Nikolas Khamenia

Nikolas Khamenia is an American college basketball player for the Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Early life and high school

Khamenia grew up North Hollywood, Los Angeles in and attended Harvard-Westlake School. 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, an Amateur Athletic Union team, on the Puma Pro16 circuit.
Khamenia is rated a consensus top-35 recruit in the 2025 recruiting class. He committed to play college basketball at Duke over offers from UCLA and Gonzaga.

National team career

Khamenia played for the United States under-18 basketball team at the 2024 FIBA Under-18 AmeriCup. 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 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 Belarus. His father, Valery, played college basketball at George Washington University and is an assistant basketball coach at Los Angeles Valley College.