Akins Eagles Baseball 2011

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         The Akins Eagles are a Class 5A team, competing in District 15-5A against local schools with similar enrollment numbers, under the auspices of the University Interscholastic League (UIL).

Here are the schools in District 15-5A:

    SCHOOL

     

    Akins

     

    Westlake

     

    Bowie

     

    Austin

     

    Del Valle

     

    Anderson

     

     

     

 

       The official team colors for the Akins Eagles are Navy Blue and Old Gold.
 

         Baseball is the fourth-most popular sport for boys at the high school level with 455,305 participants during the 1998-99 season, according to the athletics participation survey conducted by the National Federation of State High School Associations. In terms of school sponsorship it ranks third with 14,486 schools nationwide offering the sport. In addition, there are 1,331 girls in 136 schools across the country who participated in baseball during the 1998-99 season.

         [Source: National Federation of State High School Associations]



         By the time boys reach ages 13 and 14, seventy percent have dropped out of organized baseball.
        
         [Source: National Youth Sports Coaches Association]

        

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