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KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Junior left-handed pitcher Keegan Akin of the Western Michigan baseball team was named a Third Team All-American by Baseball America after his historical 2016 season with the Broncos.

Akin, a Midland, Mich., native who attended Bullock Creek High School, is the first player from WMU to be named an All-American since Greg Graham collected Second Team honors in 2001.

Accolades have been pouring in for Akin this season, as he was voted First Team All-Mid-American Conference (MAC), All-MAC Defensive Team, MAC Tournament Most Valuable Player, All-MAC Tournament Team and won the MAC West Player of the Week twice this season.

Akin finished his junior campaign third in the nation in strikeouts (133), which also set the WMU single season record help by Pat Misch (99) since 2001. He finished with a 1.82 ERA, a mark good for 15th in the nation and second in the MAC. Akin led Western Michigan in ERA (1.82), starts (17), complete games (2), innings (109.0), opponent batting average (.192), strikeouts (133) and allowed only one home run all season.

Akin earned two wins in the MAC Tournament, including a win over Kent State in the MAC Tournament Championship, propelling Western Michigan to its first conference championship since 1989. For his efforts, he was named the MAC Tournament MVP, the first in WMU history. At the end of the regular season and extending through the conference tournament, Akin put together a span of 30.2 innings without allowing an earned run.