2012: Played and started 61 games as a junior... Named Atlantic Sun Tournament Most Valuable Player behind afive hit, four RBI performance in the ASun title game (3/26) ...Second on the team with a .336 batting average ... Led the teamwith 17 doubles ... Earned Atlantic Sun All-Academic accolades ...Named ASun Player of the Week (4/2) ... Tallied three homeruns and 36 runs batted in while leading the team with a .461slugging percentage ... Recorded a season high .339 batting averagein the Atlantic Sun championship game (5/26) ... Saw a 14 game hitstreak from 3/18-4/10, which is a career best ... Finished theseason tenth in the ASun in batting average ... tied for second inthe league in hits (81) and third in doubles (17).
2011: Played in 58 games, starting in 53as a sophomore ... Recorded an average of .296, scored 32 runs, anddrove in 31 ... Added eight doubles and seven home runs, includingtwo in one game at USC Upstate (4/8) ... Tallied 13 multi-hit gamesand eight multi-RBI contests ... Had three RBI in A-Sun Tournamentopening win against Stetson (5/25) ... Went two-for-three with anRBI in Belmont's NCAA Regional win over Troy (6/5) ... NamedCapitol One/CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District.
2010: Played in 32 games, making 20 starts as afreshman ... Tallied 16 hits, 11 runs, five walks, and nine runsbatted in ... Also made 64 put outs and recorded a fieldingpercentage of .971 ... Recorded first home run of career in secondgame of a double header at Jacksonville (3/13) ... Had fivemulti-hit games.
Prior to Belmont: Lettered four seasons underhead coach Butch Chaffin at Cookeville High School ... Nominatedfor the Louisville Slugger All-American Team by the CollegiateBaseball Newspaper ... Led the state in doubles as a junior with 21... A three-time all-conference selection ... 2009 Rawlings/PerfectGame Preseason Southeast Region All-High School Senior TeamHonorable Mention ... Recorded a batting average over .400 in threeseasons as a Cavalier ... Two-time Offensive Player of the Year forCookeville ... Also excelled in basketball, earning TSSAA Class AAAAll-State honors as a senior.
Personal: Born Sept. 15, 1990 in Cookeville,Tenn. ... Parents Britt and Susannah Akers also graduated fromCookeville High School ... Has an older brother, Eli, and a youngersister, Annie ... Music business major ... Hopes to attain a careerin the Christian music industry.
