners on base, and Trey Fikes delivered an RBI single to left field. A USC fielding error on the play allowed both Buck and Stokes to score, ending the game at 12-2 and clinching the series for the Huskers.

Carson Jasa gave up just one earned run in his seven-inning complete game. | Amarillo Mullen

Case Sanderson (14) gives Jett Buck (1) a fist bump after scoring. | Amarillo Mullen

Dylan Carey points to the dugout after a single to score Sanderson. | Amarillo Mullen

Jett Buck (1) makes contact for an RBI double. | Amarillo Mullen

Dylan Carey (15) high fives Joshua Overbeek (4) after scoring on Buck’s double. | Amarillo Mullen

Jett Buck touches home plate to score on a double from Drew Grego. | Amarillo Mullen

Drew Grego celebrates his RBI double. | Amarillo Mullen

Drew Grego (10) pumps his fist after crossing home plate to score. | Amarillo Mullen

Case Sanderson rounds the bases after a solo homerun to lead of the bottom of the third. | Amarillo Mullen

Dylan Carey (15) celebrates his solo homerun with the Husker dugout. | Amarillo Mullen

Drew Grego comes home after his solo homer. | Amarillo Mullen

Carson Jasa celebrates a quick inning on the mound. | Amarillo Mullen

Dylan Carey and Jett Buck (1) smile after scoring. | Amarillo Mullen

Case Sanderson celebrates a double. | Amarillo Mullen

Rhett Stokes steps on home plate to score the tenth run for the Huskers to end the game in seven. | Amarillo Mullen

Trey Fikes smiles after his single with a USC error to score the final two runs of the game. | Amarillo Mullen

The Huskers run out to center field with Trey Fikes (21) to celebrate their run-rule walk-off. | Amarillo Mullen

The Huskers have won the series and will go for the weekend sweep on Sunday. | Amarillo Mullen

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Boston College Forward/Center Boden Kapke Commits to Nebraska Basketball

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April 18, 2026

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Boston College Forward/Center Boden Kapke Commits to Nebraska Basketball

On the 12th day of the 2026 transfer portal cycle, Nebrasketball picked up its fourth commitment.

Boden Kapke, a 6-foot-11 forward/center out of Boston College, has committed to the Huskers. He has one season of eligibility remaining.

Kapke announced his commitment on social media, captioning his post, “🔴⚪️GBR🌽”

Kapke began his college career at Butler. As a true freshman, he played in 22 games, averaging 7.0 minutes of action per contest. In limited run during his first season of collegiate action, he shot 48% from the field and made seven of his 17 attempts (41%) from three-point range.

As a sophomore, Kapke made 16 starts while appearing in 34 of the team’s 35 games. In just 13.4 minutes per game, he averaged 4.1 points and 2.8 rebounds. He shot 40% from the field and 27% (18-for-66) from deep.

Boston College Eagles center Boden Kapke (33) boxes out Clemson Tigers forward Nick Davidson (11). | Alex Martin/Greenville News / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Kapke transferred to Boston College for his junior season. In his lone year with the Eagles, his numbers jumped to 10.6 points and 5.7 rebounds over 26.7 minutes a game. He made 17 starts in 31 appearances on the year. He shot 47% from the field and 33% on three-pointers.

Out of Victoria, Minnesota, Kapke was a finalist for his state’s 2023 Mr. Basketball. As a senior, he averaged 23 points and 13 rebounds a game, helping Holy Family Catholic to a 29-3 record and the Class AA State Tournament semifinals.

Kapke finished his prep career with 1,796 career points and 1,062 rebounds.

Butler Bulldogs forward Boden Kapke (33) dunks the ball during the first half against the St. John’s Red Storm at Hinkle Fieldhouse. | Robert Goddin-Imagn Images

Nebraska lost nearly all of its frontcourt production from a 28-7 campaign that ended in the Sweet 16. Starter Rienk Mast and backup Jared Garcia have both exhausted their eligibility, while starter Berke Büyüktuncel entered the transfer portal last week.

The Huskers do have a returning frontcourt player in Leo Curtis. The 7-foot-2 native of Iceland appeared in 17 games as a true freshman.

Nebraska also picked up a likely starting four man from Belmont in Sam Orme. The full-time starter as a redshirt sophomore this past season, Orme averaged 12.8 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 1.8 assists in 25.8 minutes per game.

Belmont’s Sam Orme was the first commitment for Nebraska during this transfer portal cycle. | Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Still up in the air is the status of Central Michigan transfer Ugnius Jaruševičius. The Lithuanian big man played in just one game in 2025-26 with Nebraska and is seeking a medical waiver for an additional year of eligibility. With his back issues and a waiver being needed from the NCAA, the coaching staff can’t be certain that he’ll be available next season.

As of this commitment, Kapke would slide into the starting five spot. Kapke is nearly identical to Mast in terms of size, bringing one more inch of height and five more pounds of weight. His offensive play style, however, would be more similar to what Husker fans saw from Büyüktuncel.

A final decision is still to be announced from Boise State forward/center Drew Fielder. The former Georgetown big averaged 14.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 1.2 assists this past season with the Broncos, shooting 40.9.% on three-pointers and 60.6% inside the arc. Fielder has visited Nebraska and Washington and is visiting Alabama this weekend.

Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach Fred Hoiberg speaks during a press conference for Coach of the Year ahead of the Final Four of the men’s 2026 NCAA Tournament at Lucas Oil Stadium. | Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images

On Friday, Nebraska picked up a starting ball handler in Utah Valley’s Trevan Leonhardt. This past season, he started all 35 games, averaging 11.8 points, 6.0 assists, 5.4 rebounds, and 2.1 steals per contest. He earned first-team All-WAC and All-Defensive team honors.

Nebraska’s starting lineup right now projects to be Leonhardt, Sandfort, Frager, Orme, and Kapke. That gives the Huskers a starting lineup height of 6-foot-5, 6-foot-7, 6-foot-7, 6-foot-9, and 6-foot-11. As for three-point shooting, that group had averages in 2025-26 of 37%, 41.6%, 35.2%, 40.4%, and 33%.

Multiple pieces from last year have confirmed they will be returning.

First-team All-Big Ten selection Pryce Sandfort will be back for his senior season. Coach Fred Hoiberg confirmed earlier this month that the first-team All-Big Ten selection had been battling a sports hernia injury. Sandfort underwent surgery after the season ended and will be rehabbing for several weeks, diminishing the potential of him leaving early for the NBA draft.

Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year Braden Frager re-signed with Nebraska. He will slide into one of the starting spots vacated by Sam Hoiberg and Jamarques Lawrence. In his redshirt freshman season, Frager hit the 20-point scoring mark six times on his way to averaging 11.8 points a game off the bench.

Nebraska Cornhuskers forward Braden Frager after making a three-pointer in the NCAA Tournament. | Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images

Curtis and main rotation piece Cale Jacobsen have also had their returns confirmed. In 2025-26, Jacobsen played in all 35 contests, averaging 4.6 points on 52 percent shooting, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game with a 2.1-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio.

Along with Jaruševičius, sharpshooter Connor Essegian is also seeking a medical waiver for an additional year of eligibility. However, he did get an official return post on social media. In the seven games he was on the floor this season, he averaged 5.4 points per game, making eight three-pointers.

Other players on the roster to be confirmed returning are Henry Burt and Will Cooper.

The Huskers are also adding a pair of high school signees. Colin Rice and Jacob Lanier are both four-star forward prospects and could see the floor earlier in their collegiate careers.

Besides 61-game starter Büyüktuncel, Nebraska has also seen Quentin Rhymes and Justin Bolis leave via the transfer portal.

Nebraska now has two open spots remaining on the roster. The portal remains open through April 21.

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Eppley offers direct flights to Oregon for Nebraska football game

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April 18, 2026

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Eppley offers direct flights to Oregon for Nebraska football game

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Nebraska football fans looking to travel to the Oregon game this fall just got a convenient travel option.

Eppley will have a special nonstop flight between Omaha and Eugene, Oregon, the weekend of the game.

The American Airlines flight from Omaha is on Friday, Oct. 16. The return flight to Omaha is on the following Sunday.

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