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2019 Baseball

14 Josh Parks

  • Weight 205
  • Height 6-1
  • Bats/Throws L/R
  • Position OF
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Holt, Mich.
  • High School Lansing Christian

Biography

School Records:

  • Career: No. 4 in stolen bases (38); T-No. 4 in triples (9); No. 7 in doubles (39); T-No. 8 in hits (171); No. 9 in home runs (9)
  • Season: T-No. 7 in doubles (15 in 2018)

2019:

  • Started all 36 games
  • Posted a .268 batting average with two home runs, 26 RBI, seven doubles, three triples, 20 runs, 16 walks and five steals on the season
  • Batted 6-for-7 with three RBI, three doubles, one homer and four runs versus Lawrence
  • Went 4-for-9 with three RBI, two triples, one double and three runs against Grinnell
  • Tallied four RBI against Lawrence
  • Totaled eight multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games
  • MWC Academic All-Conference 

2018:

  • Started all 39 games
  • Compiled a .321 batting average with five home runs, 35 RBI, 15 doubles, two triples, 24 walks and 10 stolen bases on 10 attempts on the season
  • Posted 14 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games
  • Went 6-for-10 with five RBI, two homers and two doubles in back-to-back games versus Caltech
  • Batted 4-for-6 with four RBI, two doubles and two stolen bases in a doubleheader at Grinnell
  • Went 4-for-8 with six RBI and three doubles in back-to-back games versus Grinnell and Case Western Reserve
  • Stole three bases against Elmhurst

2017

  • Started 34 out of 36 games played
  • Compiled a .384 batting average with two homers, 26 RBI, six doubles, three triples and 11 stolen bases on the season
  • Collected 15 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games on the year
  • Hit 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBI and one stolen base versus Elmhurst
  • Went 4-for-5 with a double and one RBI at Beloit
  • Batted 8-for-11 with five RBI in a four-game series against Illinois Tech
  • UAA All-Academic

2016:

  • Second Team All-UAA
  • Started 36 games and led the team with a .351 batting average and 12 stolen bases
  • Accumulated 11 doubles, 17 RBI and 14 walks on the season
  • Compiled 16 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games
  • Went 7-for-13 with four RBI in a three-game series at Washington-St. Louis
  • Hit 4-for-8 with three stolen bases in a doubleheader at Hanover
  • Went 5-for-7 with two doubles in a doubleheader at Fontbonne
  • Hit 4-for-8 with three RBI in a doubleheader at Edgewood

Personal:

  • Major: Economics
  • UChicago activities: College Republicans, baseball team representative for the Order of the "C", tour guide in the Admissions Office, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, writer for The Maroon sports section
  • Dean's List
  • Played four years of baseball and basketball in high school
  • Career batting average of .427 with five home runs
  • First Team MHSAA All-State selection as a junior and senior, and All-State Honorable Mention selection as a sophomore
  • First Team MHSAA Academic All-State selection as a junior and senior
  • Three-year team captain of the baseball team and two-year captain of the basketball team
  • Vice President of the inaugural Lansing Christian Athletic Council, four-year Male Representative for the Class of '15 on Student Council
  • National Honor Society, Valedictorian

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2016Freshman

    OF
    6'1" 205 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2017Sophomore

    OF
    6'1" 205 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2018Junior

    OF
    6'1" 205 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2019Senior

    OF
    6'1" 205 lbs
    14