The University of Minnesota Crookston men’s basketball program announced the signing of George Blaj-Voinescu (F/C, 6-8 210, Brasov, Romania/Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College).
Blaj-Voinescu is the 11th and final signee for the Golden Eagles for the 2020-21 signing class. He joins Morgan Carter (F/C, 6-7 215, Porthcawl, Wales/Hillsborough Community College), Rafael Carton (F, 6-7 230, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands), Ethan Channel (G, 6-4 195, Beaverton, Ore./Portland Community College), Georges Darwiche (G, 6-1 188, Bucharest, Romania/Siena College), Josh Dilling (G, 6-4 180, Oshkosh, Wis./Oshkosh North H.S.), Leonard Dixon (G/F, 6-7 200, Damascus, Ore./Mount Hood Community College), Jaylen James (G, 6-1 175, Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview H.S.), Hunter Lyman (F/C, 6-8 215, West Fargo, N.D./West Fargo H.S.), Chandler Reeck (G, 6-1 180, Edina, Minn./Edina H.S.) and Silas Xia (G, 5-11 170, Guangzhou, China/Santa Ana College) as signees for Minnesota Crookston men’s basketball.
George Blaj-Voinescu (F/C, 6-8 210, Brasov, Romania/Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College)
Blaj-Voinescu played in 11 games as a freshman at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College. He averaged 3.9 points and 2.1 rebounds in his first season with the Golden Norse. Prior to his junior college year, he played a year of prep school basketball for Combine Academy. Blaj-Voinescu was a U16 Romanian National Team starter in 2016. He was a U18 and U20 National Champion for Romania, as well. Blaj-Voinescu also played for a Best Five National Championship in 2018. He played in Romania for CSU Stiinta Bucuresti. During his time at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, Blaj-Voinescu had a season-high 12 points against Western Oklahoma State College. He also added five rebounds versus Western Oklahoma State College. He had six rebounds against Oklahoma Wesleyan University. Blaj-Voinescu tallied eight points versus Central Baptist College.
He was born Feb. 19, 2000. Blaj-Voinescu plans to major in software engineering. He is the son of Vlad and Cristina Blaj-Voinescu. Blaj-Voinescu made the Dean’s Honor Roll at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College.
