Huskers Add SEC Transfer Arek Angui
Nebraska Head Coach Amy Williams announced the addition of 6-foot-9 Arek Angui to the 2026-27 Husker roster on Tuesday, April 28.
Angui, who spent the 2025-26 season as a redshirt freshman at Auburn, will become the tallest player in Nebraska women’s basketball history. She will have three seasons of collegiate eligibility remaining when she arrives in Lincoln.
“We are excited to add Arek to our women’s basketball family," Nebraska Head Coach Amy Williams said. "She brings with her great size, mobility and potential, and we can’t wait to see her develop in our program. She has an amazing perspective and is eager to get to work here in Lincoln."
Angui appeared in 20 games for Auburn last season, averaging 1.5 points and 2.6 rebounds in 8.8 minutes per game. She produced a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds in a win over Mississippi Valley State (Nov. 13). She also led the Tigers with eight rebounds in her Auburn debut against Alabama State (Nov. 8). She managed six points against Middle Tennessee (Dec. 16). She had two points, five rebounds, a season-high two steals and her only assist of the season in an SEC season-high 13 minutes against Vanderbilt (Jan. 22).
She saw action against Big Ten schools Oregon and Rutgers, while adding playing time against ACC schools California and Syracuse before facing Texas, Florida, Alabama, Vandy, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Ole Miss and LSU in SEC play.
The center from Juba, South Sudan, appeared in two games before redshirting as a true freshman at Central Florida in 2024-25. She made her collegiate debut by playing seven minutes and scoring three points in a win over Iona (Nov. 5, 2024). She added two points and two offensive rebounds in 10 minutes in a loss to TCU (Dec. 21, 2024) before missing the rest of the season.
Angui attended Greenforest Christian Academy in Decatur, Ga., leading the team to the GHSA A Division state championship as a senior in 2024. She averaged a double-double as a senior with 14 points and 13 rebounds per game, including 10 points, 14 rebounds and four blocked shots in the state championship game against Montgomery County. Angui also competed as a member of the track and field team.
Before coming to the United States, she participated at the Dankind Academy, which is the humanitarian project inspired by the work of Luol Deng and Manute Bol using education, basketball and construction as vehicles for progress in East Africa.