Nikolas Khamenia (born December 27, 2006) is an American

high school basketball High school basketball, also known as prep basketball, is the sport of basketball as played by High school (North America), high school teams in the United States and Canada. Top high school athletes often go on to play college basketball after ...

player for

Harvard-Westlake School Harvard-Westlake School is an independent, co-educational university preparatory day school in Los Angeles, California, with about 1,600 students in grades seven through twelve. The school has two campuses: the middle school campus in Holmby ...

Early life and high school

Khamenia grew up

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in and attends

. He averaged 14.0 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 4.0 assists per game as a junior. Khamenia also plays for the Basketball Training Institute (BTI), an

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team, on the Puma Pro16 circuit. Khamenia is rated a consensus top-35 recruit in the 2025 recruiting class. He committed to play

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over offers from

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the C ...

and Gonzaga.

National team career

Khamenia played for the United States under-18 basketball team at the

2024 FIBA Under-18 AmeriCup The 2024 FIBA Under-18 AmeriCup was the 13th edition of the FIBA Under-18 AmeriCup, a biennial international under-18 basketball tournament. The tournament was held from 3 to 9 June 2024, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It also served as a qualifyin ...

. He averaged 7.7 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game as the United States won the gold medal. Khamenia was also named to the

United States men's national 3x3 team The United States men's national 3x3 team is a national 3x3 basketball team of the United States, governed by USA Basketball. Its managing director is Jimmer Fredette. Competitions Olympic Games World Cup Pan American Games AmeriCup Hon ...

to play in the 2024 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup and was named the tournament's MVP as he won a second gold medal.

Personal life

Khamenia's parents are from

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. His father, Valery, played college basketball at George Washington University and is an assistant basketball coach at

Los Angeles Valley College Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC, Valley College, or Valley) is a public community college in Los Angeles, California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, ...

References

External links

USA Basketball profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khamenia, Nikolas 2006 births Living people American men's 3x3 basketball players American men's basketball players American people of Belarusian descent Basketball players from Los Angeles County, California Harvard-Westlake School alumni McDonald's High School All-Americans People from North Hollywood, Los Angeles