Boston University

AWARDS
• 2017 Patriot League All-Conference First Team
• 2017 Patriot League All-Tournament Team
• 2x Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2016, 17)

AS A SENIOR IN 2017
Made a team-high 35 appearances in the circle, making 16 starts to help the Terriers reach the Patriot League championship round ... Had her best season as a Terrier, earning a 12-10 record and a league-low 2.08 ERA to claim her first All-Conference honor ...Tallied 74 strikeouts in 145.0 innings against 21 walks and held opponents to a .272 batting average ... Claimed four solo and one combined shutouts with 11 complete-game performances ... Posted at least five strikeouts in six appearances ... Pitched four scoreless innings of relief and allowed just two hits to help the Terriers upset No. 23 Florida Atlantic in the season opener ... Limited Quinnipiac (Feb. 18) to just two hits and one run with the help of six strikeouts ... Had a stellar performance at Lafayette (April 22-23), posting a combined 12 strikeouts in 14 scoreless innings of work for two shutout wins ... Held Colgate (April 29) to just one run in a combined 18 innings to collect three wins ... Limited Lehigh to just one earned run with six hits in seven innings in a 1-0 PL championship round game-one defeat and pitched 3.2 scoreless innings in the second game to earn PL All-Tournament Team accolades ... Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll for the second time for owning a GPA above 3.20.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2016
Appeared in 16 games, making one start to help the Terriers reach the NCAA tournament for the second time in three years ... Went 1-3 on the mound with a 5.43 ERA ... Pitched three innings of one-hit ball in relief and recorded four strikeouts to pick up win against Sacred Heart on March 24 ... Pitched in relief in wins against Southern Utah, UMass Lowell and Holy Cross ... Lone start came against Yale on March 12 ... Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll for owning a GPA above 3.20.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2015
Appeared in a team-high 33 games, making 16 starts ... Posted a 7-10 record with a 3.45 ERA ... Lowered ERA to 2.61 in Patriot League action (15 appearances) ... Pitched three complete games and earned one save ... Tallied 55 strikeouts in 128.0 innings against 23 walks ... Held opponents to a .311 batting average ... Tallied at least four strikeouts in six games, including a season-high six strikeouts in a 6-3 win over Colgate ... Earned first win against Maine (4-3) with four shutout innings of relief Following day, went five innings in 4-3 win over Iowa State ... Pitched 6.2 shutout winnings in 6-2 win over Harvard, allowing just three hits ... Limited Colgate to a combined three earned runs in 16 innings of work to help the Terriers claim a weekend sweep.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2014
Appeared in 26 games, making 14 starts ... Posted a 9-3 record with a 2.49 ERA ... Pitched seven complete games with one solo shutout ... Struck out 57 hitters in 107.0 innings of work with 19 walks ... Held opponents to a .259 batting average ... Tallied at least five strikeouts in five contests ... Only once allowed more than eight hits in a game ... Made an impressive debut, limiting Gardner Webb to just four hits in six innings for a 4-0 victory ... Pitched the final 1.2 innings of a 3-0 win against Miami (Ohio) for her lone save of the season ... Fanned a season-high seven batters with no walks in a 2-1 win over Lafayette ... Pitched a combined 1.1 innings of work in the NCAA tournament ... Allowed one hit against Arizona in one inning ... Walked one LSU Tiger before getting the final out in the top of the seventh ... Was hit in the face by a hard hit by Army on March 29 ... Did not appear again until April 12 at Holy Cross.

BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Starting varsity pitcher all four years ... Earned All-League First Team honors as a junior and sophomore ... Received second team accolades her freshman year ... Competed with the NW Bullets travel team ... Named to the Adidas Futures Team ... Also played basketball and volleyball ... Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL
Born June 27, 1995 ... Daughter of Deloris and Rance Akers ... Great uncle Lew Andreas coached the Syracuse men's basketball from 1924-50 ... He also coached the football team from 1927-29 ... Enrolled in Sargent College, majoring in health science.