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Jersey Number 1
Trent Farquhar
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Highland, Mich.
- High School:
- Lakeland
- Prev School:
- Bowling Green
Bio
CAREER NOTES: Came to MSU after one season at Bowling Green, following BGSU’s announcement that it would be discontinuing its baseball program, and maintained transfer even after BGSU reinstated baseball ... Three-time recipient of the Danny Litwhiler Defensive Player of the Year MSU Team Award ... Three-time Academic All-Big Ten and two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades recipient.
2023 (JUNIOR): Earned second-team All-Big Ten recognition ... garnered Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades ... Was the recipient of MSU’s Danny Litwhiler Defensive Player of the Year team award for the third-straight year ... One of four Spartans to start and play all 55 games in the 2023 season, with 50 at second base and five at shortstop, while leading MSU and finishing sixth in the B1G with 139 assists, logging 105 putouts in 247 chances for a .988 fielding percentage ... Was a part of 23 fielding double plays, ranking tied for 25th in the B1G ... At the plate, ranked eighth in B1G in toughest to strikeout (8.2 AB per K), with just 26 strikeouts in 213 ABs ... Was also fifth in the B1G and 114th in the NCAA in on-base percentage (.467), in addition to ranking ninth in the league in batting average (.343) ... Also ranked seventh in the B1G and tied for 85th in the NCAA in doubles (19), along with fifth in the league and tied for 109th in the nation in doubles per game (0.35) ... Additionally, ranked 11th in the conference in runs (59), just behind teammate Brock Vradenburg (62), and also ranked ninth in the league and 135th in the nation in runs per game (1.07) ... The Spartan second baseman was also tied for 14th in the conference in hits (73) and tied for 20th in hit by pitch (11) ... Was second on the team in average and on-base percentage, along with second in runs scored, hits and doubles, leading the team in walks and hit by pitch ... Was third on the team in multiple hit games with 22, posting three hits in seven games, while tallying two hits in 15 contests ... Had eight multiple RBI games, with two ribbies in four games, three RBI in three contests and highlighted by a career-high four RBI at USC Upstate (Feb. 24), boosted by career-best two doubles ... Registered a team-long 16-game hitting streak (Feb. 20-March 24), then a six-game streak (March 26-April 7) and adding a seven-game streak (April 8-19), for a stellar streak of at least one hit in 29 of 31 games ... Added another four-game and a three-game hit spurt, finishing the season with at least one hit in 44 of the 55 games.
2022 (SOPHOMORE): Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades ... Recipient of the Danny Litwhiler Defensive Player of the Year MSU Team Award for the second-straight year ... Started all 54 games at second base, leading the Big Ten in fielding double plays with 39, helping MSU lead the B1G and rank fifth in the NCAA with 53 double plays, as well as leading the conference and ranking sixth in the country with 0.98 double plays per game ... Posted 143 assists and 115 putouts ... At the plate, hit .271 with 29 RBI, as well as ranking tied for second on the team with six home runs, including first grand slam of Spartan career in MSU’s season-finale at Nebraska on May 21 ... Was also second on the team with a .392 on-base percentage, 34 walks and eight hit by pitches, along with third in both runs scored (37) and doubles (13) ... Had a nine-game hitting streak (March 29 - April 13), ranking fourth on the Spartan squad, as well as ranking second with an 18-game reached base streak ... Was also fourth on the team in multiple hit games (14) and tied for fourth in multiple RBI games (6) ... Had season-high three hits in five different games, going 3-6 at UNLV (Feb. 20), 3-5 vs. West Virgina (March 6), 3-5 vs. Houston Baptist (March 20), 3-5 at Evansville (April 1) and 3-4 vs. Oakland (April 19) ... Posted season-highs of six total bases in three games, first at Abilene Christian (Feb. 27), then vs. Minnesota (May 1) and in season-finale at Nebraska (May 21), with a home run and double each time ... Had 13 doubles in 13 different games, while also having six home runs in six different games ... Logged season-best four RBI in two different games, first vs. Minnesota (May 1) and in season-finale at Nebraska (May 21) ... Touched home plate a season-high three times vs. Minnesota (May 1), one of six games scoring multiple runs, part of 37 total runs, the second-most on the team ... Swiped career-high two stolen bases vs. Houston Baptist (March 20) ... In the field, posted season-high five putouts in five different games, along with making season-best seven assists at Penn State (May 8).
2021 (FRESHMAN): Earned Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades ... Garnered the Danny Litwhiler Defensive Player of the Year MSU team award ... Made 38 starts, with 37 coming at second base and one at shortstop, posting 100 assists, 85 putouts and was a part of 21 double plays, as MSU led the Big Ten with 41 double plays turned, ranking 45th in the NCAA, as well as leading the B1G and ranking 11th in the NCAA with 0.93 double plays per game ... At the plate, was the Spartans’ leadoff batter in 32 games, hitting .272, including sharing the team-lead and ranking tied for 21st in the B1G in doubles with 10 ... Also tied for third on the team with total extra base hits with 12 on 10 doubles, one triple, and one home run, belting first collegiate home run in the Purdue game on April 12, blasting a solo shot down the right field line and into the Red Cedar River ... Led MSU with a .381 on-base percentage, ranking second on the team and tied for 14th in the B1G with 24 walks, as well as ranking tied for second on the team with four hit-by-pitch ... Had a team-high 18-game on-base streak, reaching base in every game that had an at bat from March 12-April 12, snapping the streak on April 16 by not reaching base at Illinois ... Finished the season logging at least one hit in 12 of the last 16 games, having a five-game hit streak halted without a hit on May 8, but bounced back with three hits on May 9 and two knocks on May 14, then adding three hits on May 21 at Rutgers ... For the season, longest hitting streak was seven games (March 12-21), finishing with at least one hit in 28 of 39 games with an at bat ... Was tied for second on the team with 11 multiple hit games, including a team-best tying nine games with two hits, as well as two games with a season-high three hits, coming on May 9 vs. Michigan, then matching it on May 21 at Rutgers ... Also had three multi-RBI games, which tied for third on the team, with three games with two ribbies each, most recently on April 25 vs. Nebraska ... Posted a season-high seven assists vs. Penn State on April 9, the most by an individual fielder during the season ... Had at least three putouts in 14 games, including a season-high five vs. Nebraska on April 23.
AT BOWLING GREEN (2020): Started 10 of 11 games played out of BGSU’s 13 games in COVID-shortened season of 2020 ... Knocked five RBI in seven hits with one triple in 32 at bats for a .219 average, as well as ranking third on team with a .375 on-base percentage, while the five RBI was tied for third ... Posted season-high two RBI, along with lone triple of season at Saint Louis (3/8/20) ... Also tied for fourth on the team with six walks and collected a team-high tying two hit-by-pitch ... In the field, made 16 putouts and posted 19 assists, highlighted by season-high four putouts at Saint Louis (3/7/20) and four assists at Youngstown State (3/10/20).
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Lakeland High School for coaches Chris McDonald, Tom Langan, Tom Lock and Brad Farquhar, his father … Earned First-Team All-State honors, as well as garnering Dream Team All-State accolades after guiding the Eagles to their second-straight Lakes Valley Conference crown ... Also a two-time all-district and all-region honoree, as well as a three-time all-conference selection ... Also lettered for the Eagles’ basketball team ... A member of the LHS National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Son of Kathleen and Brad Farquhar ... Has one younger brother, Tate, who is a freshman pitcher on the Spartan roster, and a younger sister, Molly ... Majoring in kinesiology.
2023 (JUNIOR): Earned second-team All-Big Ten recognition ... garnered Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades ... Was the recipient of MSU’s Danny Litwhiler Defensive Player of the Year team award for the third-straight year ... One of four Spartans to start and play all 55 games in the 2023 season, with 50 at second base and five at shortstop, while leading MSU and finishing sixth in the B1G with 139 assists, logging 105 putouts in 247 chances for a .988 fielding percentage ... Was a part of 23 fielding double plays, ranking tied for 25th in the B1G ... At the plate, ranked eighth in B1G in toughest to strikeout (8.2 AB per K), with just 26 strikeouts in 213 ABs ... Was also fifth in the B1G and 114th in the NCAA in on-base percentage (.467), in addition to ranking ninth in the league in batting average (.343) ... Also ranked seventh in the B1G and tied for 85th in the NCAA in doubles (19), along with fifth in the league and tied for 109th in the nation in doubles per game (0.35) ... Additionally, ranked 11th in the conference in runs (59), just behind teammate Brock Vradenburg (62), and also ranked ninth in the league and 135th in the nation in runs per game (1.07) ... The Spartan second baseman was also tied for 14th in the conference in hits (73) and tied for 20th in hit by pitch (11) ... Was second on the team in average and on-base percentage, along with second in runs scored, hits and doubles, leading the team in walks and hit by pitch ... Was third on the team in multiple hit games with 22, posting three hits in seven games, while tallying two hits in 15 contests ... Had eight multiple RBI games, with two ribbies in four games, three RBI in three contests and highlighted by a career-high four RBI at USC Upstate (Feb. 24), boosted by career-best two doubles ... Registered a team-long 16-game hitting streak (Feb. 20-March 24), then a six-game streak (March 26-April 7) and adding a seven-game streak (April 8-19), for a stellar streak of at least one hit in 29 of 31 games ... Added another four-game and a three-game hit spurt, finishing the season with at least one hit in 44 of the 55 games.
2022 (SOPHOMORE): Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades ... Recipient of the Danny Litwhiler Defensive Player of the Year MSU Team Award for the second-straight year ... Started all 54 games at second base, leading the Big Ten in fielding double plays with 39, helping MSU lead the B1G and rank fifth in the NCAA with 53 double plays, as well as leading the conference and ranking sixth in the country with 0.98 double plays per game ... Posted 143 assists and 115 putouts ... At the plate, hit .271 with 29 RBI, as well as ranking tied for second on the team with six home runs, including first grand slam of Spartan career in MSU’s season-finale at Nebraska on May 21 ... Was also second on the team with a .392 on-base percentage, 34 walks and eight hit by pitches, along with third in both runs scored (37) and doubles (13) ... Had a nine-game hitting streak (March 29 - April 13), ranking fourth on the Spartan squad, as well as ranking second with an 18-game reached base streak ... Was also fourth on the team in multiple hit games (14) and tied for fourth in multiple RBI games (6) ... Had season-high three hits in five different games, going 3-6 at UNLV (Feb. 20), 3-5 vs. West Virgina (March 6), 3-5 vs. Houston Baptist (March 20), 3-5 at Evansville (April 1) and 3-4 vs. Oakland (April 19) ... Posted season-highs of six total bases in three games, first at Abilene Christian (Feb. 27), then vs. Minnesota (May 1) and in season-finale at Nebraska (May 21), with a home run and double each time ... Had 13 doubles in 13 different games, while also having six home runs in six different games ... Logged season-best four RBI in two different games, first vs. Minnesota (May 1) and in season-finale at Nebraska (May 21) ... Touched home plate a season-high three times vs. Minnesota (May 1), one of six games scoring multiple runs, part of 37 total runs, the second-most on the team ... Swiped career-high two stolen bases vs. Houston Baptist (March 20) ... In the field, posted season-high five putouts in five different games, along with making season-best seven assists at Penn State (May 8).
2021 (FRESHMAN): Earned Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades ... Garnered the Danny Litwhiler Defensive Player of the Year MSU team award ... Made 38 starts, with 37 coming at second base and one at shortstop, posting 100 assists, 85 putouts and was a part of 21 double plays, as MSU led the Big Ten with 41 double plays turned, ranking 45th in the NCAA, as well as leading the B1G and ranking 11th in the NCAA with 0.93 double plays per game ... At the plate, was the Spartans’ leadoff batter in 32 games, hitting .272, including sharing the team-lead and ranking tied for 21st in the B1G in doubles with 10 ... Also tied for third on the team with total extra base hits with 12 on 10 doubles, one triple, and one home run, belting first collegiate home run in the Purdue game on April 12, blasting a solo shot down the right field line and into the Red Cedar River ... Led MSU with a .381 on-base percentage, ranking second on the team and tied for 14th in the B1G with 24 walks, as well as ranking tied for second on the team with four hit-by-pitch ... Had a team-high 18-game on-base streak, reaching base in every game that had an at bat from March 12-April 12, snapping the streak on April 16 by not reaching base at Illinois ... Finished the season logging at least one hit in 12 of the last 16 games, having a five-game hit streak halted without a hit on May 8, but bounced back with three hits on May 9 and two knocks on May 14, then adding three hits on May 21 at Rutgers ... For the season, longest hitting streak was seven games (March 12-21), finishing with at least one hit in 28 of 39 games with an at bat ... Was tied for second on the team with 11 multiple hit games, including a team-best tying nine games with two hits, as well as two games with a season-high three hits, coming on May 9 vs. Michigan, then matching it on May 21 at Rutgers ... Also had three multi-RBI games, which tied for third on the team, with three games with two ribbies each, most recently on April 25 vs. Nebraska ... Posted a season-high seven assists vs. Penn State on April 9, the most by an individual fielder during the season ... Had at least three putouts in 14 games, including a season-high five vs. Nebraska on April 23.
AT BOWLING GREEN (2020): Started 10 of 11 games played out of BGSU’s 13 games in COVID-shortened season of 2020 ... Knocked five RBI in seven hits with one triple in 32 at bats for a .219 average, as well as ranking third on team with a .375 on-base percentage, while the five RBI was tied for third ... Posted season-high two RBI, along with lone triple of season at Saint Louis (3/8/20) ... Also tied for fourth on the team with six walks and collected a team-high tying two hit-by-pitch ... In the field, made 16 putouts and posted 19 assists, highlighted by season-high four putouts at Saint Louis (3/7/20) and four assists at Youngstown State (3/10/20).
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Lakeland High School for coaches Chris McDonald, Tom Langan, Tom Lock and Brad Farquhar, his father … Earned First-Team All-State honors, as well as garnering Dream Team All-State accolades after guiding the Eagles to their second-straight Lakes Valley Conference crown ... Also a two-time all-district and all-region honoree, as well as a three-time all-conference selection ... Also lettered for the Eagles’ basketball team ... A member of the LHS National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Son of Kathleen and Brad Farquhar ... Has one younger brother, Tate, who is a freshman pitcher on the Spartan roster, and a younger sister, Molly ... Majoring in kinesiology.
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