Ugnius Jaruševičius Season 2025-26

BEFORE NEBRASKA
Ugnius Jarusevicius (pronounced OOOG-niss YARE-rue-SHEHH-vih-CHUSS) spent the 2024-25 season at Central Michigan after beginning his career at Cal State Bakerfield. He was one of the breakout performers in the Mid-American Conference for Central Michigan, earning first-team All-MAC honors in his lone season playing for Coach Tony Barbee and the Chippewas. In 2024-25, Jarusevicius led the Chippewas in many offensive categories, including scoring (16.2 ppg), rebounding (7.3 rpg) and field goal percentage (.537) while averaging 26.7 minutes per game. He ranked in the top 10 of the MAC in scoring (fifth), rebounding (third) and field goal percentage (eighth) while recording a conference-high eight double-doubles. Jarusevicius showed his versatility, shooting 31 percent from 3-point range, while also shooting 71 percent from the foul line on 171 free throw attempts.  He reached double figures 23 times, including eight games with at least 20 points. His season was highlighted by a 32-point, 10-rebound effort against both Akron and Kent State. He also had 17 points against Minnesota and 11 points and a career-high 14 rebounds against Marquette. He closed the season with 11 straight double-figure scoring games, including both 30-point games and three other 20-point performances.

He began his college career at Cal State Bakersfield, spending his first two seasons with the Roadrunner program. He averaged 5.5 points and 2.2 rebounds per game, highlighted by a 16-point effort against South Dakota, while going 8-of-12 from the field. He played in 15 games as a freshman before suffering a season-ending ankle injury in mid-January. In the two games prior to his ankle injury, he had set back-to-back season highs including 16 points and seven boards against UC San Diego.  

A 2022 graduate of Kaunas "Varpas" Gimnazija in Lithuania, Jarusevicius was a member of the Lithuanian National Team youth system for four years, helping Lithuania to a runner-up finish at the FIBA Under-20 European Championship in 2022. He averaged 5.6 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.1 block per game as Lithuania fell to Spain in the title game. He also played for Lithuania at the Under-18 FIBA European Challengers in 2019, the Under-16 European Championship in 2016, and the Under-16 European Championship in 2019. When not playing for his National Team, he spent two seasons as an amateur in the NKL, Lithuania’s second-tier of professional basketball. He averaged 6.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 0.8 blocks per contest in 2021-22 for BC Zalgris-2 and earned a call up to the country’s top league, the LKL, where he played six games with Nevezis.

PERSONAL
Ugnius is the son of Mindaugas and Ingrida Jarusevicius, and has one older sister (Ausrine). Ugnius goes by the nickname of Uggy. His father (Mindaugas) played for the Lithuanian National Team in the late 1990s and played professionally in the LKL for over a decade. Ugnius is studying child, youth and family studies at Nebraska.