Biography
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2025): Played in all 59 games for the Eagles, starting in all but one of them ... Hir for .236 on the year with 49 hits, 45 runs, 40 RBIs and a .476 SLG ... 22 of his 49 hits went for extra-bases, including a team-best 14 homers, the mots by an Eagle shortstop in a season in program history ... Went 3-4 with a double, homer and four RBIs against Georgia State on 3/28 ... Had a two ome run day against Marshall on 5/15, collecting three RBIs.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2024): Played 48 games total this season, starting 43, moving into the lineup as the Eagles’ everyday shortstop in the middle of the season … Finished the season with a .221 batting average, with 32 hits and 37 runs of his own, plating 32 runners … 15 of his hits went for extra bases, including tying Jarrett Brown with a team-leading 10 home runs … Slugged at a .462 clip in 2024.
GULF COAST STATE (2021-23): Held a .307 batting average during the 2023 season with .595 slugging, 1.055 OPS with 52 runs, 9 doubles, 12 home runs, 42 RBI and 15 stolen bases ... Missed the 2022 season with Tommy John, where he medically redshirted.
FLORIDA ATLANTIC (2019-21): Played in 21 games with four starts in 2021 ... Finished the season with five runs and two RBI ... In 2020, went 3-for-3 in his first ever start, knocking a single, a double, and a HR in an Owl win over Delaware ... Finished 2020 with a .267 average and went errorless at shortstop and center field.
PREP: Four-year letterwinner at Deane Bozeman School under head coach Jeff Patton in Panama City, Fla. ... Was a four year varsity starter ... Named two-time All County, All-District, and All-State ... Named the 2019 Florida Dairy Farmers Ckass 1A State Player of the Year ... Tied school record as a junior with 19 doubles ... Broke record senior season with 43 runs scored ... Hit .382 with 43 R, 23 RBI, 3 HR, and had a 1.156 OPS his senior season ... Had a 1.05 ERA with 14 appearances and 11 starts, 9 wins and 91 Ks that season ... Graduated in the Top 10 academically and named to the DBS Hall of Fame.
PERSONAL: Born Joshua Cade Parker on Feb. 22, 2001, in Starkville, Miss. ... Hometown is Panama City Beach, Fla. ... Son of Hollie and Josh Parker ... Has one brother, Carsen.
MAJOR: Sport Management
