Minnesota native and former North Dakota Fighting Hawk is coming to the Gophers
BJ Omot is a Mankato native who is coming back to Minnesota to play his junior (and hopefully senior) season with the Gophers. This past season he was with the Cal Bears but only appeared in four games before suffering an injury and missing the season.
“BJ Omot Commits to the Gophers”
Former Mankato East standout BJ Omot visited campus yesterday and today has committed and signed with the University of Minnesota. @Minnesota247 https://t.co/Nc3GTYflHP pic.twitter.com/ibuXdSxdil
— Ryan James (@RyanJamesMN) April 2, 2025
Omot will come to the Gophers as a perimeter forward.
BJ Omot
Ht: 6’8”
Wt: 185
Hometown: Mankato, MN
In high school, Omot the Mankato East Cougars to the state tournament where they finished third. He then accepted a scholarship to North Dakota as an athletic and raw forward.
His two years at NoDak saw his game come together and he started all 65 games over his freshman and sophomore seasons. He averaged 16.7 points per game as a sophomore and 4.2 rebounds, leading the Fighting Hawks to their best season since 2017.
He parlayed those two seasons into an offer from Cal where Omot started the team’s first four games this season for the Bears, averaging 10.8 points per game, but then suffered an injury and missed the entirety of the season.
Now, likely with a medical redshirt, Omot entered the portal again and is coming to Minnesota with two seasons of eligibility.
He will likely be a starter on the perimeter for Niko Medved and the Gophers. Omot is an athletic forward who is not a great shooter but the kid can score and he is an active defender.