Career
Akers played National Collegiate Athletic Association indoor volleyball for the University of Notre Dame and is the school"s all-time career ace and kills leader. After graduating with a Bachelor in Sociology, Akers played professional volleyball in Switzerland for three months. Upon returning home, she decided to give up volleyball and pursue a running career.
Akers began her career in beach volleyball in 2002 after moving to Southern California from San Francisco, where she had been working at Lehman Brothers.
Since then, Akers has earned $252,127 in prize money and has consistently finished in the top ten in individual and team categories. Akers was born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana and attended Bishop Luers High School.