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2024 Baseball Roster

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26 Evan Parks

  • Position 1B
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 185
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Grand Rapids, Mich.
  • Highschool Forest Hills Eastern

Biography

2024 – Sophomore Season: Played in 43 games, making 33 starts… Recorded 32 hits in 120 at-bats to post a .267 batting average… Ended the year with six doubles, one triple and three home runs to raise his slugging percentage to .408… Recorded 49 total bases and 16 RBI’s… Scored 20 runs… Walked 18 times and was hit by a pitch seven times to move his on-base percentage to .390… Had one sac fly… Came up with two other sacrifice hits… Went 4-for-5 on stolen bases… Responsible for 165 putouts and assisted on 41 outs… Posted a .972 fielding percentage… Went 3-for-5 from the plate at Alabama A&M with a home run and two runs scored (2/23)… Had a three-hit game at Ball State that included a homer (5/7)… Walked a season-high four times vs. Xavier (5/3)… Went 2-for-2 with a home run and two walks at Morehead State (3/2)… Scored three runs in that game to go along with two RBIs… Scored three runs, had two hits and recorded two RBI’s in Butler’s game two win over AAMU (2/24)… Went 2-for-5 with a double and two RBI’s at Eastern Michigan (4/16)… Hit a triple vs. Miami (4/17)… Had a double and scored two runs vs. Eastern Illinois (5/8)… Went 2-for-4 with two RBI’s at Villanova (5/11)… Opened the UConn series with two RBI’s (5/16)… Hit a double in the finale at Nova (5/12).

2023 – Freshman Season: Played in 24 games, making nine starts… Came up with 10 hits in 43 at-bats to post a .233 batting average… Hit two doubles and a home run to boost his slugging percentage to .349… Walked three times to raise his on-base percentage to .283… Ended the year with 15 total bases and four RBI… Made 51 putouts and assisted on four outs… Only made one error to post a .982 fielding percentage… Hit the first home run of his collegiate career in his final game of the season vs. St. John’s (5/19)… Made his Bulldog debut at LSU (3/6)… First hit of the year went for extra bases as a double at SEMO (3/10)… Hit an RBI double at Ball State (3/22)… Went 2-for-3 from the plate vs. Northern Kentucky (4/18)… Came up with an RBI at Eastern Illinois (4/2) and at Georgetown (5/6)… Stole a base at Cincinnati (3/26)...Threw an inning vs. St. John’s (5/18).

High School: Four-year starter under the direction of head coach Ian Hearn… Helped his team post a 39-4 overall record, including an 18-3 record against conference competition… Part of the 2022 D2 State Championship Team… Hit .402 over his four-year career at Forest Hills Eastern… Held a .472 batting average his senior season… Three-time All-Conference selection… All-State selection… Team Captain… Michigan East/West All-Star Game Participant… All-time hits leader at Forest Hills Eastern… Voted First Team Dream Team for Michigan… Went 3-for-3 in the State Championship Game while pitching a one-hitter… Played club baseball for Five Star National Midwest… Academic All-State selection.

Personal: Son of Ryan Parks & Elizabeth Eisenhart-Parks, and Amy Parks. One brother: Owen. Finance major.

Why Parks Chose Butler
“Butler competes at a high level both academically and athletically. I want to further my career and develop my skill-set at a place that pushes me to get better.”

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2023Freshman

    SS
    6'3" 185 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2024Sophomore

    1B
    6'3" 185 lbs
    26
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