Tarleton State University Athletics

2007-08
Brings an inside presence to the court with the ability to run the floor, block shots and shoot the ball... Transfers to Tarleton from Western Nebraska Community College...

Western Nebraska CC
Averaged 10.3 points and 5.3 rebounds per game as a sophomore... Shot .470 from the field and .330 from the three-point arc... Scored 24 points, grabbed 17 rebounds and had five steals against Otero College in the regional tournament to highlight sophomore season... Added a double-double in the regional quarterfinal against Northwest College with 16 points and 12 rebounds... Split time as a sophomore with Texas Tech signee Ricardo De Bern who averaged 16.8 points per game... Was a member of the 2007 Region IX All-Tournament Team... Named third team all-region... Named All-Nebraska Junior College Honorable Mention selection... Was being recruited by several NCAA Division I schools, but Tarleton was only Division II Akins visited...

High School
Was an all-conference selection all four seasons and was the conference’s Player of the Year and All-Metro First Team as a senior... Averaged 10 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks per game in his final season in high school... Originally signed with Big XII member Nebraska out of high school.. Named one of 10 Missouri high school student-athletes to be nominated for McDonald’s All-American in 2005... Was first team all-state and all-metro as a sophomore and named Sophomore of the Year... Was first-team all-state and all-metro as a junior as well...

Personal
2005 graduate of Jennings High School in St. Louis, Mo.... Parents are Matthew Akins and Dorothy Gayden... Has four siblings... Major is fitness management... Birthdate is June 13, 1986.