Jania Akins

Height:
5-8
Position:
Guard
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Chicago, Ill.
High School:
Norcross (Ga.) HS

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Norcross High School for coach Ashley Clanton … Earned first-half all-state laurels as a senior … Amassed 251 points in 13 games (19.3 ppg), while also canning 75 percent of her free throw attempts … Named conference player of the year following a junior campaign that watched her average 18.3 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.4 steals per game while shooting 52.3 percent from the field … Led Blue Devils to region titles in each of her last two prep seasons, as well as a state runner-up showing as a junior.

PERSONAL: The daughter of Caryl Towns and John Akins … Has four brothers - John, Xavier, Jacari and Jayden … Maintained a 3.098 cumulative grade point average at Norcross High School and graduated in the top half of her 519-member senior class … A finance major at Mercer.

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