Native Washingtonian Shawn Farber returned home to the Pacific Northwest several years ago
and has established a lengthy resume as a football official across two states and nearly 10
years.

Born December 13, 1974, in Ephrata, Farber played football, basketball, baseball, and tennis at
Ephrata High School before graduating in 1993. After retiring from the Air National Guard, he
attended Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma, graduating in 2016.

While in Oklahoma, Farber began officiating high school football in 2016. The following year he
added officiating in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College conference to his resume, and he
worked at both levels until 2021. Since moving back to Washington, he has officiated football in
the Northwest Conference since 2022. During that time, he’s also officiated high school
football, basketball, and baseball in the area.