- "I made VWU my top choice because of the close proximity to the beach from the small, beautiful campus, the weather is warmer in Virginia than in New Jersey, the small classes and family-oriented atmosphere, and above all, Coach Jeff Bowers, who persuaded me to attend VWU"
- Selected Virginia Wesleyan over SUNY-New Paltz
Career Highs
Goals: 1 – (3x, most recent, at Randolph-Macon – 10/28/14)
Assists: 1 - (at Emory & Henry - 9/30/16)
Points: 2 - (3x, most recent, at Randolph-Macon – 10/28/14)
2016-17 ODAC All-Academic Team
2016 All-ODAC Second Team
2015-16 ODAC All-Academic Team
2014-15 ODAC All-Academic Team
Senior (2017): Started the first six matches of the year before missing the remainder of the season due to injury... Took a shot against Catholic on September 1.
Junior (2016): Make 20 starts for the Marlins as a junior… Collected her first career assist as part of a 4-0 victory at Emory & Henry College on September 30… Valuable back line asset who was used to stretch the wings… Helped Virginia Wesleyan to a 0.86 goals against average, the fifth-best mark in the ODAC.
Sophomore (2015): Played in 20 games for the marlins, drawing 16 starts... Speedy defender who was able to turn the pitch for VWC.
Freshman (2014): Appeared in 18 matches, starting 13 of them… Strong offensive player along the defensive front… Scored three goals on the year, including the game-winner over Averett University on September 7.
Academic Accomplishments: Presidential Scholarship recipient
Before VWU: Competed in soccer, basketball, and track and field… Defensive standout who helped guide Bishop George Ahr to the New Jersey Non-Public State championship in 2013… Helped lead a defense to 16 shutouts, allowing just five goals, during a 17-2-2 season… All-Area Second Team honoree… All-Middlesex County Second Team honoree… Honor Roll student… Member of the Cypriot cultural organization Salamis.
Personal: Daughter of Clairie and Vassilios Vassiliadis… Parents attended New Jersey Institute of Technology… Has one brother, Dimitrious, a student at Rutgers University.
Get to Know Alexia
- Enjoys Greek food and listening to Indie music
- Has visited Cyprus
- A fan of U.S. Olympic soccer player Alex Morgan, Manchester United, and comedienne Ellen Degeneres
- Favorites include the book "The Last Lecture," the movie "Despicable Me," and the TV series "Castle"
- Career goal: to become a mathematics professor
- Self-description in 10 words or less: "talkative, social, caring, loving, positive, athletic, friendly, competitive, smart"
- My favorite aspect of being an athlete is: "being part of a team which inevitably becomes a family. Being able to go to soccer, practice or a game, and block out everything to focus on showing my love and passion for the game with every mover I make"
- The part of my game I've improved the most is: "my passing accuracy"
- My personal athletic goal at VWC is: "to help the team with my personality on and off the field. Also, to grow as a player and become the best I can be"
- Self-description in 10 words or less: "outgoing, adventurous, friendly, hard worker"
- If I could spend one day with a famous person from any time period it would be: "Ellen Degeneres. She is such a fun person. She always knows how to make people laugh and, most of all, she does absolutely anything to help people around her"
- People might be surprised to know: "I speak fluent Greek"
- It's the year 2030 and: "I see myself teaching math at a university, and have a PhD. Also, I have a family and visiting Greece and Cyprus every summer"
- The most important advice I've received is: "Never change from the person you were born to be"
