Nick Janowski enters transfer portal after breakout freshman season at St. Thomas

Janowski transferred to St. Thomas last offseason after a redshirt year at Nebraska. He averaged 16.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game in 2025-26 with the Tommies. He shot 49.5% from the field, 33.9% from three-point range and 64.1% from the free-throw line.

At 6-foot-4, Janowski is a native of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, and he'll now look for his third college program in three years. After leading St. Thomas to a second-place finish in the Summit League and the conference tournament semifinals, there's a good chance he'll get an opportunity in a better conference.

Janowski joins forward Isaiah Johnson-Arigu as the second St. Thomas player to already enter the transfer portal, which means the Tommies will lose their second and third leading scorer from last season's team.

St. Thomas has experienced first-hand how challenging it is to retain a roster at the mid-major level in the modern era of college basketball. They brought in Janowski, Johnson-Arigu and Austin Hero last season. Longtime head coach Johnny Tauer will look to have another successful offseason of roster building.

St. Thomas finished the 2025-26 season with a 24-10 record, and its season ended in the first round of the NIT against Seattle. The Tommies will look for their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearence at the Division I level next season, but the roster will likely look a lot different than last season.