Columbia University Athletics

2021
 
Did not see any game action as a junior wide receiver … Contributed on the scout team.
 
2020
 
Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
 
2019
 
Did not see any game action as a first-year wide receiver … Contributed on the scout team.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
 
A 2019 graduate of Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he lettered three years in football for Head Coach Kale Ane … Played wide receiver for the Buff n’ Blue … Led the Buff and Blue to an 8-3 record and state playoff appearance as a senior in 2018 … Played his final game at Aloha Stadium … Team finished 5-3 as a junior … Buff n’ Blue finished 7-3 as a sophomore … Also competed four years in track and field … Specialty event was the triple jump … Also competed in the 110-meter hurdles (15.08) and 300-meter hurdles (43.03).
 
PERSONAL
 
Born Alexander London-Vassilkovski Thompson on December 19, 2000 in Beverly Hills, Calif. … Son of William and Antonina Thompson of Honolulu, Hawaii … Has three siblings: Daniel, Angel and Peter … Father played football at Phoenix College … Hobbies and interests include songwriting, music production and film making … Favorite food is sushi … Is a drummer who writes and produces music … Nickname is VASSI … He is an artist and producer known as VASSI on Spotify, where he has amassed over 150,000 total streams … His dream is to make a living using his creativity and doing what he loves … Most famous Columbia graduate from Punahou School is the 44^th President of the United States Barack Obama, Manti Te’o and Deforest Buckner … Instead of waiting for colleges to recruit him, he went out and found the school that he wanted to attend and found Columbia to be that school … Chose Columbia because he wants to make the most out of his education and he desires to grow and develop as an individual and also because of its diversity … Selected Columbia over offers from Princeton, Penn and Harvard … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Economics … Also plans to attend graduate school and write and produce music.