Ariana Vakos

Position:
Goalkeeper
Height:
5-5
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
High School:
Avon
Hometown:
Avon, Ohio

2025: Appeared in 11 games for Akron, including six starts...posted a 1.15 goals against average on the strength of 33 saves and an .805 save percentage...recorded one shutout in a 0-0 draw at Northern Illinois (Sept. 25)...registered a season-best eight saves at Buffalo (Oct. 2)...ranked fifth in the Mid-American Conference in league-only games in save percentage (.811), eighth in saves per match (.333) and ninth in goals against average (1.14).

2025 ACCOLADES: Academic All-MAC Selection.

2024: Didn’t appear in a game for Akron.

PRIOR TO AKRON: A four-year letterwinner at Avon High School where she garnered all-conference accolades during each of her four prep campaigns...a two-time all-state and three-time all-district and all-county selection, she helped lead her team to a pair of league and district titles over her four years as a well as a regional runner-up finish as a sophomore...she posted 268 saves and over 30 shutouts in goal during her prep career, while offensively recording 16 goals and nine assists...additionally, she gained valuable playing experience with the Ohio Premier ECNL club squad.

PERSONAL: Majoring in nursing...daughter of Michael and Claudia Vakos.