Paulos Athanasios Mariolas

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July 6, 2005

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About Athlete

My name is Paulos Mariolas and I’m a soccer player from Lesvos island, Greece. My objective for my college experience is to play soccer at a competitive level while getting a solid undergraduate education. I strongly believe that my experience of playing soccer in Europe (Greece and the Netherlands) would be a great competitive advantage to any college team. In addition, I believe that the educational system of the United States at a University level provides the ideal environment to pursue excellence on both an academic and athletic field.

GPA

3.7

SAT Total Score
1170
Teams

SOCCER TEAM ARION MYTHIMNAS U14, MOLYVOS, LESVOS GREECE 2014-2018

SOCCER TEAM ASTERAS NIKIS U15, MYTILENE, LESVOS GREECE 2018-2019

LESVOS-LIMNOS ISLANDS MIXED SOCCER U15 TEAM 2018-2019 (This is a team where participants are invited to come play on after trials- and is a preselection team for the National Greek team U15)

ARION SOCCER CLUB MEN’S TEAM 2019-2021

LESVOS-LIMNOS ISLANDS MIXED SOCCER U17 TEAM 2021-2022 (This is a team where participants are invited to come play on after trials- and is a preselection team for the National Greek team U17)

INTERNATIONAL SPORTS REVOLUTION SOCCER ACADEMY, U17, ZWOLLE, NETHERLANDS 2021-2022

AIOLIKOS F.C. MEN'S TEAM 3RD NATIONAL DIVISION, 2022-2023

Championships
May, 2017 - 2nd place in the Lesvos Island Soccer U15 Tournament playing for Arion Mythimnas, Molyvos, Lesvos Greece
May, 2018 - 1st place in the Lesvos Island Soccer U15 Tournament playing for Asteras Nikis, Mytilene, Lesvos Greece
January 3-11, 2019 - National Team Qualifying Soccer Tournament U15, Syros Island, Greece, playing for the Lesvos-Limnos Islands Mixed Soccer U15 team 2018-2019
August 26-30, 2019 - Ajax 2019 summer soccer camp & clinics, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
31 August-6 September, 2021, International Sports Revolution summer soccer camp 2021, Zwolle, The Netherlands

May 2023, Champions of the Athens Attikis Region for the Greek National Highschool Soccer Competition 2023

May 2023, Champions in 4th group of the 3rd National Men's Soccer Division with Aiolikos FC- upgraded to 2nd National Men's Soccer  Division

Additional sporting info

24-28 June, 2021 - Athens Cup U17, Voula, Athens Greece
Playing for International sports Revolution Soccer Academy from Zwolle, The Netherlands in a tournament against Panathinaikos FC, Olympiacos FC and Atromitos FC

March 10-15, 2022, Algarve Cup U16/17, Algarve, Portugal
Playing for International sports Revolution Soccer Academy from Zwolle, The Netherlands in a tournament against Deportivo La Coruna (Spain), Vasalunds IF (Sweden), Sporting CP (Portugal), Football Ambitions (NL), Gornik Zabrze (Poland), and KRC Genk (Belgium)

25 July – 1 August, 2022 Capelli Sport Cup 2022, Koge Denmark
Playing for Aiolikos F.C. U19 against Pogon Sczecin, HB KOGE and Capelli Sport USA

24-27 January, 2023 North London Football Clubs Experience, London, United Kingdom

23-28 February, 2023 - Athens Cup U19, Voula, Athens Greece
Playing for International sports Revolution Soccer Academy from Zwolle, The Netherlands in a tournament against Panathinaikos FC, Olympiacos FC and AEK FC

Personal Best

https://internationalsportsrevolution.com/ - INTERNATIONAL SPORTS REVOLUTION SOCCER ACADEMY, U17, ZWOLLE, NETHERLANDS 2021-2022
May 2023, Champions of the Athens Attikis Region for the Greek National Highschool Soccer Competition 2023
https://www.aiolikos.gr/ - AIOLIKOS F.C. MEN'S TEAM 3RD NATIONAL DIVISION, 2022-2023- May 2023, Champions upgraded to 2nd National Men's Division for 2024

What makes you different?

Already at a very young age, I have had the opportunity to travel extensively throughout Europe, (Greece, Italy, Turkey, Austria, Slovakia), as a result of my participation in ERASMUS educational programs at school, as well as due to my taking part in various soccer tournaments (Greece, Portugal, Denmark and The Netherlands). At the age of 16, I left home, by myself, to live for one year abroad with a host family in the Netherlands to pursue my passion of training at a high level for soccer, and currently, I am living on my own and finishing my senior year in highschool in Athens, in order to train and play on a third national level men's team based there. As a result, I have obtained experience in regards to living in new environments with different cultures and languages. I have become self sufficient and independent, and have learned survival skills which have helped me to adapt faster to new and challenging surroundings. Playing on the third level national men's team, I am currently playing soccer with athletes of all ages, ranging from 17 to 35 years of age, who come from different cultural and educational backgrounds as well as skill levels. Some of my team members have played for teams in the first national level of Greece and even have participated in the UEFA Champions League. On a personal level, I have strong communication and leadership skills, but I also excel as a teamplayer. I am very goal oriented, dedicated, consistent in my training and I am willing to make sacrifices to achieve my goals.

Why do you want to compete in college?

It has always been been my dream to be able to combine pursuing a college education while playing soccer at the highest level. Both my mother's parents, as well as my mother have received high degrees from Universities in the United States, and I would also like to have the opportunity to experience living in the United States, to benefit from the excellent educational and athletic environment offered in U.S. Universities, to participate in competitive championships at a college level and to make a difference for my team. I believe playing soccer at a college level will give me the opportunity to challenge my abilities against excellent athletes from all over the United States and the world, which also will make me a more competitive and better soccer player, myself.

College Goals?

My educational goals are to receive the necessary knowledge required in order to excel and be a competitive professional in the field of business and finance. I would also like to have the experience of being an active member of a student organization and making new friends on campus, with the similar interests to myself. My sport goals are to train and to compete at the highest level, to cooperate with my team members and to challenge myself constantly to become a better player and a vital member of my team.

Anything else we should know?

I have both Greek and U.S. citizenship.

My mother is an alumni from the University of Texas at Dallas and has her MBA from Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management in Glendale, AZ. My grandfather is an alumni of DUKE from where he received his PhD in Electrical Engineering and my grandmother is an alumni of The University of Western Carolina.

Education

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Model General Highschool of Mitilini of the University of Aegean

2020-2021 Sophomore Year
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Isendoorn College - Warnsveld, The Netherlands

2021-2022 Junior Year

I spent my Junior Year abroad studying at Isendoorn College HWO 5 LEVEL in Warnsveld, The Netherlands (equivalent to Junior year in High School) and playing soccer at the I.S.R. (International Sports Revolution) Academy (internationalsportsrevolution.com)

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1st General Highschool of Elliniko

2022-2023 Senior Year

For my Senior year in Highschool, I moved to Athens, Greece to finish Highschool and to play for AIOLIKOS F.C. Men's Team https://www.aiolikos.gr/ (3rd National Level team)

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