Eastern Illinois University Athletics

EASTERN ILLINOIS:

2017 - 2nd Team ABCA All-Mideast Region
2018 - Signed to the Southern Illinois Miners

SENIOR (2018): Started all 54 games at third base in his second season at EIU...after the conclusion of the 2018 season, Parks signed a contract to play for the Southern Illinois Miners... led the Panthers in home runs with 15 on the season..moved into sixth in the record books for career home runs with 33...earned third in the EIU record books for single season walks in 2018 with 42...led the Panthers in total bases (115), runs (44), doubles (14), walks (42), and home runs (15)..had two home run games against Jacksonville State on March 17, and against Austin Peay on May 18...


JUNIOR (2017): Started all 56 games at third base in his first season at EIU... named second team All-Mideast Region by American Baseball Coaches Association... batted an even .300 with 65 hits on the year... finished with 10 doubles, two triples and 18 home runs, scored 43 runs while driving in a team-high 57 runs... the 18 home runs ranked eighth in NCAA and tied for second in single-season history at EIU... ranks eighth in RBIs, tied for seventh in total bases (133) and ninth in at-bats (217) in single-season history... made first start of his career on Feb. 18 at South Alabama... collected first hit at EIU on Feb. 19 at South Alabama... hit first home run and drove in four RBIs on Feb. 24 at Central Arkansas... hit five home runs in a three-game span from Apr.18-21, including a pair of two-home run games on Apr. 18 at Butler and Apr. 19 against Lindenwood-Belleville... also had two home runs in a game on Apr. 28 at Morehead State... had 18 multi-hit games including 14 games with two hits, two games with three hits and one games with four hits on Mar. 24 where he finished a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate against Murray State and on Apr. 28 at Morehead State where he collected four hits in five at-bats and drove in a season-high of six RBIs... led the team with 15 multi-RBI games... drove in two runs six times, drove in three runs six times, had one four-RBI game and had two games where he drove in 5+ runs... finished with five RBIs on Mar. 28 against Robert Morris... ended the season with an active 21-game on-base streak that began on Apr. 18 at Butler...

John A Logan:  An infielder that helped John A. Logan College win a Great Rivers Athletic Conference regular season title playing for coach Jerry Halstead... provided power from the corner infield position with a slugging percentage of .609 as he hit .313 with 20 doubles, 11 home runs and 46 RBI...

Misc.: Was named a summer league second team All-American in 2017 playing for the Lafayette Aviators of the Prospect League... he was named the league MVP...