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2016 Softball

1 Devan Parkison

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Elk Grove
  • Hometown Elk Grove Village, Ill.

Biography

School Records:

  • Career: No. 1 in stolen bases (67)
  • Season: T-No. 1 in stolen bases (26 in 2015)

2016:

  • NFCA Third Team All-Region
  • Started all 37 games
  • Hit for a .344 batting average with 12 RBI, two doubles, one triple and a team-high 16 stolen bases on the season
  • Compiled 13 multi-hit games and three games with multiple stolen bases
  • Went 4-for-4 versus Aurora
  • Tallied three hits against Wheaton and Union (N.Y.)
  • Went 3-for-5 with three RBI in a doubleheader versus Mount Mary
  • UAA All-Academic

2015:

  • Started all 34 games
  • Ranked second on the team with a .355 batting average and tied for the team lead with eight doubles while adding 11 RBI
  • Tied the school record for stolen bases in a season (26)
  • Stole four bases in a doubleheader against Lawrence and North Park
  • Tallied three hits versus Wellesley and Thomas
  • Hit 5-for-7 with two RBI and two steals in a doubleheader at Hope
  • Collected 10 multi-hit games and had a 12-game hitting streak during the season
  • UAA All-Academic

2014:

  • Started 33 out of 35 games played, compiling a .287 batting average with two doubles and six RBI
  • Ranked No. 2 in school history with 21 stolen bases on the season
  • Went 3-for-3 with two steals versus Oberlin
  • Stole three bases versus Carleton
  • Hit 4-for-8 with four stolen bases in a doubleheader versus Lake Forest
  • UAA All-Academic Team

2013:

  • Played in 27 games with 12 starts; hit for a .317 batting average with one RBI and four steals
  • Went 2-for-3 versus Buena Vista and Wisconsin-Whitewater

Personal:

  • Major: Economics
  • Dean's List
  • Played four years of softball, two years of basketball and two years of volleyball in high school
  • As a senior, tallied a .397 batting average, .480 on-base percentage, 33 RBI, 36 runs, eight doubles and four home runs
  • All-Area and All-Conference 2010-12, ICA All-State Honorable Mention 2010, Chicago Sun-Times Top 100 softball players 2011, 2012
  • Team was ranked No. 12 in the nation by ESPN, took third place in the 2010 Class 4A state championships, and fourth place in the 2012 Class 4A state championships
  • National Honor Society, seven semester A-Honor Roll, Illinois State Scholar, IHSA Scholastic Achievement Award

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2013Freshman

    C/OF/1B
    5'6"
    1
  • 1

    2014Sophomore

    OF/C
    5'6"
    1
  • 1

    2015Junior

    OF/C
    5'6"
    1
  • 1

    2016Senior

    OF
    5'6"
    1