Hall of Fame
Monmouth College has produced many outstanding two-sport athletes. Perhaps baseball standout Joe Larkins also belongs on that list, as he was both a feared pitcher and hitter on some of the Fighting Scots’ best baseball teams.
Larkins played a key role in Monmouth’s stellar 2002 season. The Scots won a school-record 26 games, advancing to the Midwest Regional final, with Larkins earning second team All-Region honors. He was 6-2 with a 2.64 ERA while batting .304, one point over his career mark.
A four-time first-team All-Midwest Conference player, Larkins was named the South Division’s Pitcher of the Year as a junior, when the right-handed flamethrower went 8-1 with a 1.77 ERA. Overall, he won 21 games, including a school-record six shutouts, struck out 192 and had an ERA of 2.84. Those figures were all in Monmouth’s top 10 at the time of his induction.
Larkins was also in the top 10 in homers (17) and RBI (85) through 2014.
