Sam Orme Season 2026-27

Honors and Awards

• 2025-26 Second Team All-MVC (2025-26)
• MVC All-Freshman Team (2024-25)
• Two-time MVC Honor Roll (2023-24, 2024-25)

BEFORE NEBRASKA 
Sam Orme (pronounced ORM) spent his first three seasons at Belmont under Casey Alexander.  Orme played in 29 games in 2025-26, including 28 starts, in helping Belmont to a 26-6 record and a Missouri Valley Conference regular-season title.   He earned second-team All-MVC honors, averaging 12.7 points per game on 56 percent shooting along with 5.0 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.  Orme shot 40 percent from 3-point range and averaged 1.6 3-pointers per game.  The versatile forward ranked fifth in the MVC in both field goal percentage (.559) and 3-point percentage (.397) while also finishing among the MVC leaders in scoring (15th), rebounding (16th) and 3-pointers per game (11th). On the year, Orme tallied 21 double-figure games, including a pair of 20-point performances, and a pair of double-doubles. 

As a redshirt freshman, he appeared in 27 games, including nine starts and averaged 9.5 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. He shot 50 percent from the field, including 38 percent from 3-point range, and averaged nearly a block and a steal per game. An MVC All-Freshman team honoree in 2024-25, he had 12 games in double figures, including a season-high 20 points against Illinois State. He closed his freshman year by averaging 12 points and 5.5 rebounds in two MVC Tournament contests.

He played at Carmel High School, averaging 18.0 points per game on 54 percent shooting, 7.6 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game for Coach Ryan Osborn. Orme was selected to the prestigious Indiana-Kentucky All-Star Game and was named to the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association 'Supreme 15' All-State team. He was considered one of the top 10 seniors in the state by 247Sports and HoopSeen.com.  He helped his team win 76 games in his career, including a Class 4A state title in 2021. He played for the Indy Heat in the EYBL, reaching the Elite 8 at the Peach Jam in 2022.

PERSONAL
The son of Matt and Kate Orme, Sam has one sister (Ali). Orme majors in finance at Nebraska and was a two-time All-MVC honor roll pick at Belmont.  Orme chose Nebraska because of the “open and free style of play, amazing coaching staff the guys who returned for this season and how the school invests in student-athletes.”

CAREER HIGHS

Statistic	Total	Opponent
Points	22	vs. Drake (2/3/26)
Rebounds	12	at UC Irvine (12/19/25)
Assists	4	Four times (last, 2/3/26)
Steals	3	Two times (last, 11/3/25)
Blocks	4	vs. Saint Francis (PA) (11/24/25)
FG Made	8	Three times (last, 2/3/26)
FG Attempts	16	vs. Fisk (11/21/25)
3FG Made	4	Five times (last, 3/6/26)
3FG Attempts	9	vs. UC Irvine (12/19/24)
FT Made	4	Four times (last, 3/1/26)
FT Attempts	5	Two times (last, 2/6/26)
Minutes	36	vs. Air Force (11/3/25)