Alex Akita

Alex Akita (born on October 30, 1984) is an American sports journalist, satirist and creator of Seattlesportsnet.com.

Seattlesportsnet.com
Seattlesportsnet.com is a well-known, pro-Seattle sports blog created by Akita. Its focus is on the humorous side of sports, often written from the perspective of the average fan. One of his most famous articles, "Welcome To Seattle Motherf**king Washington" alone had over 20,000 shares on Facebook. Seattlesportsnet.com also won King 5's Best of Western Washington, Best Sports Blog award in 2011.

Through the use of Seattle Sportsnet, Akita launched a mock campaign in September, 2010 that announced University of Washington football player Keith Price as a candidate for the prestigious Heisman Trophy. The campaign spawned an acronym (KP4H), which subsequently became a Twitter hashtag movement (#KP4H) in the Seattle area, as Price's performance at the start of the 2011 college football season made him a surprise candidate for the Heisman Trophy after all.

Biography
Akita attended the University of Washington and graduated with a degree in Geography.

Writing style
His writing style is classified as satire and he is known to use self-deprecation in his articles on Seattlesportsnet.com.

Other work
Outside of writing on his blog, he has also contributed to the Seattle Times, Yahoo Sports, Dawgman.com, Bleacher Report and Q It Up Sports on KCPQ Seattle.

Akita is one of the founding members of the "Dawg Pack," which is the student section for University of Washington Basketball, and is also the creator of "Dawg Pack Dirt," one of the first student-led information sheets on opposing teams.

He is also well known for covering the career of Nicole Zaloumis, a former sports reporter with FSN Northwest. He articled her quality work in the Seattle area until her promotion to a job with the Big Ten Network.

Akita is a frequent guest on Seattle's Sports Radio KJR, most often as part of the Ian Furness Show.