University of Massachusets Athletics
Hall of Fame
Ned Larkin
- Induction:
- 2003
- Class:
- 1959
A star guard on the basketball squad and a shortstop on the baseball team between 1957 and 1959, Ned Larkin earned first team all-Yankee Conference honors as a senior in 1958-59 and honorable mention recognition as a sophomore.
Larkin scored 870 career points and pulled down 441 rebounds in 83 career outings as a member of the Minuteman basketball team, and graduated as the second all-time leading scorer in school history. Additionally, Larkin led UMass in scoring as a senior with 13.5 ppg, was third as a junior (9.4 ppg) and second as a sophomore (12.9 ppg). He was selected to play in the Hall of Fame All-Star game following his senior season, which pitted New England's finest against Boston's best.
On the diamond, Larkin served as captain of the baseball team in 1959. He earned the 1958-59 Samuel S. Crossman Two Sport Award, the 1959 E. Joseph Thompson Memorial MVP Trophy and was a first team all-Yankee Conference pick as a senior in 1959.
Larkin is one of two athletes in UMass history, the other being UMass Athletics Hall of Famer Joe DiSarcina, to earn the E. Joseph Thompson MVP award in baseball and the Samuel S. Crossman trophy as the school's top two-sport standout in the same season.
Larkin was also selected as the Collegian's top UMass athlete for the 1958-59 academic year, and was inducted into the UMass Athletics Hall of Fame in 2003.
Larkin scored 870 career points and pulled down 441 rebounds in 83 career outings as a member of the Minuteman basketball team, and graduated as the second all-time leading scorer in school history. Additionally, Larkin led UMass in scoring as a senior with 13.5 ppg, was third as a junior (9.4 ppg) and second as a sophomore (12.9 ppg). He was selected to play in the Hall of Fame All-Star game following his senior season, which pitted New England's finest against Boston's best.
On the diamond, Larkin served as captain of the baseball team in 1959. He earned the 1958-59 Samuel S. Crossman Two Sport Award, the 1959 E. Joseph Thompson Memorial MVP Trophy and was a first team all-Yankee Conference pick as a senior in 1959.
Larkin is one of two athletes in UMass history, the other being UMass Athletics Hall of Famer Joe DiSarcina, to earn the E. Joseph Thompson MVP award in baseball and the Samuel S. Crossman trophy as the school's top two-sport standout in the same season.
Larkin was also selected as the Collegian's top UMass athlete for the 1958-59 academic year, and was inducted into the UMass Athletics Hall of Fame in 2003.
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