Richie Farmer

Who is Richie Farmer?

Richard Dwight Farmer is a former collegiate basketball player and politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. A point guard, Farmer led Clay County High School to the 1987 Kentucky High School Athletic Association State Basketball Championship and, in 1988, was named Kentucky Mr. Basketball and Kentucky Associated Press Male High School Athlete of the Year after setting a champtionship game record with 51 points in a losing effort. Although popular state-wide and publicly desirous of playing collegiate basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, Coach Eddie Sutton was reluctant to offer Farmer a scholarship. After announcing that he would take official visits to Western Kentucky, LSU, and Kentucky, Farmer issued a deadline past which he would no longer consider Kentucky without a scholarship offer. Sutton relented and offered the scholarship, and Farmer quickly accepted.

Kentucky struggled during Farmer's freshman year, finishing with a 13–19 record, and by mid-season, fans were accusing Sutton of unfairly favoring his son, Sean, over Farmer at the point guard position.