2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team Honoree
2018 – Senior Season: First Team All-BIG EAST selection… Started in all 54 games… Led the team and ranked fifth in the BIG EAST with a .336 batting average… Hit for power with 15 doubles, three triples and a team-high seven home runs… Led Butler with 25 multi-hit games… Posted 11 multi-RBI games… Reached base safely in 14-straight games… Logged 37 RBI… Ranked second in the BIG EAST with a .536 slugging percentage… Scored 45 runs, the fifth-highest total in the BIG EAST… Collected 71 total hits… Led Butler and ranked fourth in the BIG EAST with 113 total bases… Walked 30 times to raise his on-base percentage to .424… Posted the third-highest on-base percentage in the BIG EAST… Stole five bases… Recorded 100 putouts on the year… Posted a .990 fielding percentage in right field… Hit .329 in conference games… Started in all 18 BIG EAST contests… Hit five home runs vs conference foes… Scored at least one run in the first six games of the season… Went 2-for-4 at UNCW with a double and a home run for two RBI and a run scored (Feb. 17)… Helped BU defeat George Mason with a double, two RBI and a run scored (Feb. 24)… Hit 2-for-4 vs. St. Peter’s with a double and a triple (March 2)… Scored a season-high three runs in the home opener vs. Fort Wayne (March 9)… Went 3-for-3 from the plate with a double, an RBI and a run scored at Western Michigan (March 16)… Recorded at least one RBI in six-straight games from March 16-28… Helped BU defeat Anderson with a double, a triple, two RBI and two runs scored (March 28)… Hit a solo home run in the series opener at Villanova (April 13)… Ended the Wildcat series with an RBI triple (April 15)… Hit a walk-off double to left field vs. Illinois State (April 28)… Hit two doubles at Illinois State (April 29)… Hit a home run in game two of the weekend series vs. Xavier (May 5)… Went 4-for-4 with two walks and two runs scored vs. Toledo (May 9)… Went 2-for-3 vs. Georgetown with a homer, two runs scored and three RBI (May 11)… Hit a home run at St. John’s (May 17)… Ended the year going 3-for-4 vs. St. John’s in the second round of the BIG EAST Tournament (May 25)… Hit a home run and posted two RBI in the setback… Hit a home run in the semifinals of the BIG EAST Tournament vs. Seton Hall (May 26)… Ended the game with two hits, two RBI and a run scored… 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-District honoree… Second Team Academic All-America selection.
2017 – Junior Season: Appeared in all 51 games, making 48 starts… Held a .294 batting average, the third-highest on the team… Came up with 50 hits including 13 doubles, a team-high three triples and five home runs… Finished second on the team with 33 RBI… Scored 32 runs… Posted the second-highest slugging percentage on the team (.494)… Walked 18 times… Led the team in hit by pitch (9)… Held a .381 on-base percentage… Stole four bases… Went 2-for-3 in his first start with a double, three RBI and a run scored (Feb. 18)… First home run of the year was recorded at Alcorn State (Feb. 25)… Added three runs scored against the Braves… Hit an RBI triple at Alcorn State the next game (Feb. 25)… Opened up the Saint Louis series going 2-for-3 with two doubles, one RBI and one run scored (March 17)… Recorded a season-high four RBIs at Ball State (March 28)… Cleared the bases with a triple and added a sacrifice fly… Impacted the game at Chicago State with three hits, a double, a RBI, a run scored and two stolen bases (April 1)… Hit a two-RBI triple at Seton Hall (April 7)… Went 2-for-4 vs. Eastern Illinois with a home run, a double and two runs scored (April 18)… Rounded the bases at Xavier with a home run in part of a 3-for-4 day at the plate with three RBI and three runs scored (April 22)… Recorded three hits at Miami while walking twice and stealing a bag (May 3)… Hit a home run at Purdue to help BU defeat the Boilermakers (May 10)… Finished the year with a two-run home run vs. Creighton (May 19).
2016 - Sophomore Season: Played in 48 games, making 46 starts... BU home run leader with three long balls on the season... Hit .244 by collecting 43 hits in 176 at-bats... Added 10 doubles and a triple to his stat line to raise his slugging percentage to .364... Walked 13 times to post a .308 on-base percentage... Scored 24 runs...Ended the year with 18 RBI...Stole two bases... Didn't commit a single error in the field while recording 100 put-outs and one assist... Had a breakout performance vs. Northwestern going 4-for-5 from the plate with a double, a triple, two RBI and two runs scored (March 5)... Hit his first home run of the year at Indiana State (April 1)... Went 2-for-3 vs. Xavier with an inside the park home run, two RBI and a run scored (April 29)... Hit a homer at St. John's to register two RBI and a run scored (May 7)... Went 2-for-5 vs. Mercer with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored (May 14)... Hit two more doubles vs. Ball State (May 17)... Ended the year with a 2-for-5 day vs. Seton Hall that incldued a double, two RBI and a run scored (May 20).
2015 - Freshman Season: Saw action in 21 games, making 10 starts... Picked up three hits on the year... Scored six runs... Recorded a triple and three RBIs... Walked 11 times to raise his on-base percentage to .298... Stole four bases... Made 27 putouts in the field with one assist to post a 1.000 fielding percentage... Recorded all three of his RBIs at ETSU as part of a 2-for-4 day from the plate (Feb. 28)... Lone triple of the season came vs. Bucknell (March 13)... Stole his first base at Pepperdine (Feb. 20)... Saw BIG EAST action during the final weekend of the regular season... Scored a run and stole a base vs. the Musketeers (May 15).
High School: Parker will join the program after a successful high school career at Maine South H.S. where he played for head coach Bill Milano... The Central Suburban All-Conference selection was a two-year team captain that helped his team win a sectional and regional championship in 2013... Hit .330 as a junior with 27 runs scored and 14 stolen bases... Increased his production with a .421 batting average as a senior while adding five home runs, 23 RBIs, 35 runs scored and 16 stolen bases... Named team MVP after his senior season... IHSBCA All-State selection as a senior as well as an IHSBCA All-Area pick... Away from the dugout, Parker is an Illinois State scholar as well as a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Son of Dan and Katie Parker... Has a brother named Zach and a sister named Kylie... Majoring in exploratory communications.
