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Ian Larkin

Class
Induction

2019
Sport(s)

Basketball

Ian Larkin was a four-year basketball letterwinner (2009-13), who became just the third player in program history to record 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 100 blocked shots.

He concluded his collegiate career first in three-point field goal percentage (46.3), fourth in blocked shots (115), seventh in games played (108), 13th in minutes played (2,625), 14th in field goals made (390), 15th in rebounds (550), 17th in points (1,022) and 19th in three-pointers made (68). Larkin, who had 10 games of at least 20 points among his 50 games scoring in double figures, helped lead WSU to a 44-16 league record over his final three seasons.

A Second Team NABC All-Midwest Region selection as a senior, Larkin was also voted the WSU Male Student-Athlete of the Year for 2012-13. He had three double-doubles as a senior and led the squad in scoring (371), field goals made (140), rebounds (168) and blocked shots (35).

Larkin received First Team All-GLIAC honors as a senior after being recognized on the All-GLIAC Second Team as a junior. He started all 54 games over his final two seasons.

In his junior campaign, Larkin led the GLIAC in three-point field goal percentage (57.1), and was fourth in both field goal percentage (57.9) and blocked shots (43), while ranking 14th in scoring (13.4 PPG) and 20th in rebounding (5.4 RPG).

He made ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10 plays as a sophomore for his dunk vs. Michigan Tech. His dunk also appeared on ABC's Winner's Bracket Show. Larkin nearly had a double-double in the GLIAC Semifinal win over Findlay with 10 points and eight rebounds. He tallied 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.

He played in the final 24 games of his redshirt freshman season after being medically cleared (he received a medical redshirt at Detroit in 2008-09). Larkin finished among the GLIAC leaders in blocked shots during the 2009-10 season.

A three-year member of the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team, Larkin was a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District selection as well as earning a 2012 GLIAC Commissioner's Award for academic and athletic success.

The Detroit native earned WSU Academic Honor Roll recognition all eight terms, including six semesters of at least a 3.5 term GPA. After receiving his bachelor's degree in Management, Larkin graduated from the WSU Law School in May of 2018.

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