John Meeks (basketball)
John Robert Meeks is an American basketball player for Galatasaray MCT Technic of the Basketbol Süper Ligi and the Champions League. He played college basketball for the Bucknell Bison and the College of Charleston Cougars. A forward, Meeks then played for Kouvot in the Finnish Korisliiga, for Donar Groningen in the Netherlands, and for Santeros de Aguada in Puerto Rico.
Early and personal life
Meeks is the son of Betsy and Cliff Meeks, and has two younger sisters. He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and lived in Burlington, North Carolina. He is, and weighs.High school
Meeks played basketball for The Burlington School for four years at guard and forward, during which time the team had a 119–6 record and won two North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association Class 1-A state championships. He was twice named an all-state selection, and was a three-time all-conference selection, a two-time Times-News All-Region selection, and 2016-17 Player of the Year. As a junior, he averaged 16 points and seven rebounds per game. In his senior year, he averaged 18.2 points per game.He also played baseball and competed in track & field for the school. Fifteen colleges made offers to Meeks out of high school.
College
Bucknell
In 2017-18, Meeks played his freshman year at Bucknell University for the Bucknell Bison basketball team, and shot 52.2% from the field. Academically, he was a psychology major.In 2018-19, he played his sophomore year at Bucknell, and shot 49.6% from the field, 48.5% from three-point range, and averaged 5.7 points per game.
In 2019-20, Meeks played his junior year at Bucknell, and shot 45.3% from the field and 34.9% from three point range, averaging 11.2 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. He was named Third Team All-Patriot League, and was named to the 2020 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
In 2020-21, he played his senior year at Bucknell, and shot 49.5% from the field, 38.5% from three point range, and 85.1% from the free throw line. Meeks led the NCAA in scoring with 25.3 points per game in his six games during the shortened COVID-19 season, and also averaged 6.8 rebounds per game. He was named Third Team All-Patriot League for the second straight year, and First Team All-Patriot Tournament, and National Association of Basketball Coaches First Team All-Region.