Saturday, March 4, 2017

Making the case for Parker Farris

"Farris makes second-team all-PacWest" -- Hawaii Tribune World

"If Parker Farris is a person who sees a glass as being half empty, he must be wondering what a guy has to do to be named first-team all-Pacific West Conference.

Averaging 23.3 points a game this season – a University of Hawaii at Hilo record and the second-best in conference – and posting three of the top 10 scoring performances this season weren’t enough for Farris to garner the honor.

However, if the senior guard is the type who sees a glass as being half full, then he can relish the fact that he made all-PacWest second-team, as voted on by the coaches...

...Farris, of McKinleyville, Calif., established UH-Hilo school records for single-season free throw percentage (.873) and career free throw accuracy (.872). In his final college game on Saturday, he poured in 47 points at Dominican, another school record. He tallied 39 points just a few nights before that at Holy Names, and scored 30 or more points in five different games this year.

“It was a privilege to coach Parker for two years,” coach G.E. Coleman said in a release. “He has put together one of the best two-year runs in UH-Hilo basketball history. His work ethic and dedication to the game to improve on a daily basis is something I hope the younger players in our program can look up to and follow. He is one of, if not the best shooters I’ve ever coached and he took his game to another level this year offensively.”

Farris finished the regular season ranked eighth in NCAA Division II scoring average..."

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