- Nebraska Single-Season Freshman Rebounding Record (203)
- Nebraska Single-Game Freshman Rebounding Record (19 vs. Northwestern)
- Nebraska Single-Season Freshman Record for Double-Doubles (3, tied)
- Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Spring 2020)
2020-21 (SOPHOMORE)
Yvan Ouedraogo (pronounced I-van WOO-drah-oh-go) provided a physical presence for the Huskers in 2020-21. He played in 22 games, including four starts, and averaged 3.4 points and 3.7 rebounds per game. He started NU's first four Big Ten games before coming off the bench with the addition of Derrick Walker Jr. Ouedraogo's best performance in 2020-21 came against Doane, when he scored a career-high 13 points and added 13 boards in 18 minutes of work in posting his first double-double of the season. During non-conference play, he had three games of at least seven rebounds, as he had seven against both McNeese State and North Dakota State. In the win over McNeese State, he also added nine points and a pair of steals. His best performance in Big Ten play came against Purdue, when he had seven points and eight rebounds in 20 minutes off the bench. He also had six rebounds at No. 9 Wisconsin and No. 19 Michigan in starts in Big Ten play.
2019-20 (FRESHMAN)
Ouedraogo emerged as the Huskers’ starting center, playing in all 32 games, including 30 starts, and averaging 5.7 points and a team-high 6.3 rebounds in 21.4 minutes per game. Ouedraogo, who became just the third freshman to lead the Huskers in rebounding, set or tied three freshman records, including double-doubles (three), rebounds in a season (203) and rebounds in a game (19) despite being the youngest player in the Big Ten in 2019-20. He finished third among Big Ten freshmen in rebounding and played some of his best basketball down the stretch, averaging 6.8 points on 49 percent shooting and 7.6 rebounds per game over Nebraska’s last nine games. His biggest impact came on the boards, as he grabbed eight or more rebounds in nine games, including six games with at least 10 caroms.
Ouedraogo’s best performance of the year came against Northwestern on March 1, when he posted his third double-double of the season with season highs in points (11), rebounds (19) and minutes (38). His 19 rebounds were the most ever by a Husker freshman – and second nationally among any freshman in 2019-20 - and most by any Husker since 2007. That performance capped a strong six-game stretch where he averaged 8.5 points on 55.2 percent shooting and 9.3 rebounds per game against all three Big Ten co-champions as well as Ohio State and Northwestern. He put up a second double-double in Big Ten action at Illinois with 11 points and 10 rebounds and grabbed 10 rebounds and chipped in eight points against Wisconsin. He nearly posted a double-double in his Big Ten debut, finishing with 10 rebounds and nine points in an overtime loss at Indiana, as his 10 rebounds marked the second-highest rebounding total by a Husker making his conference debut.
He reached double figures in scoring six times, including a season-best 11 points against Southern, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Illinois. Against TAMU-CC, Ouedraogo posted his first career double-double with 11 points and 14 rebounds, marking the first double-double by a Husker freshman since 2013.
BEFORE NEBRASKA
Ouedraogo attended the National Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance (INSEP). In 2018-19, Ouedraogo played in 26 games for Centre Fédéral de Basketball, which is a program in the top amateur league in France. He averaged 5.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game, while playing most of the season as a 16-year-old. Other prominent players to come from the INSEP program have included Clint Capela, Boris Diaw and Tony Parker.
Prior to enrolling at Nebraska, he was selected for the French U-18 National Team and helped the squad to a fifth-place finish at the 2019 European Championships. He averaged 4.0 points, 3.6 rebounds and 0.8 steals per game while posting a pair of double-figure efforts.
He represented France in other international competition, including the 2018 FIBA U-16 European Championships, when he averaged 12.7 points and 9.7 rebounds per game. He finished second on the team in both scoring and rebounding to help France to a fourth-place finish and earned team MVP honors. He had a pair of double-doubles in the tournament, including a 23-point, 15-rebound performance in a win over Serbia in the quarterfinals and a 14-point, 15-carom effort against Estonia in the group phrase.
Ouedraogo was selected for the Adidas Next Generation Tournament in the U-18 Division, averaging 5.3 points and 4.3 rebounds against some of Europe’s top youth competition, including a nine-point, 10-rebound performance. Ouedraogo selected Nebraska over TCU, Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, Oregon and Miami.
PERSONAL
Yvan was born on March 22, 2002, in Bordeaux, France, and is the son of Jeannine Zangreyanogho and Désiré Ouedraogo. He has one younger sister (Alyson) and one younger brother (Axel). Yvan has not declared a major at Nebraska.