Virginia Commonwealth University

GENERAL 

• Speedy top of the order hitter
• Can hit for both power and average
• Leaves VCU on multiple career lists, appearing in the top 10 in at-bats, games played, runs, and hits.

WHILE WITH THE RAMS

2017/SENIOR

• He played in 55 games
• He had a batting average of .365
• He had 230 at bats this season and hit eight home runs.
• He also scored 50 runs in his 84 hits he had this season.
• He also finished with 32 RBI’s.
• Named Atlantic 10 Player of the Year and Atlantic 10 First Team All-Conference
• Earned All-Region East honors & 2017 VaSID All-State
• Named to ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-American Team

2016/JUNIOR

• Appeared in 57 games (all starts), batting .295 on the season.
• Led the team in triples (4), walks (25), sacrifice bunts (9), stolen bases (15), fielding percentage (1.000), and total plate appearances (272).
• Was top five on the team in batting average (.295), slugging percentage (.405), on base percentage (.388), runs scored (40), hits (67), doubles (8), home runs (3), total bases (92), and hit by pitch (10).
• Had 16 multi-hit games, including six with 3 or more hits and scored three runs in three games.
• Went 3-for-4 with an RBI and two stolen bases against George Washington in the Atlantic 10 Championship (5/26).

2015/SOPHOMORE

• Started and played in 59 games for the Rams
• Tabbed A-10 Second-Team All-Conference
• Appeared in 65 games, all starts, batting .307 on the year.
• Led the team runs (50), doubles (13), and triples (3).
• Top five on the team in batting average (.307), slugging percentage (.423), hits (82), RBI (33), home runs (4), walks (27), and stolen bases (8).
• Held a 12-game hitting streak, during which he had four games with three hits.
• Went 5-for-6 with two RBI and a triple against Massachusetts (3/27).
• Set single-season program record in at-bats with 267 plate apperances.

2014/FRESHMAN

• Logged 48 starts as the Rams' designated hitter.
• Named to A-10 All-Rookie Team
• Tallied two three-hit games for the Black and Gold in the Atlantic 10 Tournament.
• Started his first game as a Ram as the designated hitter, batting eighth. That day Farrar went 3-for-5 in VCU's 9-4 win over Radford.
• Farrar's first multiple RBI day came on Feb. 22, when the Woodbridge native went 2-for-4 to drive in two runs; in VCU's 8-7 comeback win over Furman.
• Posted his first career three-RBI day on April 8, in the Rams 11-6 win over Virginia Tech. That day Farrar went 3-for-4, with a double and a triple.
• In VCU's double header at Fordham on May 15 Farrar went 5-for-5 in his first five at-bats. One of the five hits was Farrar's first career home run over the left field fence in Houlihan Park.

PRIOR TO VCU

• Played varsity baseball and football for all four years at Woodbridge High School.
• Farrar also played one season of basketball in high school.
• Helped lead the Vikings to the post-season each of his first three seasons on the diamond, reaching the state final his freshman year.
• Tabbed second-team All-District in baseball his freshman year at Woodbridge.
• Was a first-team All-District and All-Region selection inbaseball in both his sophmore and junior seasons.
• Played summer ball for the Bethesda Big Train and helped the team win the Cal Ripken League.
• Named first-team All-Region after his sophomore campaign on the gridiron.
• 3-time All-District performer in football. 
• Holds the VHSL record for the longest opening kick-off return for a touchdown.

PERSONAL

• Son of Robert Farrar and Clydia Odom-Farrar
• Born on April 16, 1995
• Majoring in Accounting with a minor in Mechanical Engineering at VCU
• Father Robert played basketball at UNC Central and mother Clydia Odom-Farrar ran track at Norfolk State
• Has one brother, Cody
• Doesn't drink water