- "I made VWC my top choice because I felt right at home as soon as I stepped on campus. VWC just seemed like the perfect place for me"
- Selected Virginia Wesleyan over Roanoke College, Florida Southern University. St. Thomas University, and the University of Kentucky
Career Highs
Points: 3 – (at Randolph – 1/10/15)
Rebounds: 3 – (vs. Widener – 11/15/14)
Assists: NA
Steals: 1 – (2x, most recent, Hollins – 2/22/15)
Blocks: NA
2014-15 ODAC All-Academic Team
First-Year (2014-15): Played in six games as a first-year… Scored three points in five minutes of action at Randolph College on January 10.
Academic Accomplishments: Presidential Scholarship recipient
Before VWC: Competed in basketball and soccer for Wakefield… All-Virginia Division III second team as a senior… Helped guide her team to a 20-5 record as a senior, 25-7 as a junior, 23-8 as a sophomore and 23-10 as a rookie… Played in 103 career games and averaged 5.6 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and 1.8 steals per game… Scored 7.4 points and pulled down 5.4 rebounds per game as a senior… First team All-Delaney Conference honoree as a senior… Recipient of the 2014 Coach's Award and 2013 Most Improved Player Award… Helped guide her team to the Virginia final four as a junior and senior… Honor Roll student… Member of the Yearbook Club and Glee Club… Class Treasurer 2013 and 2014.
Personal: Daughter of Thomas Sanford… Has a sister, Erika, and a brother, Thomas III.
Get to Know Alexis
- Enjoys mac n' cheese and spending vacation time in Kalamazoo, Michigan
- A fan of pro basketball star Dwyane Wade, the Miami Heat, and actor Channing Tatum
- Favorites include the book "All Quiet on the Western Front," the movie "Toy Story," and the TV series "Castle"
- Career goal: "to become a basketball coach"
- Self-description in 10 words or less: "funny, sarcastic, colorful, goofy"
- My favorite aspect of being an athlete is: "making friends and meeting new people. Other than making new friends, being an athlete applies the discipline I need in my life"
- The part of my game I've improved the most is: "being a better teammate and now I am proud of the teammate I've become"
- My personal athletic goal at VWC is: "to become as strong as I can be and eventually have the right to call myself a national champion"
- If I could spend a day with a famous person from any time period it would be: "Skylar Diggins. I would love to know how she became the great person and player that she is"
- It's the year 2030 and: "I'm a basketball coach at a college in a warm place. I have two twin boys, Michael Channing and Jordan Xavier"
- People might be surprised to know: "my favorite thing to do is color"
- The most important advice I've received is: "work to deserve it, earn it to own it. Be THAT kid"-- Paul G. Sipes
