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JIM MONNOT
(Baseball)
Jim Monnot was a four-year mound ace for WLU Hall of Fame baseball coach Bo McConnaughy who helped lead the Hilltoppers to four straight West Virginia Conference Tournament championships and NAIA District 28 titles during the late 1980s.
A bellwether of the West Liberty staff for four consecutive seasons, Monnot was the 1987 WVIAC Pitcher of the Year and a first-team All-Conference selection as a junior. He finished his stellar career as a team captain in 1988, setting career records of six shutouts and 33 complete games that still stand nearly four decades later. During his four years on the hilltop, the Hilltoppers won three WVIAC regular season championships while posting an impressive 67-17 mark in league play.
Monnot's diamond success continued after graduation as he excelled in Canton (Ohio) Class A amateur baseball for 16 years. The 1990 League Most Valuable Player and Pitcher of the Year, Monnot went on to earn multiple All-Star selections leading up to his 2002 induction into the Stark County Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame.
Monnot has spent more than three decades working for Connecting Point, a local IT provider in Canton that specializes in small business solutions. He makes his home in North Canton.
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