Harvard University

Sophomore (2024-25)

Won the team’s Charles Ogletree J.D. ’78 Humanitarian Award … Played in 17 games with one start … Averaged 6.7 minutes and 1.1 points per game … Scored five points in each of two games – at Colorado (Nov. 17) and at New Hampshire (Dec. 8); added three rebounds against the Wildcats.

First-year (2023-24)

Played in 19 games with one start … Averaged 8.1 minutes and 2.2 points per game … Shot 34.6 percent from 3-point distance … Scored a season-high six points in each of three games – at Loyola Chicago (Dec. 2), vs. Army West Point (Dec. 8), and vs. Cornell (Feb. 3); hit two 3-pointers against the Black Knights … Made a 3-pointer in each of eight games.

Before Harvard

Garnered First Team All-State in 2022-23 and Third Team All-State in 2021-22 from the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association … Gained Independent School League MVP accolades as a junior and senior … Earned First Team All-Independent School League honors all four years … Finished as U-High’s all-time leading scorer … Led the city of Chicago in points per game as a senior; also led IHSA Class 2A in points per game and ranked third in the state of Illinois … Served team as a captain as a senior … Earned four varsity letters … Helped team win two regional titles … Competed on the AAU level for Mac Irvin Fire EBYL from 2019-22 … Volunteered for the Obama Foundation … Enjoys collecting sneakers … Son of Marty Nesbitt and Anita Blanchard … Brother Alex Nesbitt ’15 played basketball for Harvard from 2011-15 … Sister Roxanne Nesbitt played women’s basketball at Yale from 2018-22, serving team as a senior captain.


Xavier Nesbitt with Setti Warren, Director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School