MC’s Larkins Named Midwest Conference Player of the Week

Release Date: April 2, 2002

Monmouth College pitcher/designated hitter Joe Larkins of Galesburg, Ill., picked up the season’s first Midwest Conference Southern Division Player of the Week honors.

Larkins has gotten the season off to a great start on the mound and at the plate for the Fighting Scots. The senior hurler has a 2-2 record with one save and a team-leading 2.51 ERA. He has worked 28.2 innings and allowed 17 hits while striking out 31 and walking 11. Larkins, who beat Eureka College 4-0 in his last outing, is allowing opponents to hit only .170 against him.

At the plate, Larkins is batting .340 (17-for-50) with a home run and nine RBIs. His home run was a grand slam, and it brought him to within one homer of the career record at Monmouth.
A 1998 of Galesburg Senior High School, Larkins is the son of Dale and Pam Larkins of Galesburg.

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