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Jersey Number 7
Layne Akers
- Position:
- UTL
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 200
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Murfreesboro, Tenn
- High School:
- Siegel
Awards
2025 (Freshman)
- Second Team All-CUSA (2026)
- All-CUSA Freshman Team (2026)
- Conference USA Player of the Week for 3/31/26
- TSWA Player of the Week for 3/31/26
- Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2024-2025)
- Broke out as the Blue Raiders’ primary DH in early March.
- Played in 46 games with 44 starts.
- Led team in batting average, slashing .324.
- Second-highest OPS on the team at .917
- Belted seven home runs while driving in 31 RBI.
- Notched 12 doubles with a .529 slugging percentage.
- Had an 11 RBI week capped off by a grand slam in a weekend sweep of New Mexico State to earn CUSA and TSWA Player of the Week honors.
- Led the team in the CUSA Championship offensively, going 5-for-7 at the plate with a double, run and RBI.
- Notched one of three, three double days by a Blue Raider in 2026 after going 4-for-6 with two RBI in win over Belmont on 4/14.
- Had six games with three or more hits.
2025 (Freshman)
- Redshirted and did not receive playing time
- 2024 graduate of Siegel High School (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
- All-District and All-County for the Stars
- He also was an Honor Roll student
- Son of Chuck and Blair Akers
- Father Chuck has the record for most games played in a career at MTSU with 235
- Mother Blair ran track and cross country at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
- Majoring in Sports Management with a minor in Communications.
- Born in Murfreesboro, Tenn on April 13, 2006
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