Reid decides on Wake Forest
Fred Jeter | 5/11/2023, 6 p.m.
Efton Reid is taking his 7-foot frame and basketball talents from coast to coast.
A former Four-Star prospect at Steward School in Western Henrico, Reid is transferring from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., to Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C.
The Zags play in the West Coast Conference while the Demon Deacons are in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
This is his second transfer. Reid played as a freshman at Louisiana State before moving to Gonzaga.
His decision to sign with Wake came as a disappointment to VCU where he visited soon after the Ram’s former Coach Mike Rhoades left for Penn State and Ryan Odom came to VCU from Utah State.
Playing under former VCU Coach Will Wade at LSU, Reid averaged 6.3 points and 4.3 rebounds in 19.6 minutes per game.
His playing time fell off at Gonzaga, a perennial national powerhouse. In just 4.7 minutes an outing, he averaged 2.1 points and 1.0 rebounds.
Reid’s 2023-24 eligibility remains in question at Wake. As a two-time transfer, he may have to sit out the upcoming season under NCAA sanctions.
Reid is at least the second player from the Richmond area to go to Wale. Former John Marshall star Travis McKie scored 1,687 points for Wake from 2010 to 2014.
