Mackenzie Akins

Year:
Sophomore
Height:
5-6
Hometown:
Lake Elsinore, Calif.

2014 (junior season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Third-team NSCAA University Division Scholar All-West Region ... Second-team All-Big Sky Conference ... Played in all 20 matches, averaging 65 minutes ... Started 19 matches ... Second on the team in scoring with 12 points ... Ranked second with four goals and tied for first with four assists ... Four assists tied for seventh in the Big Sky ... Three of four assists came during league play, a total that tied for third in the conference ... Ranked fifth in the Big Sky in shots with 58 ... Three of four goals were game-winners, a total that tied for fourth in the league ... Scored the game-winning goal in 2-0 victory at Gonzaga, 3-1 win at Houston Baptist and 7-0 victory over North Dakota ... Fourth goal of the season put Montana up 2-0 in 50th minute of 2-2 draw at Southern Utah ... Also assisted on a pair of game-winning goals ... Assisted on Savannah Witt’s goal in the 57th minute in 2-1 victory at Sacramento State and on Hallie Widner’s goal in the 83rd minute in 1-0 win over Northern Colorado ... Assisted on Tyler Adair’s goal that made it 2-1 in 70th minute in 4-3 double-overtime loss at Missouri and on Hallie Widner’s match-opening goal in eighth minute of 3-1 win over Idaho State ... Put 23 of 58 shots on goal (.397) ... Took a season-high seven shots in victory over North Dakota ... Twice took five shots ... Put four of five shots on goal in 0-0 draw at Northern Arizona.

2013 (sophomore season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Honorable-mention All-Big Sky Conference ... A one-time Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week ... Played in all 19 matches, getting 18 starts while averaging more than 68 minutes per game ... Ranked second on the team with 11 points ... Totaled three goals and five assists ... Assists total led the team and tied for second in the Big Sky ... Took 50 shots on the season, putting 24 on goal for a .480 shots-on-goal percentage ... Totaled two goals and four assists in three-game stretch in early September ... Played a role in all four goals in Montana’s home wins over Houston Baptist and Utah Valley to earn Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week honors ... Assisted on Tyler Adair’s game-winner in 52nd minute in 1-0 win over Houston Baptist ... Also set up Adair and India Watne in 3-1 victory over Utah Valley before scoring herself in 3-1 victory ... Continued point-scoring spree with a goal and an assist in 3-3 draw at Nebraska-Omaha in the team’s next match ... Scored the game-winning goal in 3-1 win at North Dakota and assisted on Watne’s match-opening goal in 3-1 victory over Southern Utah ... Took a season-high eight shots in draw at Nebraska-Omaha ... Eight times took three or more shots in a match.

2012 (freshman season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Honorable-mention All-Big Sky Conference ... Big Sky Conference All-Tournament team ... Voted the team's Newcomer of the Year ... Played in all 21 matches, getting 14 starts ... Averaged more than 62 minutes per game ... Ranked second on the team with 10 points, on three goals and four assists ... Tied for fourth in the Big Sky in assists, point total tied for 10th ... Ranked second on the team with 33 shots ... Put 16 shots on goal for a .485 percentage ... All three goals were game-winners ... Scored first collegiate goal in 108th minute in 3-2 overtime victory over Idaho ... Scored the opening goal in 4-0 win over North Dakota and in the 56th minute in 3-2 victory over Portland State in the Big Sky tournament semifinals ... Two of four assists also produced game-winning goals ... Aided Erin Craig’s goal in 1-0 victory over Indiana State and Mary Makris’s in eighth minute in 1-0 win at Northern Arizona ... Also assisted on Lauren McCreath’s goal against Idaho and Allie Simon’s in 4-0 win at Eastern Washington ... Took a season-high four shots in 0-0 draw against New Mexico State.

Career Highs (entering the 2015 season)
Goals: 1, 10 times
Assists: 2, Utah Valley (9.9.13)
Points: 4, Utah Valley (9.9.13)
Shots: 8, Nebraska-Omaha (9.13.13)
Shots on goal: 4, three times
Minutes: 101, Nebraska-Omaha (9.13.13)

Personal: A 2012 graduate of Lakeside High ... Born November 3, 1993, in Laguna Beach, Calif. ... The daughter of Kelly and Shannon Akins ... Has an older sister, Megan, an older brother, Ian, and a twin sister, Molly ... A communication studies major.