Yvan Ouedraogo
Yvan Ouedraogo (born 22 March 2002) is a French-Burkinese college basketball player for the Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Ten Conference.
Early life and career[edit]
Ouedraogo was born in Bordeaux, France, and at six years old moved to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso with his parents. While being there, he played for the AS Makadame[1]. He later on moved back to Bordeaux, France at age twelve then went to an academy name " Kameet Basketball" before joining his hometown club JSA Bordeaux Basket[2]. Ouedraogo attended the French national sports institute, INSEP, in Paris and played for their affiliated club, the Centre Fédéral de Basket-ball, in the Nationale Masculine 1 (NM1), the amateur third-tier division of French basketball.[3]
He was considered a four-star recruit by 247sports.com and receive NCAA Division 1 offers from, Nebraska, TCU, Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt. On 12 May 2019, Ouedraogo commited to play basketball for Nebraska under head coach Fred Hoiberg and became the second-highest rated high school prospect to sign with Nebraska in the past decade.[4][5]
| No. 24 – Nebraska Cornhuskers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Power forward |
| League | NCAA Division I Big Ten Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 22 March 2002 |
| Nationality | Burkina Faso / France |
| Listed height | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) |
| Listed weight | 111 kg (245 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school | CFBB |
| College | Nebraska |
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College career[edit]
Ouedraogo joined the Huskers at 17 years old, despite his young age he early emerged as a Husker starter, starting in 30 games out of 32 games averaged 5.7 points and a team-high 6.3 rebounds in 21.4 minutes per game.[6] Ouedraogo became just the third freshman to lead the Huskers in rebounding, set the school record (203 rebounds) for most rebound in a season and tied two school records, double-doubles for a freshman (three) and most rebound in a game (19) despite being the youngest player in the Big Ten. Ouedraogo recorded 9 points, 3 rebounds for his first collegiate game, he also almost posted a double-double with 9 points and 10 rebounds in his first Big Ten game against Indiana recorded the most rebounds by a Husker freshman in a conference debut since 1983. He before recorded his first double against TAMU-CC with 11 points and 14 rebounds, and then recorded two other double-doubles during the season against Big Ten opponents with 11 points, 10 rebounds against Illinois and 11 points,19 rebounds against Northwestern. He reached double-figures in scoring six times against Illinois, Ohio State, Michigan State, Northwestern, TAMU-CC and Southern and finished third among Big Ten true freshmen in rebounding.[7]
Personal life[edit]
Ouedraogo is the son of Jeannine Zangreyanogho and Désiré Ouedraogo. He has one younger sister named Alyson and one younger half brother named Axel.[8]
National team career[edit]
Yvan represented U16 France national team during the 2018 FIBA U16 European Championship. He played 7 games and the team reached the fourth place of the tournament. He averaged 12.7 points (44.6% field goal percentage), 9.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 24.3 minutes played per game.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Formé au Burkina, Yvan Ouédraogo, brille avec l'équipe U16 de France". Burkina24.com (in français). 2018-02-04. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
- ↑ "Yvan Ouedraogo : "Je souhaite à tout basketteur de vivre une expérience similaire à celle ci."". 5by5.fr (in français). 2020-08-26. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
- ↑ Givony, Jonathan (2019-05-11). "Source: Nebraska adds French teen Ouedraogo". ESPN. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- ↑ Knight (SpartyOnHuskers), Kevin (2019-10-17). "Nebrasketball Player Profile: Yvan Ouedraogo". Corn Nation. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
- ↑ "Yvan Ouedraogo, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Power Forward". 247Sports. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
- ↑ "Yvan Ouedraogo - 2020-21 - Men's Basketball". University of Nebraska. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
- ↑ "Yvan Ouedraogo - 2020-21 - Men's Basketball". University of Nebraska. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
- ↑ "Yvan Ouedraogo - 2020-21 - Men's Basketball". University of Nebraska. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
- ↑ "Yvan OUEDRAOGO at the FIBA U16 European Championship 2018". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
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