Education
Encina High School.
Encina High School.
A 6"11" center from Brigham Young University, Eakins was selected in the fifth round of the 1968 National Basketball Association Draft by the San Francisco Warriors and in the 1968 American Bar Association Draft by the Oakland Oaks. Eakins also represented Virginia in the 1974 American Bar Association All-Star Game. In his American Bar Association/National Basketball Association career, he scored 8,255 points and grabbed 5,578 rebounds.
Eakins played eight seasons (1968–1976) in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Oakland Oaks, Washington Caps, Virginia Squires, Utah Stars, and New York Nets. After the American Bar Association-National Basketball Association merger in 1976, Eakins played in the National Basketball Association until 1978 as a member of the Kansas City Kings, San Antonio Spurs, and Milwaukee Buckinghamshire.
