We are pleased to announce that Cyprus U19 NT left back, Ioannis Katsiamis, will be joining Lipscomb University. A product of APOEL Nicosias's youth academy, Katsiamis was the starting left back for Cyprus NT from U15 to U19 level. In the last two seasons Katsiamis amassed over 50 appearances at men's level with Olympias Lympion and Alki Oroklini in the Cyprus 2nd Division.
Located in Nashville, Tennessee, Lipscomb is a private Christian university with a top 50 ranked undergraduate business program.
The Lipscomb Bisons are one of the top programs in NCAA Division 1 soccer, with national championship appearances in 2017, 2018 where they made it to the last 16, 2021 and 2022. In addition the Bisons have won four conference tournaments in the past 5 seasons.
Lipscomb University also boasts a state of the art soccer complex, that has been used by the US Men’s National Team in the past.
The university campus is less than 5 miles distance from downtown Nashville, home to some of the world’s most famous music venues. Nashville or ”Music City” as it is commonly known, is most famous for its significance to the music industry and country music in particular. In addition to an NFL and an NHL team, Nashville has its own professional soccer team in the MLS, Nashville SC.
At Lipscomb, Ioannis will be joining fellow JSA athlete from Cyprus, Ploutarchos Alonefti who was an integral part of Lipscomb's 2022 ASUN Championship winning team.