Round 32 - C - Patrick Farrell - updated

6-11 from: - link  - On Wednesday, Farrell, 23, was chosen by the New York Mets with the 932nd pick of Major League Baseball's first-year player draft. That came after an All-American season at Regis University in Denver. This was Farrell's breakout year. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound catcher posted a .386 batting average with 20 home runs and 55 RBIs. His home run total ranked in the top 10 nationally despite him missing a handful of games due to a torn meniscus (cartilage in the knee). He posted 35 home runs and 120 RBIs in two seasons at the NCAA Division II member school. "He was a late bloomer," Lain said. Indeed he was, but Farrell also made the most of his opportunities. He was a two-year starter for Post 6 after moving to catcher in fall of his junior year at Cheyenne East. Lain liked what he saw from Farrell at the plate and wanted to find a way to get him in the lineup. Farrell evolved from being a guy who merely could receive pitches and deliver strikes down to second base to a solid all-around catcher. He also put up solid offensive numbers, hitting .350 with a team-best 10 homers as a senior

5-25-10 from: - http://www.regisrangers.com/sports/bsb/2009-10/news/Farrell_All-America  - Senior catcher Patrick Farrell has been raking in the all-america honors over the last week highlighted by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Second Team All-America honors. Farrell, from Cheyenne, Wyo., also garnered ESPN THE MAGAZINE Academic All-America Third Team and Daktronics Honorable Mention All-America. The ABCA honor was voted on by the coaches while both the Daktronics and ESPN THE MAGAZINE were both voted on by sports information directors around the nation. He was one of the top homerun hitters in the nation finishing with 20 while also driving in a team-high 55 runs. His .897 slugging percentage is third base in Regis history and his homerun total second most. The exercise science/biology major had a cumulative 3.43 GPA through the fall semester. Farrell's .777 career slugging percentage topped the previous Regis record by .100 points. Farrell was even better in clutch situations, especially with runners in scoring position. He hit .426 (23-of-54) in those situations with 11 RBIs, which bettered his team-leading batting average of .386. His 35 career homeruns in just two seasons are second most in Ranger history trailing Scott Landgraf (1989-91) by just three. His .369 career batting average is 10th best in the Regis baseball record book.

3-10-10 from: - www.regisrangers.com/sports/bsb/2009-10/news/CCU1  - Two homeruns and six RBIs by senior Patrick Farrell helped the Rangers to a 12-6 victory over Colorado Christian in a non-conference tilt. Colorado Christian (6-13) got on the board against Regis (7-7) starter Steve Falconi with one run in the top of the first inning. The Rangers responded scoring two in the bottom half when Farrell smacked his first homerun a no-doubter over the left center fence driving in fellow senior Jesus Arzaga. The Rangers didn't look back scoring five runs over the next two innings including three of the five on one swing from Farrell in the third inning. Regis tacked on two more in the fifth and three more in the sxith to blow open the game. Junior Zach Blakeley doubled to left center in the fifth to plate Farrell, who was a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate.