OVERVIEW

Georgia Vernardakis is very strong, athletic and competitive and proved to be a real impact player for the lady Cavaliers and was voted the top defender in the conference in 2017 and 2018 … Demonstrates great composure and can serve the ball ... Ranks tied for 19th all-time at JCCC with four game winning assists.

SOPHOMORE YEAR 2018

Selected to the 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-America® honors College Division Women's At-Large Team ... Earned first-team NJCAA All-Academic honors with a 4.0 GPA ... Selected to the 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-America® honors College Division Men's At-Large Team ...Played in 12 matches, 10 as a starter … Missed the first eight matches of the campaign recovering from an illness … Earned first-team All-Region VI, first-team All-East Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference and was selected the KJCCC East Division Defensive Player of the Year for a second consecutive season … Finished the season with 16 points, six goals and three assists … Was tied for third on the team in goals scored … Also had one game winning goal and tied for the team lead with two game winning assists … Fired 33 shots on the season, 18 on goal for a shots-on-goal percentage of .545 … In her first match she scored the game winning goal in a 4-2 win over Coffeyville (9-22-18) … Followed with her second score in a 4-0 at Neosho County (9-25-18) … Netted the Cavaliers’ third goal in a 6-0 shutout at Allen (10-3-18) … Scored in the 83^rd minute to push JCCC into a 3-3 tie with Kansas City Kansas (10-12-18) … Credited with two assists, including one on the game winning goal, in a 5-1 win at Coffeyvile (10-17-18) … Three days later picked up her second game winning assist in a 7-0 home win over Neosho County (10-20-18) … Was part of JCCC’s defensive pool that posted a goals against average of 1.70 with six shutouts ... Was the team's top academic performer and was the JCCC female academic athlete of the year along with teammate Millie Hopkisson.

FRESHMAN YEAR 2017

Played in 19 of the 20 games, with 18 starts … Became the 14th player and just the second defender in team history to be selected NJCAA All-American, making the third team ...  Named first-team All-East Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference and first-team All-Region VI at defender … Also selected the KJCCC East Division Defensive Player of the Year, the second in team history … Was a key part of the Lady Cavaliers defensive mix that held opponents to just 19 goals scored, posted a goals against average of 0.94 and tallied nine shutouts … Also helped out on the offensive end with one goal and five assists for seven points …  Had two assists an 8-1 win over Cowley (9-7-17) … The first assists led to the game winning goal … Netted JCCC’s second goal to secure a 2-0 victory over No. 11 Butler (9-29-17) … Provided the assists on the first and third goals in an 8-2 win over Kansas City Kansas (10-17-17) … The second assist was a game winner … Fired 39 shots over the season, 21 on goal, for a shots on goal percentage of .538 … Had a season high five shots against Butler (9-29-17) and Coffeyville (11-2-17) … Credited three shots on goal against Kansas City Kansas (9-26-17), Butler (9-29-17), Coffeyville (10-12-17) and again against Coffeyville (11-2-17) ... Earned first-team NJCAA Academic Student Athlete honors with a 4.0 grade point average.

HIGH SCHOOL 

Attended St. Anthony’s Catholic College, Urmston, Manchester, England … Graduated 2014 … Played nine seasons for Manchester City, coached by Steve Smith, and two years for Stockport County, coached by Greg McNair … Helped Manchester City win three district titles and three straight Manchester League Cups from 2011-13 … Led her team to the an English International Cup title by scoring the game winning goal in the final … Was the team’s top scorer and Manager’s Player of the Year in both her two seasons with Stockport County … Helped that team win back-to-back women’s youth league titles.

PERSONAL

Born Georgia Mary Vernardakis on Nov. 18, 1997, in Manchester, England … Daughter of Michael Samuels and Christina Vernardakis … Has seven siblings, Rory, Rio, Sonni, Lance, Abbey, Jazz and Maison … Major is undecided … Favorite food is steak with peppercorn sauce … Favorite fast food restaurant is Nando’s … Favorite TV shows are Love Island and Big Brother … Favorite movie is The Aristocats … Favorite actress is Cameron Diaz … Favorite music entertainers are Beyonce’ and Drake … Favorite athletes are Alex Morgan, Toni Duggan and Cristiano Ronaldo … Favorite sports teams Manchester United and the England National Team.