Academic Notes: Majoring in mathematics with a minor in art...Two-time Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient.
Career Notes: Finished career first in program and Big Sky Conference history in hitting percentage (.389)...First in program history in sets played (462)...Second in program history in blocks (516)...Second in program history in block assists (442)...Fifth in program history in blocks per set (1.12)...Tied for sixth in program history in aces (115)...Owns four of five highest single season hitting percentages (.404 in 2018 - first; .403 in 2019 - second; .367 in 2016 - third; .364 in 2016 - fifth) in program history.
2019 (Senior): All-Big Sky First Team...Appeared in and started 31 matches...Played in 121 sets...Named Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 9 and Sept. 30 and Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 28...Led the team with a .403 hitting percentage, second-highest in a single season in school history...Hit .300 or better in 22 matches, .400 or better 18 matches and .500 or better in six matches...Hit a season-best .667 and became the 14th player in school history to record 1,000 career kills vs. Idaho in Big Sky quarterfinal, the fourth-highest in a five-set match in school history...Led the team with 314 total kills...Ranked third on the team with 2.60 kills per set...Posted seven or more kills in 23 matches...Recorded double-digit kills in 16 matches...Recorded career-high tying 17 kills twice at Portland State and vs. Montana State...Led the team with 1.20 blocks per set...Totaled 145 blocks, tied for the third-most in a single season in school history...Led the team with 126 block assists, the third-most in a single season school history, and 19 solo blocks...Recorded at least one block in 30 matches and had 21 matches with four or more blocks...Posted double-digit blocks in two matches...Recorded career-high 13 blocks vs. Weber State, tied for the most in a four-set match and tied for the third-most in a single match in school history...Her 13 block assists are also the most in a single match in school history...Also posted 10 blocks to record double-double vs. La Salle...Ranked second on the team with 38 aces and third with 0.31 aces per set...Recorded at least one ace in 20 matches and had eight matches with multiple aces...Totaled season-high four aces in three matches...Averaged 0.59 digs per set and totaled 71 digs...Recorded season-high eight digs vs. Idaho in Big Sky quarterfinal...Led the team with 3.59 points per set...Also totaled 18 assists.
2018 (Junior): All-Big Sky First Team...Named to Big Sky Championship All-Tournament team...Appeared in and started 34 matches...Played in 125 sets...Named Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 10 and Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 22...Named Aggie Invitational MVP and to IUPUI Hampton Inn Invitational and Lumberjack Classic All-Tournament teams...Led the team and the Big Sky and ranked eighth in the NCAA with a .404 hitting percentage...Became the first player in school history to hit over .400 in a season and set a new single season school record...Hit .300 or better in 25 matches, .400 or better 15 matches and .500 or better in 12 matches...Hit a career-best .800 vs. Southern Illinois, tied for third-highest in a single match in school history...Also hit .786 at Weber State, the fifth-highest in a single match in school history...Led the Big Sky with a .447 hitting percentage in league play...Ranked third on the team with 325 kills and 2.60 kills per set...Had at least seven kills in 29 matches...Recorded double-digit kills in 15 matches...Totaled career-high 17 kills at Eastern Washington...Averaged 2.85 kills per set in league play...Recorded nine kills and hit .562 at No. 16 Washington State in NCAA First Round match...Led the team and ranked sixth in the Big Sky with 1.09 blocks per set...Ranked 61st in the NCAA with 136 total blocks, the seventh highest single season total in school history...Led the team with 117 block assists, the fifth highest single season total in school history...Ranked second on the team with 19 solo blocks...Recorded at least one block in 33 matches and had 19 matches with four or more blocks...Had seven matches with at least six blocks...Recorded season-high nine blocks vs. Utah Valley...Led the team and ranked 39th in the NCAA with 45 aces...Ranked third in the Big Sky and 79th in the NCAA with 0.36 aces per set...Recorded at least one ace in 24 matches and had 11 matches with multiple aces...Tallied career-high tying five aces vs. Utah Valley and at Sacramento State...Averaged 0.71 digs per set and totaled 89 digs...Posted double-digit digs in one match with career-high 11 digs and recorded first career double-double vs. Western Michigan...Ranked second on the team with 3.58 points per set...Also totaled 15 assists.
2017 (Sophomore): All-Big Sky First Team...Appeared in and started 27 matches...Played in 99 of 104 sets...Named Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 30...Led the team and ranked 10th in the Big Sky with 1.07 blocks per set...Recorded 106 total blocks...Led the team with 20 solo blocks and 86 block assists...Recorded at least one block in all 27 matches and had 16 matches with four or more blocks...Had six matches with at least six blocks...Recorded season-high eight blocks vs. Southern Utah...Ranked third in the Big Sky with 1.18 blocks per set in league play...Led the team and ranked fourth in the Big Sky and No. 51 in the NCAA with a .364 hitting percentage, the third highest single season percentage in school history...Hit .300 or better in 19 matches, .400 or better in 10 matches and .500 or better in five matches...Hit a season-best .688 vs. Idaho State...Ranked third in the Big Sky with .398 hitting percentage in league play...Averaged 2.01 kills per set and ranked third on the team with 199 total kills...Had at least five kills in 21 matches...Recorded double-digit kills in eight matches with career-high 16 vs. Sacramento State...Averaged 2.28 kills per set in league play...Led the team with 32 aces...Ranked sixth in the Big Sky with 0.32 aces per set...Recorded at least one ace in 18 matches and had 10 matches with multiple aces...Career-high five aces vs. Southern Illinois...Ranked third on the team with 2.97 points per set...Added 39 digs and eight assists.
2016 (Freshman): Big Sky Outstanding Freshman...All-Big Sky Second Team...Appeared in all 32 matches with 31 starts...Played in 117 of 118 sets...Named Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 5 and Oct. 17...Ranked second on the team and seventh in the Big Sky with 1.10 blocks per set...Ranked fifth in the Big Sky with 129 total blocks, tied for the 10th highest single season total in school history, and 89th most in the NCAA...Recorded 113 block assists, the sixth highest single season total in school history...Led the team with 16 solo blocks...Recorded at least one block in 31 of 32 matches and had 17 matches with four or more blocks...Had six matches with at least seven blocks...Tallied double-digit blocks in two matches with season-high 11 vs. Central Florida and 10 at CSU Bakersfield...Led the team and ranked second in the Big Sky with a .367 hitting percentage...Set a new single season school record for hitting percentage...Hit .300 or better in 24 matches, .400 or better in 15 matches and .500 or better in nine matches...Hit a season-best .700 vs. Bethune-Cookman...Led the Big Sky with .381 hitting percentage in league play...Averaged 1.51 kills per set and totaled 177 kills...Had at least five kills in 21 matches...Recorded double-digit kills in three matches with season-high 11 at Idaho...Averaged 2.13 points per set...Added 24 digs and six assists.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Chaparral HS...Averaged 1.3 kills per set and totaled 59 solo blocks during four-year career...Averaged 1.9 kills per set and hit .347 as a junior...Also totaled career-highs of 29 solo blocks and 64 total blocks as a junior...Totaled 324 kills and 180 blocks during her career...Also played for AZ Desert Sky club volleyball team...4.0 high school GPA...Member of her high school's art club.
Personal: Abby Nicole Akin was born April 26 in Scottsdale, Ariz....Daughter of John and Sharon Akin...Both of her parents played collegiately at NAU...Father, John, played basketball from 1989-90...Mother, Sharon, played volleyball from 1990-91...Two younger brothers, Scott and Sean...Hobbies include making art, going to church, sleeping and eating.
