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Jersey Number 34
Ollie Akens
- Position:
- RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 155
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Sweetwater, Tenn.
- High School:
- McMinn County HS
Bio
Awards
2025 (Junior)
- All-Conference USA Freshman Team (2023)
- Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025)
2025 (Junior)
- Appeared in 18 games, all out of the bullpen
- Tied for second on the team in saves with two
- Tallied 33.1 innings on the season, which puts his career innings pitched at an even 100
- Struck out a career high 31 batters in the 2025 season
- Threw a scoreless outing against Old Dominion on March 2 with 3.2 innings pitched striking out seven of the 15 hitters he faced
- Earned the win on the bump versus Oakland on March 8 with his two innings out of the bullpen, allowing just one hit
- His longest outing of the season, was on March 14 against UAB, where he threw a scoreless 4.1 innings to allow the Blue Raiders to comeback from an early 7-0 deficit to the Blazers
- Appeared in 19 games, starting in two of them
- Tallied 32.1 innings and 28 strikeouts for the Blue Raiders
- Led the team in saves with three
- He pitched for more than an inning in 17 games
- His last appearance of the year was vs. Dallas Baptist on May 18. He threw for an inning and struck out one batter en route to his third save of the year
- Had back-to-back saves in his opportunities given on May 4 vs. Binghamton and May 10 vs. Jacksonville State
- Pitched in 17 games and made four starts
- Struck out four batters in his debut against Toledo on March 4
- Made his first start March 15 against Tennessee Tech, striking out three and allowing no runs
- Earned his first career win on April 1 against FIU
- Pitched three total innings in two games April 7-8 at WKU, as Blue Raiders secured the road series sweep. Was the winning pitcher on April 8
- Threw a season-high five-innings April 16 at UTSA, and did not allow a run
- Had a save in series-opening game against Rice, allowing no runs over 3.1 innings as the Blue Raiders finished a suspended game from the previous night
- Allowed no runs in MTSU’s C-USA Championships win over LA Tech on May 25
- 2022 graduate of McMinn County High School
- Had 56 strikeouts and a 1.35 ERA over 51.2 innings as a senior under Coach Matt Ray
- Named to the all-district team as a junior and senior and the all-regional team as a senior
- Led team to the state tournament for the first time in school history
- Made “Best of Preps” for McMinn County High School
- Graduated with honors
- Was homecoming king and named most popular senior superlative
- Played travel baseball for eXposure Baseball under Coach Brandon Turner
- Tossed a complete-game no-hitter in a u16 tournament
- Born on September 25, 2003 in Knoxville, Tenn.
- Son of Lawson and Jenni Akens
- Mom Jenni played basketball at Roane State
- Brother of Drew Akens
- Majoring in exercise science
Facility tour – Stephen and Denise Smith Student-Athlete Performance Center
Wednesday, July 30
Spring Sports Show hosted by The Boulevard – April 21, 2025: Softball and Baseball
Monday, April 21
🎥 from the 52nd annual Groundhog Day Luncheon! Also, we play baseball this month 🤩
Sunday, February 02
MTSU Baseball 2025 52nd Annual Groundhog Day Luncheon
Friday, January 31
