Will Farmer

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-11
Weight:
190
Hometown:
Mundelein, Ill.
High School:
Mundelein

2017 (SENIOR)

Started all 57 games at shortstop ... Hit .245 with seven doubles, a triple and five home runs ... Second on the team with five home runs ... 15 multi-hit games ... Made SportsCenter’s Top Plays for a diving snare to start a 6-4-3 double play at Arkansas State ... SIU led MVC with 52 double plays ... Farmer was part of 39 double plays, which ranked second in the MVC behind teammate Connor Kopach ... Career highs with seven doubles, five home runs, 24 RBIs and a .356 slugging percentage.

2016 (JUNIOR)

Started all 57 games at shortstop ... Led the MVC with 11 sacrifice bunts ... Helped turn 57 double plays, which ranked second in the MVC ... Went 7-for-16 in four games against Dallas Baptist with three multi-hit games ... Fourth on the team with 27 runs scored ... Had six doubles, one triple and two home runs ... Had three-hit games against Belmont and Dallas Baptist ... Went 5-for-7 stealing bases.

2015 (SOPHOMORE)

Started all 58 games for SIU in 2015, mostly at second base … Hit .216 with 48 hits … Had a season-high four RBI against Austin Peay on 3/25 … Recorded 141 assists … Finished the year with six doubles … Had a season-high three hits against Northern Illinois on 3/7.

2014 (FRESHMAN)

Played in 35 games and made 29 starts, all at third base ... Recorded seven multi-hit games ... After starting five of the first 22 games, worked his way into the starting lineup for 24 of the final 35 games ... Started 17 of SIU's 21 conference games and hit .267 in MVC contests ... Recorded his first career hit on 3/1 vs. Northern Illinois ... Led the team with six sacrifice bunts.

HIGH SCHOOL

A two-time All-Area and All-Conference selection ... As a senior, named All-State, hitting .463 with 40 runs scored and 26 RBIs ... As a junior, honorable mention All-County and named MHS best defensive player ... Hit .374 with a .476 OBP and a team-leading 36 RBIs his junior season, helping Mundelein to a 34-5 record.

PERSONAL

Full name is William David Farmer ... Born on Jan. 7, 1995, in Libertyville, Ill. ... Son of Randall and Michele Farmer ... Father is a mechanical engineer; mother is a music director ... Has two brothers and two sisters.