Hannah Farrell

Photo by: Thom Kendall - UMass Athletics

Position:
Defense
Class:
Senior
Height:
5-11
High School:
Casterton School
Hometown:
Carlisle, England

Career: 88 career appearances included 55 starts ... Main role came as a wing defender ... Also saw time as a hitter on the penalty corner unit ... Finished with 17 points notched via five goals and seven assists ... Took 33 career shots, with 19 placed on-target ... Increased her role on offense as a junior and senior ... Notched eight points in 2015 through two goals and four assists before she capped her career with seven more on a pair of tallies and three assists ... Also tallied two points as a freshman on one goal.

2016 - Senior: Made 20 starts on defense over 22 appearances ... Totaled 17 shots on the year as a member of the penalty corner unit and placed eight on-target ... Scored twice and dished out three assists ... Had an assist in her first start of the season during the 3-2 win over Columbia (9/2) ... Totaled a goal over Saint Louis (9/16) ... Notched a pair of assist in the 3-2 win over Northeastern (10/16) ... Converted on one of her two shots attempted at Saint Joseph's (10/21) for her final points of the year.

2015 - Junior: Totaled a single-season career best of eight points through a pair of goals and four assists ... Placed eight of her 12 shots on-target ... Recorded her first collegiate assist with one helper during the 4-3 win over UMass Lowell (9/11) in the 2015 Kennedy Cup ... Had a four-point day in the win over Dartmouth (9/13) with a penalty corner goal and two helpers ... Also assisted on a goal against Richmond (9/20) and scored again versus VCU (10/16) ... Provided a defensive save during the must-win game at Davidson (10/31) when she cleared a ball off the UMass goal line to save a Davidson tally.

2014 - Sophomore: Started in 18 of her 21 appearance on the defense ... Directed both of her shot attempts at the cage ... Subbed in from the bench during the season-opener against No. 1 Maryland (8/29) at the Nook in Lancaster, Pa ... Took her first shot of the season, an on-target attempt, against No. 5 Connecticut (9/19).

2013 - Freshman: Appeared in all 24 games in her first season at UMass, making four starts ... Tallied one goal for two points while playing on defense throughout the year ... Her first collegiate appearance came at Maine (8/30) when she attempted one shot ... Made her first start with the Minutewomen against UMass-Lowell and tallied a goal during the 6-0 win in the inaugural Kennedy Cup (9/3) ... Added appearances in the starting lineup against Ohio State (9/14), Boston University (10/6) and Saint Louis (10/12) while firing an on-target attempt at No. 3 Connecticut (9/18) ... Had a defensive save in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal against No. 5 Duke on Nov. 17.

Before UMass: Competed for the Casterton School and coach Andrea Thomas ... Also played for the Preston Hockey Club (2009-11) and the Whitley Bay and Tynemouth Hockey Club (2011-13) for coaches Simon Lee and Lynne Dobison ... Four-time Casterton School Athlete of the Year (2007-11) ... Competed on the Casterton School lacrosse, tennis and track and field squads as well ... Earned the Most Improved award for track and field in 2011 ... Senior Sports Person of the Year in 2012 ... Played for the county hockey team, Cumbria, from 2007-13 and the regional squad, Durham, from 2010-13 ... Selected to play for the North of England High Performance Team in the Futures Cup ... Was a captain for the Durham and North of England programs ... Awarded Best of Class in Drama (2011), History of Art (2013) and English (2013) at the Casterton School.

Personal: Daughter of David and Jenn Farrell ... Mother, Jenn competed in the 1986 Commonwealth Games as a high jumper ... Father, David, was also a track athlete who ran a four minute, five second mile and earned a 14.13 time in the 5000-meter ... Older brother, Tom won seven all-America honors, a Big 12 Conference Champion and set school records on the Oklahoma State indoor and outdoor track and field and cross country teams from 2009-13 ... Tom qualified for the 2012 Olympics in the 5000 but did not compete due to injury and made his Olympic debut with an appearance at the 2016 Games.