Selected by the members of the Eagle teams as the embodiment of what makes it special to be a baseball player at Akins High School. The 2015 Eagle Pride Award goes to Christian Suttles.
Past Winners 2014 Christian Martinez 2013 George Palacios 2012 R.C. Medrano 2011 Justin Pecchia 2010 Michael Mancilla 2009 J.T. Garcia 2008 Michael Arriaga
Christian Suttles
2007 Ben Kwiatkowski 2006 Matt Cavazos 2005 Matt Hohertz 2004 Marcus Flores 2003 Clint McFerrin 2002 Jonathan Ramos
Austin McNicholas
Adam Ivey
Past Winners 2014 2ND TEAM Michael Garcia, Austin McNicholas 2013 2ND TEAM Jonathan Candelas, Austin McNicholas
2010 2ND TEAM Corey Pinson, Lorenzo Mendoza, Chris Cullen
All District
Coaches from the nine teams in District 14-6A vote each year on this honor. For their 2015 season performances, Adam Ivey (pitcher) and Austin McNicholas (shortstop) were selected to the 1st Team.
2008 1ST TEAM Brandon Rivera, Randy Berg, Tyler Pinson 2ND TEAM Kyle Smith 2007 1ST TEAM Brandon Rivera 2ND TEAM Randy Berg 2006 Jacob Saldaña 2005 Airrik Martinez
Defensive Player of the Year
Selected by the members of the Eagle baseball teams, the winner for 2015 is Adam Ivey. A right-handed pitcher, Adam finished the season with a record of 5-3 and an ERA of 1.44.
Offensive Player of the Year
Austin McNicholas
was selected for this honor by members of the Eagle baseball teams. Austin finished the season with a .429 batting average and 15 RBIs. His slugging average was .679 and he led the 2015 Eagles with an on-base percentage of 57%
Past Winners 2014 Rene Castro 2013 Jonathan Candelas 2012 Paul Castro 2011 Paul Castro 2010 Jeremy Rubio 2009 Julian Gonzales 2008 Randy Berg
Adam Ivey
2007 Randy Berg 2006 Jacob Saldaña 2005 Jason Rangel 2004 Emmanuel Hernandez 2003 James Mudrak 2002 Philip Canty
Tournament Awards
Austin McNicholas
Past Winners 2014 Adam Gutierrez 2013 Rene Castro 2012 Daniel Lopez 2011 Roger Herrera 2010 Chris Cullen 2009 Corey Pinson 2008 Kyle Smith
2007 Ulises Castillo 2006 Randy Berg 2005 Charles Morton 2004 Airrik Martinez 2003 Marcus Flores 2002 James Mudrak
San Antonio ISD Tournament
Austin ISD Tournament
This year’s tournament fell victim to poor weather. Eagles played just one SAISD tournament game.
Past SAISD Tournament honors 2014 Eagles win consolation bracket 2013 Eagles take 3rd place in tournament 2008 Eagles take 2nd place in tournament
No Eagle was named as an AISD All-Tournament selection for the 2015 tourney.
Past Winners 2014 none 2013 none 2012 none 2011 Blake Hoffman / Robert Franco
Most Valuable Player - JV Navy
The Most Valuable Player for the 2015 Akins Eagles Junior Varsity Navy team is Nate Flores.
Most Valuable Player - JV Gold
The Most Valuable Player award for the 2015 Akins Eagles Junior Varsity Gold team goes to Jason Castilla.
Past Winners 2014 Rene Franco 2013 Michael Garcia 2012 Jonathan Candelas 2011 Rene Castro 2010 Tim Jackson
Nate Flores
2009 Roger Herrera 2008 Corey Pinson 2007 Jorge Mendoza
2004 Brandon Stewart
Jason (J.J.) Castilla
Past Winners 2014 Alejandro Martinez / Nate Flores 2013 Niko Olvera / Adam Ivey 2012 Michael Garcia 2011 Ryan Gomez 2010 David Garza
2009 Paul Castro 2008 Jeremy Mendez 2007 Jesse Barba
2004 Chris Small
Most Improved Player
Selected by the members of the Eagle squads. The 2015 choice is Dylan Bryden.
Dylan Bryden
Past Winners 2014 Michael Garcia 2013 Andreas Duran 2012 Billy Ferren 2011 Robert Franco 2010 Freddy Zamora / Frank Gutierrez 2009 Martin Martinez 2008 Bryant Alvarez 2007 Matt Diaz 2006 Daniel Guerra / Brandon Stewart 2005 Chris Thompson 2004 Justin Jimenez 2003 Nick Larocque 2002 Luis Garcia
Most Valuable Player - Varsity
The Most Valuable Player for the 2015 Akins Eagles Varsity team is Austin McNicholas.
Austin McNicholas
Past Winners 2014 Rene Castro 2013 Austin McNicholas 2012 Tim Jackson 2011 Roger Herrera 2010 Jeremy Rubio 2009 Jeremy Rubio 2008 Tyler Pinson
2007 Brandon Rivera 2006 Daniel Fabian / Martin Salinas
2005 Airrik Martinez
2004 Charles Morton
2003 Jason Rangel 2002 Frank Johnson
Academic All District
Awarded to players who maintain a 90% average or above in the classroom. Eagle players Austin Scully and Austin McNicholas are recognized for their 2015 academic performances.
