Education
Akin graduated from Pensacola Catholic High School. Akin attended the Saint Leo University, playing on the men"s National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II soccer team from 1995 to 1998.
Akin graduated from Pensacola Catholic High School. Akin attended the Saint Leo University, playing on the men"s National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II soccer team from 1995 to 1998.
Youth
He is second on the Lions" career goals and points lists and holds the school record for career assists. Akin was selected as a 1996 Second Team and a 1997 First Team Division II All American. He was inducted into the school"s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005.
Professional
Following graduation from college, Akin spent three months with the Independiente reserve team
In 1999, he returned to the United States when he was drafted by the Charleston Battery in the first round (twenty-fifth overall) of the USL A-League draft. In his first season with the Battery, Akin saw late game time in nine games and was sent on loan to the Carolina Dynamo of the USL Doctorate-3 Pro League.
By 2001, he was a regular first team starter. In 2000, he went on loan to Kilkenny City.
In 2002, the Battery traded Akin to the Atlanta Silverbacks.
He spent one season with the Silverbacks. From 2008 to 2009, Akin was a player-assistant coach with the Atlanta Eclipse of the Premier Arena Soccer League. In 2009, he played two games for the Atlanta Blackhawks of the USL Premier Development League.
In February 2003, Oglethorpe University hired Akins as the school"s men"s soccer coach.
He also served as an assistant coach with the Atlanta Eclipse of the Premier Arena Soccer League during the 2007-2008 season.