Coach Walker Larson returns for his third season on the Roadrunner coaching staff after being named Associate Head Coach for the 2019 season. Larson and former teammate Ryan Rinsky will team up as co-head coaches. Coach Larson returned to his alma mater as a volunteer assistant pitching coach in 2017 before taking over the pitching coach duties for the 2018 season.
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During the 2018 season, Larson helped guide the pitching staff to the 10th best ERA in NCAA Division III, 3.12. The Roadrunners advanced to the NJAC Championship game and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they fell in the Regional Semi-final to #1UMASS Boston. They posted an overall record of 35-15, which tied the single season record for wins.
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Larson was a four-year standout for the Roadrunners from 2012-2015 as the program earned three at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament (2015, 2013, 2012), won the 2015 NCAA New England Regional and advanced to the 2015 NCAA Division III World Series. The Roadrunners recorded a 119 wins including three seasons with 30 or more. Following his senior season, Coach Larson was named NJAC Pitcher of the Year, ABCA Mid-Atlantic Pitcher of the Year, ABCA and D3baseball.com Third Team All-American. He finished his career with a 2.85 ERA and a 19-9 win/loss record. Larson recorded 51 appearances, 31 games started and 13 complete games. He struck out 190 over 246 innings pitched along with four career saves. During his career he was also named ECAC All-Star First Team, NJAC Co-Pitcher of the Year, two-time NJAC First Team All-Conference and NJCBA First Team All-State.
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He finished fourth in both career strikeouts (190) and career innings pitched (246). Tied for fourth in career wins (19) and career appearances (51), tied for second in career complete games (13). He holds the record for single season innings pitched with 119.2 for the 2015 season while he is fourth on the single season strikeout list with 96 in the same year. He is also tied for the most complete games in a single season with nine in 2015.
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Prior to joining the Ramapo coaching staff for the 2017 season Coach Larson was the varsity pitching coach at West Morris Central High School where the team finished with a 2.82 ERA.
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Coach Larson is a math teacher at Mahwah High School and currently resides in Mahwah, NJ.
2019 Season
