ALLIANCE, Ohio – Mount Union senior Elijah Farrington (Massillon / Massillon Washington) has been named a D3hoops.com Fifth Team Preseason All-American.

Farrington is coming off a season where he averaged 15.7 points per game and 8.2 rebounds per game, while shooting 55-percent from the field. He was a First Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection last season and was named the Dick Reynolds Player-of-the-Year in the conference, while also being named D3hoops.com First Team All-Region Seven, National Association of Basketball Coaches First Team All-District Seven and NABC Second Team All-American.

Farrington and the Purple Raiders open their 2026-27 campaign on Friday, November 6 against Franklin and Marshall at 7 p.m. in the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex in Alliance.