The Utah Sports Hall of Fame will inaugurate five new members on Monday, including two with local ties to Utah County.

Mapleton resident and former BYU and major league baseball star Wally Joyner will be inducted along with former Provo High basketball star Stew Morrill, who had an illustrious coaching career at Montana, Colorado State and Utah State. Other inductees will be ESPN broadcaster Holly Rowe, former Taylorsville High and professional baseball player John Buck and collegiate softball coach Mary Kay Amicone.

Joyner, who starred at BYU, was drafted by the California Angels and made his first appearance in the major leagues in 1986. He made a big splash hitting .290 with 22 home runs and 100 RBIs. That year he finished second in the Rookie of the Year voting to Jose Canseco and finished eighth in MVP voting.

Joyner would play in parts of 16 different seasons. He played six seasons with the California Angels and had stints with the Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres, Atlanta Braves and then returning to the Angels organization when they were called the Anaheim Angels.

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Joyner hit over .300 four different seasons and ended up with a career batting average of .289. He broke the 2000 hit barrier finishing with 2060 hits. He also belted 204 round trippers to go along with 409 doubles and 26 triples while plating 1106 runners and scoring 973 times.

As a junior at BYU, Joyner hit .462 and overall at BYU he hit .419 with 43 home runs and 206 RBIs in just 179 games which eventually led to him being drafted in 1983 in the third round by the Angels.

Stew Morrill, a graduate of Provo High School, made his mark as one of the most successful coaches in NCAA men’s basketball history.

Morrill actually started his head coaching career at Montana in 1986 where in five seasons he led the Grizzlies to one NCAA tournament appearance while going 97-52 as the school’s head coach. Morrill moved to Colorado State in 1991 where in seven seasons he posted a 121-86 overall record while taking the Rams to two NIT appearances.

But it was at Utah State where Morrill really made his mark. His 402 wins there supersedes any coach in Aggie history. His 402-156 overall record led to a remarkable winning percentage of .702. Morrill guided the Aggies to eight NCAA tournament appearances and seven conference championships including four in a row. In 2001, as the 12th seed, Utah State upset No. 5 seed Ohio State 77-68 in OT, the last time the Aggie program has won an NCAA tournament game.

Overall, Morrill was 620-294 (.678) as a head basketball coach while winning three WAC Coach of the Year awards, two Big West Coach of the Year awards, one Big Sky Coach of the Year honor along with the prestigious Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year award in 2011.

Morrill played on the great Provo teams of the early 1970s coached by Jim Spencer and then was a junior college All-American at Ricks College. He finished his playing career at Gonzaga.

For those interested, tickets for the banquet can still be purchased for $90 on the Utah Sports Hall of Fame web page if done before Friday at 2 pm. The banquet will be held at the Little American ballroom in Salt Lake City with dinner at 7 pm. More information can be found at www.utahsportshalloffame.org.