Oklahoma City University Athletics

Expected to fill ace role … wants the ball in all situations … low-to-mid-90 mph fastball … 2009: Went 8-1 with 4.06 earned run average … struck out 100 in 82 innings … second-team all-Sooner Athletic Conference … struck out 10 in nine-inning complete game, allowing one earned run on six hits vs. Texas Wesleyan on May 12 in opening-round tournament … nine strikeouts in 6.1 innings, allowing two hits and two unearned runs vs. Lubbock Christian on March 21 … 11 strikeouts in 5.2 innings at Wayland Baptist on March 16 … 10 strikeouts in eight innings at Oklahoma Christian on April 10 … nine strikeouts in eight innings, allowing one run on two hits vs. Mid-America Christian on Feb. 18 … nine strikeouts in 7.2 shutout innings vs. Bethany on Feb. 27 … eight strikeouts in four scoreless innings vs. St. Gregory’s on March 30 … 2008: Went 2-3 with 4.03 ERA … struck out 52 in 38 innings … struck out six in five innings to get win vs. Missouri Valley on March 2 … struck out three in 3.1 innings for win vs. Missouri Baptist on May 16 in NAIA Mid-South Super Regional … five strikeouts in two perfect innings at Mid-America Christian on March 8 … struck out eight in six innings, allowing two earned runs on four hits in start at USAO on March 15 … struck out two in one inning for save vs. Dakota Wesleyan on Feb. 10 … save at Northwood on Feb. 2 … save vs. Oklahoma Baptist on April 18 … four strikeouts in two innings at Rogers State on April 13 … five strikeouts in two innings vs. York on Feb. 18 … Previous schools: Went 3-1 with 4.57 ERA … struck out 20 in 41.1 innings … two saves … coached by Britt Smith … spent freshman year at Lon Morris (Texas) … High school: Coached by Bob Rombach at Duncanville (Texas) … lettered in baseball … National Merit Scholar … Personal: Pursuing master's degree in health and human performance … son of Wayne and Joanne Parker … Valley League all-star with Harrisonburg Turks (Va.) … born Sept. 17, 1986 in Duncanville, Texas.

OCU Career Statistics

 
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Person whose brain I’d like to pick: George S. Patton

Twitter is: Retarded

What I put on my hamburger: Everything except mustard

The top of my list: Play in the majors

Being an OCU Star means: You are the best of the best and set the bar