Lexi Aquilino (2018)

Lexi joined the Lady Flyers varsity soccer program as an 8th grader, after one season of modified soccer in 7th grade. She went on to become the program’s record holder for most goals in a career, single season, and single game, totaling 111 goals and 49 assists across her career. The Lady Flyers recorded their winningest season in program history during Lexi’s junior season and reached the sectional quarterfinals in both her junior and senior campaigns.  

Lexi was selected as team MVP her junior and senior seasons and led the team as co-captain her sophomore, junior, and senior years. During her time at Maryvale, she collected honors from ECIC Division III, earning first-team selection 9th-12th grade and second-team selection her 8th grade season. Lexi was also selected to the All-Bee Second Team, NYS All-State Class A 5th Team in 2017, and the All-WNY second team in 2016 and 2017. Additionally, she was recognized as a WKBW Super 7 Athlete of the Week, Buffalo News Prep Talk Female Athlete of the Week, and All-WNY Buffalo News Scholar Athlete during her career at Maryvale. Lastly, Lexi was honored as a Maryvale Wall of Fame Scholarship recipient in 2018 prior to graduation. 

Lexi also played club soccer for the Global Premier Soccer organization during her high school years. She was chosen to represent the 2000 GPS FC Bayern Girls National Team in the 2017 Dana Cup in Denmark and participated in multiple college showcase tournaments throughout many of the east coast states. 

Lexi graduated class valedictorian in 2018 and went on to play collegiate soccer at Le Moyne College in the NCAA Division II Northeast-10 Conference. She earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Chemistry from Le Moyne and a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering from Syracuse University. At Le Moyne, Lexi earned scholar-athlete awards.

Currently, Lexi resides in Cheektowaga and works at Rich Products as a Process Development Engineer.