| Angela Akins |
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 | Class:
Senior
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| Hometown:
Horseshoe Bay, Texas
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| High School:
Marble Falls
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| Last College:
TCU
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| Height:
5-7
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| Experience:
1L
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AS A JUNIOR (2006-07)
· posted a 84.00 per round stroke average
· competed in two events, with a top finish of 87th place at the Auburn Tiger-Derby Invitational
· began play in the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational but was forced to withdraw due to shoulder injury.
HIGH SCHOOL
· won 10 high school tournaments
· team MVP and captain entire high school career under coach Wayne Neely at Marble Falls High School (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
· four-time first team all-district (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
· district champion and MVP all four years of prep career
· named first team All-Region in her junior and senior campaigns, all region honors all four years
· placed third regionally in 2003
· placed sixth regionally in senior year (2004)
· earned a place on the All-State Second Team in 2003
· earned all-district academic team nods in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
· Wendy's High School Heisman State Finalist in 2003
· also a standout in basketball, recognized as a pre-season all-state player in 2004
NATIONALLY
· 2005 Women's Texas Golf Association Amateur Championship Two-Player Team Club Champion
· earned a place on the 2003 Hershey's Junior All-American Golf Team
· medalist at 17 career tournaments
· finished in the Top 3 in 31 tournaments
· finished in the Top 5 in 39 tournaments
PERSONAL
Transferred to Texas in the fall of 2006 from TCU ... daughter of Marty and Pam Akins ... member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2006) ... father, Marty Akins, an All-American quarterback for The University of Texas (1972-75) and 1995 UT Hall of Honor inductee, was a Texas Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate in 2001 and formerly served as the head men's and women's golf coach for Huston-Tillotson University ... has two siblings, Tara and Grady ... cousin Drew Brees is a quarterback for the New Orleans Saints and played at Purdue ... born on October 25, 1985.
