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2022-23 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Matt Vassilakos

Matt Vassilakos

  • Position:
    Fly/Free
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    192
  • Letters:
    4
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Clarkston, Mich.
  • High School:
    Clarkston

Summary

Biography

Career Notes:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team three times (2020-21, 21-22, and 22-23) ... competed in 16 conference championship events, placing a personal-best finish of sixth ... swam in 29 regular-season meets, including winning a 500 Free event in his first season at WSU.

2022-23:  GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Placed 25th in the 200 free (1:43.95), 26th in the 200 fly (1:57.50), 27th in the 500 free (4:49.11), and 35th in the 100 fly (52.26).  SEASON:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... competed in all 11 of the team’s meets. 

2021-22:  GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Finished 15th in the 200 fly (1:56.41), 18th in the 500 free (4:44.65), 22nd in the 200 free (1:44.35) and 28th in the 1000 free (10:04.65).  SEASON:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... saw action in six regular-season meets ... competed in three events, including a third-place finish in the 125 free relay (54.38) at Northern Michigan (11/5) ... swam in four events against Northern Michigan (11/6) ... participated in the 400-yard medley relay, 800 free relay, 200 fly, 50 free, 500 free and 100 fly at the Don Kimble Invitational (11/21) ... saw action in four events versus Oakland (1/22) ... participated in the 1000 free, 100 free and 400 free relay at Oakland (1/23) ... swam in three events, including two relays, at Calvin (1/28).

2020-21:  GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Finished 11th in the 500 free (4:39.05) and 13th in the 200 fly (1:56.52) ... placed 14th in the 1000 free (9:49.51) and 15th in the 200 free (1:43.60), recording season-best times in all four events.  SEASON:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... competed in the final four regular-season meets ... posted a season-best time of 23.66 for the 50 free vs. Northern Michigan (3/1) ... swam a season-best time of 55.09 for the 100 fly vs. Oakland (2/13).

2019-20:  GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Earned a sixth-place finish in the 200 fly (1:53.65) ... swam the second-fastest time in the 500 free Consolation finals (4:38.48) ... finished the 1650 free in 17th place (16:48.21) and the 1000 free in 18th place (9:48.55).  SEASON:  Assisted WSU to fourth-place finishes in both the 300 3x100 fly relay (2:42.96) and the 400 4x100 IM relay (3:54.59) at the Golden Grizzly Relays (10/12) ... placed third in the 200 fly (2:02.27) vs. Tiffin (10/18) ... completed the 100 free in 52.12 versus Oakland (10/25) ... swam the 50 free in 23.97 and the 100 free in 52.64 at Ashland (11/8) ... competed at the Denison Invite (12/5-12/7) ... anchored the second-place 200 free relay (1:27.67) at Saginaw Valley State (1/10) and earned a third-place finish in the 1000 free (10:19.49) ... notched first collegiate victory in the 500 free (4:58.91) at Findlay (1/17) ... completed the 200 fly in 2:01.24 and the 100 free in 51.28 vs. Grand Valley State (1/25).

High School:  A 2019 graduate of Clarkston High School ... lettered as a sophomore (2016-17) for the Wolves and coach Amber Miller ... top performances include 100 fly (55.42) and 200 free (1:54.76) ... was a member of the National Honor Society ... competed during the summer for OLY Swimming and coach Jeff Cooper ... recorded a personal-best time of 27.56 (50 L free) at the June 2019 MI OLY Summer Classic ... swam a 54.65 in the 100 Y fly at the 2019 Michigan Swimming Open Championships ... posted a time of 24.26 in the 50 Y free at the 2018 Mi OLY Fall Classic.

Personal:  Full name -- Matthew G. Vassilakos ... born on July 1, 2001, in Pontiac, Mich. ... son of Alan and Karen Vassilakos ... has an older brother, Andrew, and a younger sister, Allison ... is a Mechanical Engineering major ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for Winter 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Winter 2022 and Winter 2023 ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.0-3.49) for Winter 2021 ... last name is pronounced vass-ill-ah-kiss.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Fly/Free
    6'2" 179 lbs

  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Fly/Free
    6'2" 179 lbs

  • 2021-22Junior

    Fly/Free
    6'2" 198 lbs

  • 2022-23Senior

    Fly/Free
    6'2" 192 lbs