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Hall of Fame

Jon Akin

  • Class
    1999
  • Induction
    2005
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Soccer
Inducted March 20, 2005
  • Two-time All-American in 1996 & 1997
  • Three-time All-South Region pick in 1995, 1996 & 1997
  • Sunshine State Conference Male Athlete-of-the-Year in 1996-97 School Year (Only Saint Leo Student-Athlete ever to ein this award
  • Sunshine State Conference Men's Soccer Player-of-the-Year in 1996
  • Four-Time All-Sunshine State Conference Selection
  • Led All of Division II in 1996 in goals scored with 25 and total points with 72
  • Tied for first in all of NCAA for most points in a single game with 13 in 1996
  • Played in 75 matches at Saint Leo and scored 60 goals, had 47 assists for 160 points
  • Fourth in Sunshine State Conference in Career Points and Career Assists
  • Stands Seventh in Career Goals in SSC
  • Sixth in SSC for Single Season Assists and Seventh in Single Season Points (72)
  • Led SSC in Assists in 1996 with 16
  • Led Saint Leo in scoring all four years he played
  • First in Single Season and Career in Assists at Saint Leo
  • Second in Career Goals and Career Points at Saint Leo
  • Drafted in 1999 in First Round of the Professional Soccer A-League and played four years
  • Played one year with Killiney City of Irish Premier League
  • Currently Head Men's and Women's Soccer coach at Division III Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, GA
  • Named Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference 2004 Men's Soccer Coach-of-the-Year

Induction Class of 2005
Richard Giannini, '63
Jon Akin, '99
Telica Philip-Chang Fong, '99
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