{"id":974,"date":"2025-02-18T13:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/?p=974"},"modified":"2025-02-18T14:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T14:41:11","slug":"a-marshall-trio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/2025\/02\/18\/a-marshall-trio\/","title":{"rendered":"A Marshall trio"},"content":{"rendered":"
Three different personalities and three different, exciting futures ahead \u2014 but with a lifelong bond.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what it\u2019s like being a triplet and pursuing your unique dreams for the first time on the Marshall University campus, and it\u2019s the experience right now for Marshall students John, Madison and Zachary Apostolon, a trio from Wayne County, West Virginia, who are experiencing their first Marshall moments both together but also more independently from each other than they\u2019ve ever been before.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s interesting. Since we have different classes and different experiences, we get to compare and contrast and see how things are different.<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t- John Apostolon<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

\u201cAs far as individuality goes, we all have completely different personalities and completely different interests, and completely different career paths, at least that\u2019s the way it\u2019s looking right now,\u201d said Zachary Apostolon, a freshman in Marshall\u2019s Lewis College of Business. \u201cBut we\u2019re the best of friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having been homeschooled, the triplets have spent most of their lives in each other\u2019s company. That started to change last year, when Madison started college early. Now in her second year at Marshall, she\u2019s deep into her studies in the communication disorders program and loving it. Brothers Zachary and John started college in the fall.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is probably the least amount of time we\u2019ve spent together,\u201d John said. \u201cWe see each other occasionally, but mainly we have been more independent of each other since coming to Marshall. It\u2019s interesting. Since we have different classes and different experiences, we get to compare and contrast and see how things are different.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though Zachary decided to move to campus and Madison and John decided to commute, the 19-year-old siblings text, call and meet up on campus as often as they can.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn crowded places where I don\u2019t know anybody, I can always talk to Madison and John, and it\u2019s always a great source of friendship, and I absolutely love them,\u201d Zachary said.<\/p>\n

They have some family history with Marshall. Their dad, Demetrius, attended, and their mom, Sherri, worked on campus for a while. Another bond they all share, passed down by their parents, is music. Madison plays violin and sings, John plays a little piano and sings, and Zachary plays guitar and writes music. They like to harmonize, John said.<\/p>\n

\"Madison
Madison Apostolon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re kind of a musical family, so that\u2019s definitely an important thing that brings us together and keeps us connected,\u201d Madison said. \u201cIf we’re feeling distant, a song will come on in the car and we’ll sing together. That\u2019s also a cool thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another aspect of their strong bond is that they know each other\u2019s gifts and traits, and they\u2019re quick to point out each other\u2019s strengths.<\/p>\n

Madison is described by her brothers as being sweet and big-hearted.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy sister is a very kind, a very sweet person,\u201d John said. \u201cShe likes talking to people and meeting people. She loves her major. She\u2019s very into it. \u2026 She talks about it all the time and works very hard. She\u2019s full of energy. She loves to sing and play violin as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Zachary\u2019s words, \u201cMadison is definitely kind-hearted, super caring.\u201d<\/p>\n

She received a first-place Maier Award from the Department of English for first-year research last year. She also participates in Cru (formerly known as Crusade for Christ), and she has chosen the perfect career path because she\u2019s uplifting and encouraging, Zachary said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe loves talking to people, and her strengths really come from her heart,\u201d Zachary said. \u201cShe genuinely cares about people, even after just meeting them.\u201d<\/p>\n

John, he described as very thoughtful and unique.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou could think about something a thousand times and, once you talk to John, you get a completely different perspective on it,\u201d Zachary said. \u201cHe\u2019s an extremely thoughtful person. He thinks through everything and he\u2019s willing to rethink through it.<\/p>\n

\"John
John Apostolon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s not egotistical about an opinion. He\u2019s always willing to shape how he thinks about things and get to the truth. He\u2019s hungry for it. I don\u2019t know how that will serve him in his life exactly \u2013 I\u2019ve always wondered what kind of job he\u2019s going to get.\u201d<\/p>\n

His sister described John as \u201ckind, caring, a good listener, and very creative and musical.\u201d<\/p>\n

John is considering majoring in business or social work. He also has gotten involved in Christian organizations on campus and loves learning languages. He\u2019s now learning Japanese, as well as Greek, which is part of his father\u2019s heritage.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to learn Greek for a few reasons: I like the way it sounds, my goal is to learn multiple languages, I have an interest in the translations from Greek to English in the New Testament, and lastly, since I am Greek, I thought it would be fun to learn the language,\u201d John said.<\/p>\n

Zachary, his siblings said, is the outgoing one. He loves intramural sports, as well as making music, which he said would be an amazing career. But he also enjoys business, having started small businesses even during high school, doing everything form graphic design and photography to selling T-shirts, website development and managing social media.<\/p>\n

\"Zachary
Zachary Apostolon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cSo (majoring in) business in general was kind of a no-brainer,\u201d he said, adding that working for an investment firm and educating people about investments seems like a fantastic career path as well. In the meantime, he plays music in the dorms and on campus with friends and would love to write and record his own album.<\/p>\n

Madison described Zachary as \u201cambitious, charismatic, good at marketing anything to anyone, athletic, musical and confident.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI sometimes say he is social anxiety\u2019s worst enemy,\u201d John said. \u201cWhen he wants to do something, he isn\u2019t afraid to pursue it. He\u2019s very, very funny. He\u2019s comedic and creative.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having two siblings on campus means you not only have two people who are there for you, but it\u2019s also a great way to meet more people, John said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know a lot of people because they know your siblings,\u201d John said.<\/p>\n

For Madison, it was a good learning experience to start on campus earlier than her brothers, but it\u2019s also great now, to be going through the college adventure with them in the same orbit.<\/p>\n

\n\tWe are best friends. I think now that we\u2019ve gotten older, we\u2019re just closer. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s a triplet thing, but we\u2019re just very close to each other.<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t- Madison Apostolon<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

\u201cWe are best friends,\u201d Madison said. \u201cI think now that we\u2019ve gotten older, we\u2019re just closer. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s a triplet thing, but we\u2019re just very close to each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also have a way of knowing, kind of, what each other are thinking because we know each other so well,\u201d she said. \u201cI don’t know what it is, but it\u2019s cool, like telepathy.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s great knowing they can always talk with each other, help each other with school and get together for different activities around campus, Zachary said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can make each other mad and stuff, but to know that we have two other people with us, pretty much forever, it\u2019s great, honestly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re locked in for life.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three different personalities and three different, exciting futures ahead \u2014 but with a lifelong bond. That\u2019s what it\u2019s like being a triplet and pursuing your unique dreams for the first time on the Marshall University campus, and it\u2019s the experience right now for Marshall students John, Madison and Zachary Apostolon, a trio from Wayne County, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moments"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=974"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":994,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974\/revisions\/994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}