Miikka Muurinen Inks with Arkansas

May 19, 2026

FAYETTEVILLE – Five-star prospect Miika Muurinen, a 6-11 forward, has signed with Arkansas, it was announced today.

Miikka Muurinen
6-11, 200, F
Järvenpää, Finland / KK Partizan (Belgrade, Serbia)

Pronunciation: MEEK-kah MOO-reh-nen from YAR-ven-pah

Played in the 2026 Nike Hoop Summit for Team World (with fellow Razorback signee Abdou Toure) … Started and scored 10 points with eight rebounds and two steals.
A five-star by ESPN and 247 Sports.
Was not ranked among the 2026 ESPN top 100 since he did not play high school basketball in 2025-26, but his ESPN scouting grade of 95 would have placed him among the top five high school recruits in the nation.
Rivals/On3 Industry ranks him a four-star, the #15 prospect in the country and #2 power forward in the 2026 class.

FINLAND NATIONAL TEAM

Named as the first ever FIBA EuroBasket Rising Star award winner after helping Finland to a historic fourth place finish at the 2025 FIBA EuroBasket Championship … Averaged 6.6 points and 1.9 rebounds in eight games … Played 12 minutes with nine points as Finland upset a Nikola Jokic-led Serbia team 92-86 in the Round of 16 … Team lost, 92-89, to a Giannis Antetokounmpo-led Greece team in the third-place game with Muurinen playing 10 minutes and scoring five points … Had 12 points versus Germany in the semifinal … Pulled down four rebounds versus Great Britain in the second game of pool play … Blocked four shots in the fourth game of pool play versus Lithuania.
Also played for Finland at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 European Qualifiers, 2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament Spain and 2023 U16 Euro Championship A.

2025-26:

Played with Partizan KK, a club competing in the EuroLeague and the ABA League (Adriatic League) … Debuted in an ABA League game on Oct. 6 in a win against Krka, recording seven points, two rebounds, two assists and one block in 17 minutes … In one of his final games with Partizan KK (Dec. 28, 2025), scored a season-best 10 points vs KK Split in an ABA game.
Overall, played in 14 games with Partizan KK – 8 in ABA and 6 in EuroLeague games … Scored 33 points with 23 rebounds in ABA games and scored 1 point in EuroLeague games.
Left Partizan in late-February 2026 to pursue playing collegiately in the NCAA.

High School:

Played at AZ Compass Prep (Arizona) for his junior season (2024-25).
As a sophomore (2023-24), moved to the United States and played at Sunrise Christian Academy (Kansas).
In the summer of 2024, played for Bradley Beal U16 Elite and won the Nike EYBL Peach Jam tournament, scoring 21 points in the final.

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