Sananda Fru

Photo by: Mallory Peak | Louisville Athletics

Junior year in 2025-26

CSC Academic All-District
Appeared in all 35 games for the Cardinals, starting in 29 of those contests
Averaged 9.0 points and 6.1 rebounds per game
Made 128 of 170 shot attempts on the year for the team’s best field goal percentage at 75.3%
Blocked 50 shots on the year, nearly five times anyone else on the team and nearly half of the team’s total for the season
Finished the season 16^th in the league in rebounding and sixth in blocked shots per game at 1.43
Was also ninth in the ACC in offensive rebounds per game at 2.83
Recorded 17 occasions of double-digit scoring to go along with four instances of double-digit rebounding, resulting in four double-doubles on the season
Led Louisville in rebounding for a team-high 12 games
Scored a career-high 19 points against Boston College on January 10
Pulled down a career-high 14 boards at California on December 30

Before Louisville

Played for Loewen Braunschweig in the German BBL for four seasons before coming to Louisville
Started 35 of 39 games for Loewen Braunschweig in the 2024-25 season, including games in the FIBA Europe Cup
Posted season averages of 12.6 ppg, 6.2 rpg and 1.4 bpg while shooting 64.5% from the floor
Led Braunschweig to one of its best seasons in the last 15 years, winning multiple games in the German BBL playoffs
Finished the 2024-25 season strong by averaging 10.2 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game in the five-game quarterfinal playoff
Competed with the German national team in 2022 and 2023 on its FIBA U20 squad

Personal:

Born on August 28, 2003… Hometown of Berlin, Germany
Majoring in Business Administration
His personal goal at UofL is to get his degree
He said the best thing about being a Cardinal is the community around him
He chose to attend UofL because “of the positive environment and I think I can learn a lot here.”