Christopher Newport University

2016-17 - Junior - Earned second team All-Conference honors...Ranked third on the team in scoring, averaging 10.7 points per game...One of the team's top three-point threats, hitting 59 triples at a 38% clip...Also shot 87% from the free-throw line (48-55)...Hauled in 3.3 rebounds per game while also dishing 33 assists with seven blocks and 21 steals...Eclipsed 1,000 career points in the regular season finale on February 18 against York (Pa.)...Appeared in all 30 games with three starts...Shot 42% from the field (107-255)...Averaged 19.9 minutes per game...Led team in scoring seven times, including a career-high-tying 27 against Virginia Wesleyan on January 1...Registered four 20-point performances and scored in double figures 15 times.

2015-16 - Sophomore - First team All-Conference...Named CAC Player of the Week once...Ranked second on the team in scoring, with 14.0 points per game...Team’s leading three-point threat, knocking down 41% with 77 made from long range...Excelled at the free-throw line, ranking 21st nationally in free-throw percentage with an .879 mark (80-91)...Hit 19 straight FT to start the season...Notched career-high 27 points versus Salisbury (12/2) with five made triples and a 6-for-6 performance at the line...Registered six 20-point performances, including 21 on 7-of-8 shooting in the first round of the NCAA Tournament...Hit CAC Championship-clinching free-throw in overtime against Salisbury (2/27), capping a seven-point performance in extra time to lead CNU to it’s first league title in the CAC...Ranked fourth on the team in rebounding with 3.1 per game and assists, with 1.6 per game...Averaged 15.8 points per game in the NCAA Tournament and led the team in the national semifinal game against eventual champion St. Thomas with 16 points

2014-15 - Freshman - Played in all 28 games in his first year as a Captain, starting ten games...Ranked fourth on the team in scoring, averaging 10.0 points per game, while also chipping in 3.4 rebounds per game...Tied for the team-lead in three-pointers made, with 54, while ranking second in long-range shooting at 35.8%...Third on the team in steals, with 30...Posted season-high 22 point performances at Wesley and against Frostburg State at home...Poured in 16 double-digit scoring performances, including three 20+ point efforts...Showed penchant for coming up in the clutch, as the team’s leading scorer in the final five minutes of games...Led team in scoring six times, including a key 20-point performance in a road win at No. 1 seeded St. Mary’s (Md.) in the CAC Semifinals.

At Massaponax - Played three years of varsity basketball under head coach Darren Hickman...Selected for and  played in the Fredericksburg Area All-Star Game...Earned first team All-Conference and second team All-Region honors following his senior season...Named Defensive Player of the Year...As a junior, picked up first team All-District and third team All-Region honors...Most Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore...Also earned the Triple A Award on Team Action, his U17 AAU team in 2013...Earned Action Award in 2012 and MVP in 2011...Named to Academic All-District all four years...Member of the Future Business Leaders of America.

Personal - Aaron Christopher McFarland was born July 19, 1996 in Richmond, Va...Son of Torsheba and Perryn Givens & Anthony and LaTisha McFarland...Has one sister, Jordan, and two brothers, Noah and Kameron...Favorite sports personalities are Michael Jordan and LeBron James...Dream vacation is a trip to Brazil...Favorite movie is "Friday"...Has not yet decided on a major.