Rider University Athletics

2024:
- All-MAAC First Team selection
- Led the MAAC with five game-winning goals, good for fifth in NCAA Division I
- Second on the team with six goals (T-6^th – MAAC) and tied for the team lead in assists with five (T-5^th – MAAC)
- Earned MAAC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 21 after scoring the game-winning goal at Fairfield (Oct. 19)
- Started all 20 games for the Broncs
- Had a goal or an assist in six-straight matches (Aug. 29 – Sept. 21), pushing the Broncs to six-straight wins in the span
- Scored the game-winning goals at Stony Brook (Aug. 29), at George Washington (Sept. 7) and vs. Mercyhurst (Sept. 21) in non-conference play
- Had a goal and an assist to defeat Saint Joseph’s (Sept. 2)
- Scored the game-winning goal just 20 seconds into the first half at George Washington (Sept. 7)
- Assisted on both goals in a 2-1 win over NJIT (Sept. 14)
- Assisted on Adel Al Masude’s game-winner vs. La Salle (Sept. 17)
- Scored the game-winning goal in consecutive MAAC wins over Quinnipiac (Oct. 12) and at Fairfield (Oct. 19)
- Assisted on Ezra Punselie’s game-winning goal at Manhattan (Oct. 30)

Before Rider:
Played 2023 at Georgia State following three years at Robert Morris… Started 35 of 38 games for the Colonials before playing all 18 games for the Panthers… 2022 All-Horizon League Second Team selection at Robert Morris… Earned Fall 2023 Athletic Director’s Honor Roll at Georgia State… Led Robert Morris in goals (5), assists (5) and points (15) in Fall 2021… His five assists ranked sixth in the Horizon League… Had a hat trick and an assist in a 4-1 win over VMI in 2021… Finished with a goal and an assist in 2022 at Robert Morris, before scoring one goal for Georgia State in 2023.

Personal:
Son of Gilbert Akongo… Majoring in business administration… Has a sister, Eva.