A University of Nebraska Omaha basketball player was identified as a drowning victim at a reservoir in the Salt Lake City area over the weekend after divers recovered his body.

A college basketball player has died in a tragic drowning at 22 years old. Deng Mayar, a college basketball player at the University of Nebraska Omaha, was swimming with a friend in Salt Lake City, Utah over the weekend.

University of Nebraska Omaha basketball player Deng Mayar has died in a drowning incident. He was 22 years old. According to reports, Mayar was swimming in the Blackridge Reservoir in Herriman, Utah around 5:45 p.