FORT MYERS, Fla. – After a big week at the plate, sophomore Ian Farrow (Merritt Island, Fla./Merritt Island HS) has been named ASUN Baseball Player of the Week.

"Congrats to Ian on this recognition," said head coach Dave Tollett. "He has been a rock in our lineup all season and really turned it up this past week, hitting over .600 and wreaking havoc on the base paths. We are going to depend a lot on him this whole season and I have no doubt that he is up to the challenge."

Farrow helped lead the Eagles to a 4-0 week as he hit .625 (10-for-16) with two home runs, two doubles, six RBI, and 12 runs scored. He also walked five times and was hit by a pitch for a .727 on-base percentage which contributed to an OPS of 1.852.

He started the week going 3-for-5 with a run scored against North Dakota State before having a huge weekend at Stetson to open ASUN play. In game one, he went 5-for-5 with two doubles, a home run, five RBI, and five runs scored, which tied an FGCU single-game record. He also walked and was hit by a pitch as he reached base seven times in the game.

Farrow followed that up by reaching base four more times in game two, coming around to score on all four occasions. The sophomore wrapped up the week with another home run and two runs scored in the series finale against the Hatters.

He is the second Eagle to be named Player of the Week this season after redshirt-junior Brian Ellis (Oviedo, Fla./Hagerty HS) took home the honor on February 28th and is the third Eagle to earn ASUN honors overall as sophomore Najer Victor (Philadelphia, Pa./East Ridge HS) earned Pitcher of the Week on February 21st.

Farrow and the rest of the Green and Blue will be back in action tomorrow when they host South Florida. First pitch from Swanson Stadium is set for 6:30 p.m.

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FGCU coach Dave Tollett currently owns a 650-388-3 overall record (.623) and a 214-115 (.647) record in the ASUN. He is the only head coach in the program's history and led the program to its first trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2017. He is a five-time ASUN Coach of the Year and has guided the Green and Blue to five ASUN Regular Season Championships and one ASUN Tournament Championship. His team has been ranked nationally on several occasions, including as high as No. 9 in the country in 2017, and has coached 58 all-conference selections, 33 draft picks, three current major leaguers, 13 current minor leaguers, four ASUN Pitchers of the Year, four All-Americans, three ASUN Players of the Year, one National Freshman Player of the Year, one National Player of the Year and one seven-time MLB All-Star.
 
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FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 89 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 14+ seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just 10 seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 43 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. Eight FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including women's basketball (No. 20, 2021-22), beach volleyball (No. 20, 2022) and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as three of the most recent. In 2016-17, the Green and Blue posted a department-best sixth-place finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup and top-100 showing nationally, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions. In 2018-19, the Eagles had an ASUN and state of Florida best seven teams earn the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for their Academic Progress Rate in their sport. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.50 GPA in the classroom in the fall 2020 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 25 consecutive semesters. The past five semesters (Fall 2019 – Fall 2021) each saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher team GPA in each. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017 - being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl.