HONORS & AWARDS
- All-WCC Honorable Mention - 2019
- WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention - 2019
- WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention - 2017
2019 (RS SENIOR): Was named All-West Coast Conference Honorable Mention after going 8-3 on the year with a 3.99 ERA and 59 strikeouts in the Dons' weekend starting rotation ... Also named WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention for the second time in his career ... Stepped up and excelled in the weekend starting rotation after being slotted there due to injuries to the pitching staff ... Tied for the team lead with eight wins (8-3) and also posted a sub-4.00 ERA (3.99) in 70 innings pitched ... Had a near-3-to-1 strikeouts-to-walks ratio with 59 Ks and just 21 bases on balls ... Also led the team with three pickoffs ... Won five consecutive Saturday starts in WCC play from March 23-April 19, going 5-0 with a 2.57 ERA and 22 strikeouts, helping set the Dons up to either sweep or win the series each week ... Had a career-high 10 strikeouts against only one walk on the road at first-place BYU on May 10, allowing no extra-base hits as the Dons went on to beat the Cougars 9-1 ... Had 10 starts in which he only allowed two or less runs in at least five innings pitched (USF went 10-0 in those games).
2018 (RS JUNIOR): Made 25 appearances, all in relief, and struck out 23 in 25 innings of work ... Sported a 6.48 ERA and an 0-2 record with a save ... Was part of the Dons' shutout effort on March 25 versus Portland, throwing a shutout inning with a strikeout and two walks in the 4-0 win ... Earned a save with 1 2/3 innings of perfect relief versus Portland on March 24, closing out the Dons' win with two strikeouts ... Had 14 scoreless appearances and 16 total in which he did not allow an earned run ... Longest outing of the season was his first, a 4 1/3-innings showing in the Opening Weekend series at UTSA ... Threw at least one full inning in 15 of his appearances, and had at least one strikeout in 15 of his games.
2017 (RS SOPHOMORE): Named WCC All-Academic honorable mention ... Made 32 appearances on the year, which were the second-most in a single season in program history … Pitched primarily as a late-game reliever, but started in his final three outings of the year … Went 5-1 with a 2.95 ERA overall … Registered 30 strikeouts over 39 2/3 innings of work … Allowed just four earned runs over 15 2/3 innings from the seventh inning or later … Enjoyed a stretch of 14 straight relief appearances from March 25 to April 28 where he didn’t allow a run to score, a span of 13 1/3 innings … Allowed just six of 35 inherited runners to score all season … From March 12 to April 21, stranded all 21 runners he inherited … Struck out a career-high five batters over 4 2/3 innings in his final outing of the year against Pacific on May 20 … Allowed three runs on nine hits while striking out two and walking two to earn a win over Pepperdine on May 7 in his second career start … Those six innings pitched were also a career high.
2016 SUMMER: Played with the Wisconsin Woodchucks in the Northwoods League ... Was a teammate of Joey Steele ... Posted an 8-1 record with a 3.85 ERA in 11 starts ... Logged 67 2/3 innings of work over 13 appearances overall ... Struck out 36 batters.
2016 (RS FRESHMAN): Made eight appearances with one start on the year ... Went 1-1 with an 8.22 ERA overall ... Struck out five batters in 7 2/3 innings of work ... Earned his first career win vs. Hawai’i (Feb. 27) with one scoreless inning of relief where he allowed one hit ... Earned a no-decision in his first-career start at Cal (March 29), throwing a season-high 2 2/3 scoreless innings where he allowed two hits with three walks and a season-best two strikeouts ... Took the loss in relief in his season debut at UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 20), going two innings, allowing two runs on one hit with a strikeout.
SUMMER 2015: Played with the Humboldt Crabs of the Horizon Air Summer Series ... Posted a 4-1 record and a 1.57 ERA in 34.2 innings with 32 strikeouts ... Helped team win the Humboldt Invitational championship.
2015 (FRESHMAN): Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Tom Faris at Dana Hills High School … Posted a 1.12 ERA as a senior ... Helped lead his team to a Sea View League championship in 2014 ... Registered a 1.71 ERA his junior year ... Earned scholar athlete honors all four years.
PERSONAL: Born April 3, 1996, in Laguna Beach, Calif. … Parents are Perry and Lori Parker ... Majoring in business administration ... Aspires for a career in sports marketing after graduating from USF ... Named to the Principal’s honor roll all four years, and the Superintendent’s honor roll in 2011, 2013, and 2014 ... California Scholarship Federation member all four years of high school ... His father played golf at UC Irvine and currently plays professional golf ... uncles, Stacy and Cory, both played baseball at UC Irvine and played professionally ... His twin sister, Diana, played softball at Boston University from 2015-18 ... Enjoys playing golf, going to the beach, body surfing, and playing the ukulele.
