Hall of Fame
Jon Akin – Saint Leo University (Men’s Soccer)
A two-time All-America soccer player at Saint Leo University, Jon Akin is one of the most prolific soccer players to ever don the green and gold. Akin was highly decorated at both the conference and regional levels, capturing All-SSC first-team honors four times and All-Region first team honors three times. The 1996 SSC men’s soccer player of the year, Akin remains the only Saint Leo student-athlete, male of female, to be recognized as SSC Athlete of the Year. He earned that honor following the 1996-97 academic year. Akin led the nation with 28 goals and 72 total points in 1996, capping off a prolific career in which he ranks second all-time at Saint Leo in goals and points, while also holding the school record for career assists. Akin ranks in the conference top-10 in numerous single-season and career statistical categories. Akin was a two-time Saint Leo University scholar-athlete of the year, was previously selected to the SSC Silver Anniversary men’s soccer team in 2003 and has also been previously inducted into the Saint Leo University Hall of Fame. He is currently the head men’s and women’s soccer coach at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. Akin becomes the second men’s soccer player from Saint Leo to earn induction into the SSC Hall of Fame.