Harvard University

Senior (2009):
Team captain ... Named one of three finalists forMissouri Athletic Club''s Hermann Trophy ... Earned NSCAAAll-America first-team status ... Selected to College Soccer NewsAll-America first team ... Earned a spot on Soccer America MVPfirst team ... Named to College Soccer News National Team of theDecade ... Honored as New England Soccer News Player of the Year... Semifinalist for Hermann Trophy for third straight season ...Tabbed to College Soccer News Preseason All-America first team forsecond straight season ... Named to Hermann Trophy Watch List ...Honored on Soccer America Preseason All-America team for thirdconsecutive year ... Listed by ESPN.com as a contender for theHermann Trophy ... Ivy League Player of the Year ... Unanimousselection to All-Ivy League first team ... Among nominees forSoccer News Net Player of the Year ... Tabbed to Top Drawer SoccerNational Team of the Year ... NSCAA All-Northeast Region first team.... Selected to Academic All-Ivy League team ... Started all 19games ... Ranks as Harvard’s all-time leading scorer with 127points ... Has a program-best 33 career assists and is tied forfirst with 47 goals ... Led Harvard with 12 goals, including fourgame-winning tallies, and 30 points in 2009 ... Paced the IvyLeague in points and goals and was tied for first in assists ...Scored in 3-0 win over Monmouth in second round of NCAA tournament(Nov. 22); goal tied Akpan with Chris Ohiri ’64 for first onschool’s career goals list ... Named Ivy League Co-Player ofthe Week (Sept. 8) after scoring two goals and handing out threeassists in opening week ... Scored two goals and had an assist inwin over Stony Brook (Sept. 4) ... Handed out two assists invictory at Boston College (Sept. 7) ... Tallied two goals in 4-0win over Army (Sept. 13) ... Netted two goals and handed out anassist for five point-effort in victory at Fairfield (Sept. 19) ...Named Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Week and tabbed toCollege Soccer News National Team of the Week (Sept. 20) ...Assisted on game-winning tally in double overtime at Yale (Oct. 3)... Notched a goal in win over Holy Cross (Oct. 7) ... Nettedgame’s only goal in 1-0 win over Brown (Oct. 17) ... TabbedIvy League Player of the Week (Oct. 19) ... Scored the game-winninggoal on a penalty kick in the 90th minute at Providence (Oct. 20)... Tallied a goal on a penalty kick for a second straight gameagainst Princeton (Oct. 24) ... Netted game winner in 63rd minuteagainst Dartmouth (Oct. 31) ... Named to College Soccer NewsNational Team of the week for second time (Nov. 2) ... Assisted ongame-winning goal in overtime at Columbia (Nov. 7).

Junior (2008):
Among nominees for Soccer News Net Player of the Year ...Semifinalist for Hermann Trophy ... NSCAA All-America first-teamchoice ... Unanimous All-Ivy League first team selection ... NSCAA All-Northeast Region first team ... Selected to CollegeSoccer News Preseason All-America first team ... Named byESPNsoccernet as a "contender" for the Hermann Trophy ... Honoredon Hermman Trophy Watch List ... Recognized on SoccerAmerica Preseason All-America first team ... Along withteammate Michael Fucito, named by College Soccer News as "MostExciting Combination" in Division I Men''s Soccer ... Harvard''sall-time scoring leader with 97 points and holds the school recordwith 27 career assists ... Competed with Chicago Fire PlayerDevelopment team ... Started all 18 contests ... Ranked first inthe Ivy League with 24 points and was tied for second in goals andassists ... Tied for 27th in the nation in scoring ... Led Harvardin points and goals (10) ... Set Harvard''s all-time scoring andassist records with a tally and a helper in 6-1 win over Columbia(Nov. 8); named to Ivy League honor roll for effort ... Tallied thegame winner in double overtime at Massachusetts in the first roundof the NCAA tournament (Nov. 22); named to College SoccerNews National Team of the Week for effort ... Scored twice infirst half in win over New Hampshire (Sept. 23); selected to IvyLeague honor roll ... Tallied a goal at Boston University (Sept.30) ... Added an assist in win over Cornell (Oct. 11) ... Found theback of the net in 4-1 win at Brown (Oct. 18) ... Had a season-highfive points (two goals, one assist) win victory at Holy Cross (Oct.21) ... Assisted on game winner at Princeton (Oct. 25) ... Named toCollege Soccer News National Team of the Week and to theTopDrawerSoccer.com College Team of the Week, was honoredas the COOP Student-Athlete of the Week and was selected to the IvyLeague honor roll (Oct. 27) ... Tallied a score against Providence(Oct. 28) ... Had a goal and assist at Maine (Nov. 5).

Sophomore (2007):
Named second-team All-America by NSCAA and College Soccer News ...First-team NSCAA All-Northeast Region ... Unanimous first-teamAll-Ivy performer ... Finished the regular season as thesecond-leading scorer with 14 goals and nine assists ... Onlyunderclassman to be named to the Missouri Athletic Club''s HermannTrophy semifinalist list ... Named Finalist for Umbro/Soccer NewsNet Player of the Year Award ... Preseason second-team All-Americaby College Soccer News ... Named Preseason All-America by SoccerAmerica ... Preseason first team All-America by Major League SoccerMagazine ... Stands as the nation''s only underclassman to behonored by all three media pundits ... Tallied an assist in aseason-opening 3-2 win over No. 22 Rhode Island (Sept. 1) ...Recorded an assist on Michael Fucito''s goal in win over Providence(Sept. 9) ... Scored game winning goals in consecutive gamesagainst Vermont and Boston University (Sept. 11 and 14) ... Scoreda goal and assisted on the game-winning goal against Massachusetts(Sept. 14) ... Named Ivy League Player of the Week (Sept. 17) ...Scored a goal and recorded an assist against Loyola Marymount(Sept. 21) ... Scored Harvard''s only goal in a 1-1 tie againstdefending national champion UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 23) ... Namedto the Loyola Marymount All-Tournament team ... Named to the IvyLeague honor roll (Sept. 24) ... Scored two goals and recorded anassist against Fairfield (Sept. 29), his third multi-point game ofthe season ... Named to Ivy League honor roll (Oct. 1) ... NamedCollege Soccer News National Player of the Week (Oct. 1) ... Scoreda goal and recorded an assist in the Ivy League opener againstCornell (Oct. 6) ... Named to Ivy League honor roll (Oct. 8) ...Scored a goal against 14th-ranked Brown (Oct. 13) ... Named to IvyLeague honor roll (Oct. 15) ... Scored the team''s only goal againstHoly Cross (Oct. 17) ... Recorded an assist and scored a goalagainst Princeton (Oct. 20), extending his goal-scoring streak to10 straight games ... Named to Ivy League honor roll (Oct. 22) ...Named to Top Drawer Soccer''s Team of the Week (Oct. 22) ... Scoredhis 12th goal against Columbia in a 5-1 win (Nov. 3) ... Had twoassists and one goal against Yale (Nov. 17) to record his sixthmulti-point game of the season ... Named to Ivy League honor roll(Nov. 19) ... Scored a goal against CCSU in the first round of theNCAA tournament.

National Team:
Member of the U-20 U.S. National Team pool ... Chosen as one ofjust seven collegiate players to represent the U.S. at the 2007FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Canada from June 30-July 22 ... Memberof the team that qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup bywinning Group A of the CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament in PanamaCity, Panama ... Started in his first international appearance andscored a hat trick against Haiti (Jan. 21) ... Akpan, only thethird American to score a hat trick for the U-20''s, also startedagainst Guatemala in the team''s second game .... Played all 90minutes, scoring the game''s first goal and adding an assist in a4-0 victory over Canada (June 3) ... Started against Canada andplayed 78 minutes on June 7 ... Saw his first playing time at theU-20 World Cup in Canada in the Round of 16 against Uruguay in a2-1 overtime victory. Came on in the 51st minute and played a rolein the team''s game-tying goal in the 88th minute when a ball wastaken off his foot by a Uruguayan defender for an own goal. TheU.S. would win the game, 2-1, in the 107th minute, advancing toplay Austria in the quarterfinals.

Freshman (2006):
Named "Top 100 Freshman to Keep an Eye On" by College Soccer Newsprior to the season ... Named National Rookie of the Year by TopDrawer Soccer ... Unanimously named Ivy League Rookie of the Yearand First Team All-Ivy League ... Named to the NSCAA All-NortheastRegion first team ... Started all 17 games for the Crimson and seta Harvard freshman scoring record with 34 points on 11 goals and 12assists, good enough to lead all freshmen in Division I ... His 12assists led all Ivy Leaguers and is the third-best single seasonmark in Harvard history ... Earned league rookie of the week honorsfive times during the season ... Scored two goals with an assistfor five points in his first collegiate game againstnationally-ranked Old Dominion (Sept. 1) and finished the regularseason with a trio of five-point scoring efforts (others comingagainst Yale (Sept. 30) and Holy Cross (Oct. 17)). Five of hisgoals and four of his assists came during league play where he alsologged game-winning goals against Princeton (Oct. 21) and Yale ...Harvard COOP Student-Athlete of the Week twice (Sept. 5 and Oct.23) ... Soccer America Team of the Week (Sept. 7 and Oct. 23) ...Soccer New England Team of the Week (Oct. 23) ... Soccer Times Teamof the Week (Oct. 23) ... Named to the Rhode Island ClassicAll-Tournament team.

High School:
Four-year starter at forward for The Oakridge School ... Two-timecaptain and team MVP in soccer ... Also earned letters in track& field and was a member of the school''s 4x100 meter and 4x400meter relay teams, also ran the 100 meter and 200 meter dashes ...Named All-Southwest Preparatory Conference all four years in soccer... Three-time all-area for private schools and a one-time all-areapick for all schools ... Earned Corsica Nike Winter Warm-UpAll-Tournament Team honors as a junior and earned his school''s MaleAthlete Award that year ... Set school''s record for goals in aseason with 37 as a junior after guiding his team to a 23-0 recordand a league championship ... Also set career scoring mark with 111points ... Earned academic honors in Spanish, world history andtheatre production ... Named to Headmaster''s List in each periodthroughout high school career ... Earned Craig Alan Voss MemorialScholarship Award for superiority in academics and athletics ...Also recipient of Deva Zina Sauls Memorial Award for strength ofheart in academics and athletics ... National Honor Society member... National Merit Commended and National Achievement Scholar ...Active in many clubs including Spanish Club, Students AgainstDestructive Decisions, Teens About Celebrating Culture and JuniorOptimist Octagon International Club ... Logged over 65 hours ofcommunity service at his local church, school and ArlingtonMemorial Hospital ... Enjoys soccer of all varieties ... Olderbrother, Adrian, played soccer at Bowling Green State beforegraduating in 2006.