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2023-24: Kojenets appeared in 28 games for the Cowboys in his first season with the program. He averaged 3.7 points and 2.5 rebounds per game averaging just under 10 minutes per night. He shot 51.9 percent from the field going 42-of-81. He scored a career-high 18 points in a contest against San Jose State. He made five field goals in the contest and was a perfect 8-of-8 from the free throw line. He grabbed a career-high six rebounds against Northern New Mexico and added two steals against Cal Poly. He added 11 points and five field goals in the season opener against Northern New Mexico.

Before Wyoming: Oleg Kojenets (Oh-Leg Co-yah-nets) played two seasons at the University of Nebraska. He appeared in 18 games in 2022-23 and redshirted during the 2021-22 season. As a redshirt freshman last season, Kojenets added 10 points and 13 rebounds in his 18 games, which most of his action coming in Big 10 play. He had a career-high three points against Maryland and added a career-high three rebounds in a win over Iowa.  
 
High School: Kojenets was a three-star recruit by both 247Sports and Rivals. He was rated No. 208 nationally and the No. 26 center nationally, in the 2020-21 247Sports Composite. He played his senior season at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio. Kojenets was selected to the U19 National Team for his native Lithuania in the U-19 Basketball World Cup. Prior to coming to the United States, he played for Zalgiris Kaunas’ U-18 team at the 2020 adidas Next Generation Tournament, averaging 6.8 points on 50 percent shooting and 4.0 rebounds per game as the team finished with a 3-1 mark. He also represented his country at the 2019 FIBA U16 European Championships in Udine, Italy.  In that event, Kojenets averaged 9.1 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.7 blocked shots per game while shooting 49 percent from the field. Oleg comes from a basketball family, as both parents played collegiately at UNC Wilmington. Aleh was a 6-foot-11 center who played in 114 games during his four-year career at the school and helped the program reach the NCAA Tournament as a senior in 2000. After college, he played professionally oversees for more than a decade. Jurgita, was a 6-foot-6 center who still ranks third in school record books in both blocks in a season (71, 1998-99) and career (122, 1997-2000). She also holds the school record with 10 blocked shots in a game at UNC Wilmington.