Sophomore guard/forward Omar Wattad intends to transfer from Georgetown, the athletic department confirmed Wednesday.

“Omar will not return to Georgetown next year,” Georgetown Head Coach John Thompson III said in a prepared statement. “We wish Omar the best in his future.”

In a phone interview with THE HOYA, Thompson added, “His two years here were good and he is moving on and we wish him the best.”

Wattad appeared in 25 games as a sophomore, starting one of them, and averaged 2.6 points and 1.4 rebounds. Wattad’s lone start came against Florida International in the Hoyas’ final non-conference bout and was touted as a testament to his hustle and leadership of the second unit.

Wattad, however, played less and less as the year progressed, failing to appear in six of Georgetown’s final nine games.

He is the sixth member of the Hoyas’ squad to transfer in the past three seasons.

“I think there is attrition in college basketball, in one form or another,” Thompson said when asked about the several transfers over a few years. “People leave because they are unhappy with the basketball situation, people leave because they have things going on in their personal life, and people leave because they don’t have the opportunity to return.”

He declined to place Wattad into one of these categories.

THE HOYA could not immediately reach Wattad.

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