Game-by-Game Statistics(2012-2013)
Four-year starter... Started 101 of 107 career games...Established himself as one of the finest all-around guards to everdon a Royal uniform... Only player in Scranton history to scoremore than 1000 points, pull down more than 500 rebounds, hand outmore than 200 assists, and come up with more than 200 steals in acareer... Ends his career 26th in scoring (1190), second in steals(222), 19th in assists (261), and tied for 28th in rebounding (540)in Scranton history... Earned all-Landmark Conference honors threetimes in his career (first team once & second team twice) andwas the league's defensive player of the year, in 2012... Played amajor role in two Landmark Conference championships (2011, 2012)and two NCAA tournament (2011, 2012) teams and another thatadvanced to Landmark title game (2010)... Led Royals to four-yearrecord of 80-32 (.714), including a regular-season mark of 43-13(.768) in the Landmark Conference... Joins Randy Arnold as the onlyplayer in Scranton history to lead team in steals all fouryears.
Senior Year (2012-2013): Led Royals insteals for the fourth consecutive season with 43 (1.9 per game)...Also averaged 10.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per gameto earn all-Landmark Conference honors for the third time in hiscareer (2nd-team selection in 2011 and 2013, 1st-team pick in2012)... Scored in double figures in 11 times, including aseason-high 17-point effort in a 63-55 win over Oneonta St. in theseason-opening Radisson Invitational on November 16 at the LongCenter... Suffered a high-ankle sprain early in the Royals' 67-54loss to the Merchant Marine Academy on December 14 and missed thenext three games, two of which the Royals lost... In his first gameback from the ankle injury, played 34 minutes, scored 13 points,pulled down seven rebounds, and handed out four assists inScranton's 81-66 win over King's College in the opening round ofthe Cross County Challenge at Wilkes University on January 2...Played 30 minutes the next day and had five points and fiverebounds in a 71-68 victory over Wilkes in the championship gameand was named to the Cross County Challenge all-tournament team...Shot 43.1 percent from the field, 31.5 percent from the 3-pointarc, and 71.8 percent from the free throw line... Scored the 1000thpoint of his career and finished with 14 altogether in Scranton's74-73 win in overtime against then 21st-ranked Cabrini College onNovemnber 27 at the Long Center... Scored in double figures in thefinal four games of the season and put together one of his finestall-around games when he scored 16 points, pulled down acareer-high 14 rebounds, handed out five assists and made twosteals in the Royals' 84-74 loss in double overtime against JuniataCollege in a Landmark Conference semifinal game on February 20 atthe Long Center... Made at least one steal in 19 of 23 games andhad two-or-more in a game 15 times, including a season-high sevenagainst Misericordia University on November 20 in Dallas,Pennsylvania... Hit what turned out to be the game-winning shot inthe closing minutes of the Royals' 54-51 victory over IthacaCollege on January 29 in upstate, New York... Averaged 33.4 minutesof action per game, second most on the team... Played 30-or-moreminutes 19 time... As of March 9, was second in the LandmarkConference in steals (1.9), seventh in minutes played (33.4), ninthin assists (3.3) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.3), and tenth indefensive rebounds per game (4.2)... As of March 3, was 145th insteals, 212th in assist-to-turnover ratio, and 231st in assistsamong NCAA Division III statistical leaders.
Junior Year (2011-2012): Led Royals inscoring (13.6), free throw percentage (.775), defensive rebounds(3.9), steals (2.1), and minutes played (32.3)...was voted theLandmark Conference Defensive Player of the Year and a first-teamall-conference selection in a balloted conducted among the league'shead coaches... One of four players on the roster to start all 31games... Scored in double figures 24 times, including a season-highof 23 points in an 84-71 loss to Misericordia on November 22 at theLong Center and in a 76-71 win at the Merchant Marine Academy onFebruary 10... Forever etched his name in the annuals of Scrantonbasketball when he buried a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to cap off a17-point performance as the Royals upset then 4th-ranked MiddleburyCollege in an NCAA sectional semifinal (Sweet 16) game on March 9at the Pipin Gymnasium in Middlebury, Vermont... Came up big in theLandmark Conference tournament as Scranton won its second straightand third title in four years: had 20 points in an 82-70victory over Moravian College in the semifinals and finished with15 points, six rebounds, three assists, and a steal in a 78-70 winover Juniata College in the championship game... Connected on 6 of10 shots from the field and finished with 11 points to help theRoyals overcome an 18-point deficit with eight minutes remaining tostun Messiah College, 70-67 in overtime, in an NCAA first-roundgame on March 2 at William Paterson University in Wayne, NewJersey; the following night, scored 18 points and pulled down sixrebounds as the Royals downed Becker College (Mass.), 69-41, toavenge a loss to them in the 2011 NCAA tournament... Shot 49.5percent from the field, 40.9 percent from the 3-point arc, and 77.5percent from the free throw line--all career-highs... Shot at least50 percent from the field 15 times and at least 40 percent from the3-point arc on 14 occasions... Played 30-or-more minutes 24times... Recorded a 'double-double' with 17 points and 10 reboundsin the Royals' 62-47 victory over King's College in thechampionship game of the first Cross-County Challenge hosted byMarywood University on January 3... Made at least two steals in agame 20 times, including a season-high seven in a 74-71 win overSusquehanna University on February 4 at the Long Center... Finishedsecond in steals, fourth in minutes played, seventh in scoring,eighth in field goal percentage and 3-point field goal percentage,ninth in free throw percentage, 10th in rebounding, and 15th in3-point field goals made per game in the final Landmark Conferencestatistical rankings... Also finished 79th in steals and 199th infree throw percentage in the final NCAA Division III statisticalrankings.
Sophomore Year (2010-2011): One of threeplayers to start all 26 games... Averaged 11.9 points, 6.1rebounds, 2.9 assists, 2.3 steals and 0.2 blocks per game... Wasnamed second-team all-Landmark Conference in a ballot conductedamong the league's eight head coaches... Led Royals in assists,rebounding and steals... Shot over 48 percent from the field,including 40 percent from the 3-point arc, and over 75 percent fromthe free throw line... First guard since three-time all-AmericanBill Bessoir to lead Scranton in rebounding and one of only threeguards in Royals' history to accomplish this feat (two-timeall-American Gene Mumford was the other)... Pulled down at least 10rebounds on four occasions: 12 vs. Centenary on Nov. 20, 11each against Kean on December 13 and Susquehanna on January 15, and10 against Catholic University on January 21... Had three'double-doubles' in points and rebounds to bring his career totalto four: scored 10 points and pulled down 12 rebounds in a77-65 win over Centenary in the championship game of the RadissonInvitational on November 20 at the Long Center; tossed in aseason-high 25 points and pulled down 11 rebounds in a 94-90 win atKean on December 13; and had 14 points and 11 rebounds in an 81-64victory over Susquehanna at home on January 15... Scored in doublefigures 15 times, including three games with at least 20points...scored 16 points and finished with four assists, threerebounds and two steals in the Royals' nail-biting 74-71 overtimevictory against the Merchant Marine Academy in the semifinals ofthe Landmark Conference tournament on February 23 at the LongCenter... Put the Royals ahead for good with a 3-pointer justbefore the halftime buzzer in Scranton's 82-71 victory overCatholic University in the championship game of the Landmarktournament on February 26... Also had four rebounds and fourassists against Catholic in the Landmark title game... Had eightpoints, four rebounds, two assists and a steal in 34 minutes ofaction in an 80-73 loss to Becker College (Mass.) in an NCAAfirst-round game at Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., onMarch 4... Played 30-or-more minutes 19 times... His 60 steals werethe most by a Royal since Randy Arnold made 61 during the 2007season... Finished third in steals, sixth in 3-point field goalpercentage, seventh in field goal percentage, eighth in rebounding,ninth in minutes played, 10th in free throw percentage, 15th in3-point field goals made per game, and 17th in scoring in the finalLandmark Conference statistical rankings.
Freshman Year (2009-2010): Saw action in all27 games and started 21 times... Led Royals in steals (54);finished second on the team in 3-pointers attempted (90),3-pointers made (29), rebounds (108), assists (57), and minutesplayed (734); and was third in total points (223), points per game(8.3), and field goals made (78)... Recorded the first‘double-double' of his career with 26 points and 11 reboundsin an 86-65 victory over the Penn College of Technology in thethird-place game of the PNC Bank Holiday Invitational on January 3at the Long Center; also dished out seven assists and blocked twoshots in that game... Scored 22 points and pulled down fiverebounds in a 66-59 loss to the Merchant Marine Academy on January9 in Kings Point, New York... Had 17 points, five assists, and fiverebounds in an 85-74 loss to Susquehanna University on January 16in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania... Scored 16 points (on 6 of 8shooting) in 15 minutes of action in an 82-58 victory overPSU-Hazelton on December 2 at the Long Center... Finished tied forsecond in steals per game (2) and was 11th in assists (2.1) and12th in defensive rebounds (3.22) in the final Landmark Conferencestatistical rankings.
High School: Member of a Christian BrothersAcademy program that posted a two-year record of 43-11 (.769) underhead coach Geoff Billett... In his senior year, CBA went 26-3 andwon the New Jersey non-Public South A championship.
Personal
Full Name: Travis Sean Farrell
Parents: John & Maureen Farrell
Date of Birth: August 28, 1991
Career Bests
Points: 26, vs. PENN COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, Jan. 3, 2010
Rebounds: 14, vs. JUNIATA, Feb. 20, 2013
Assists: 8, at Penn State-Hazleton, Dec. 11, 2010
Blocks: 2, on two occasions
Steals: 8, vs. GOUCHER, Feb. 4, 2011
Awards & Honors
Cross County Challenge (Wilkes University) All-Tournament Team(Jan. 3, 2013)
D3hoops.com All-Middle Atlantic Region Second Team (2012)
Landmark Conference Defensive Player of the Year (2012)
Landmark Conference 1st-Team Selection (2012)
Landmark Conference 2nd-Team Selection (2011, 2013)
Most Valuable Player (MVP), Radisson Invitational (Scranton; Nov.19, 2011)
National Jesuit Honor Roll (Jan. 4, 2010)
PNC Bank All-Tournament (Scranton) Selection (Jan. 3, 2010)
PNC Bank All-Tournament (Scranton) Selection (Jan. 3, 2011)
University of Scranton Athlete of the Week (Dec. 19, 2010; Nov. 20,2011; Feb. 18, 2013)
Radisson Invitational All-Tournament Team (Nov. 17, 2012)
