Monmouth College Athletics

Monmouth native John Warfield used two diverse athletic skills kicking a football and throwing a weight to add to a resurgence in Fighting Scot athletics in the late 1980s.

On the gridiron, Warfield helped Monmouth to a 26-3 record from 1986-88, booting 98 extra points and 15 field goals and averaging 36.9 yards per punt. The two-time first team all-conference punter was nearly perfect as a kicker during the 1988 season, converting 30-of-31 PATs and 9-of-10 field goals. Warfield’s career accuracy of 94.2 percent on PATs is a school record, and his 143 kicking points was good for second among Monmouth kickers at the time of his induction.

All-conference honors also came Warfield’s way in track, where he was a member of two MWC championship teams. He won the discus at the 1988 and 1989 conference meets and qualified for nationals in 1988. His top discus throw of 159’6 was the school record for nine years.