Wake Forest Athletics
Wake Forest Adds Georgetown Transfer Nikita Mescheriakov
1/11/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 11, 2010
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest has added former Georgetown forward Nikita Mescheriakov, head coach Dino Gaudio announced on Monday.
The 6-7, 215-pound native of Minsk, Belarus, announced his decision to leave Georgetown in December. He will join the Deacons this week and start spring semester classes at Wake Forest on Wednesday.
Per NCAA transfer rules, Mescheriakov will sit out the 2009-10 spring semester and the 2010-11 fall semester. He will be eligible to play in games upon the conclusion of the 2010 fall semester and have a year and a half of eligibility with the Deacons remaining.
After redshirting his first season at Georgetown in 2007-08, Mescheriakov played in 30 games over the past two seasons. He saw action in 23 games in 2008-09, making nine starts for the Hoyas. He averaged 2.7 points and 1.5 rebounds, while making 11-of-42 from three-point range.
Mescheriakov played in seven games off the bench this season before announcing his decision to transfer out of Georgetown.
Mescheriakov came to the United States from his native Belarus prior to his senior year of high school in 2006. He played on the prep level at St. John's Prospect Hall in Frederick, Maryland, earning honorable mention All-Met honors in 2006-07.
