Lower Merion’s Alexa Braslow is Main Line Girls Athlete of the Week (Jan. 15-21)

The multi-talented sophomore point guard has been a key factor for the emerging Aces this winter. As of Jan. 15, she’s averaging 9.5 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 5.3 apg and 4.5 spg, and in a recent win against Marple Newtown made 10 steals, dished out 10 assists and scored 20 points. As a freshman, Braslow received All-Main Line girls’ basketball honors. Lower Merion girls basketball head coach Erin Laney said, “Alexa has single-handedly breathed life back into Lower Merion girls’ basketball. For the last two seasons, she has comported herself with a maturity far beyond her years both on and off the court. This trait carries into Alexa’s play, specifically through her court vision and ‘IQ.’ A mountain of pressure always rests on the shoulders of a point guard, but Alexa has handled this with observable composure. Alexa has humbly resurrected a kind of competitiveness that this program has not seen in over a decade.”

Fun facts – Alexa Braslow

Favorite book: The Hunger Games.

Favorite author: Colleen Hoover.

Favorite TV show: Pretty Little Liars.

Favorite movie: Pitch Perfect.

Favorite athlete: Allen Iverson.

Favorite pre-game pump-up song: Can’t Hold Us by Macklemore.

Favorite team: Philadelphia Eagles.

Favorite place to visit: “The beach with my family.”

Favorite pre-game meal: Banana and protein bar.

Person I most admire, and why: “I most admire my older sisters, Abby and Sara, because they taught me to be competitive from a young age.”

Family members: Parents Derek and Cara, stepmother Donna, older sisters Abby and Sara.