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American softball player and coach
Paige Nicole Parker (born January 24, 1996) is an American, former collegiate four-time
All-American, professional
softball
pitcher and current assistant head coach at
Utah.
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5] She played
college softball at
Oklahoma, and won back-to-back National Championships with the Sooners in 2016 and 2017. Parker is a career record holder for
perfect games (4) for the school and also ranks top-10 in the
Big 12 Conference and the
NCAA Division I for the same category.
[6]
[7]
[8] She was drafted sixth overall in the
2018 NPF Draft and went on to play for the
USSSA Pride.
Playing career
She attended
Truman High School
[9]
[10] in
Independence, Missouri.
[11]
[12] She later attended the
University of Oklahoma, where she
pitched for the
Oklahoma Sooners softball team.
[13]
[14]
[15] Parker led the Sooners to back-to-back
Women's College World Series championships in
2016 and
2017.
[16]
[17]
Parker was drafted sixth overall in the
2018 NPF Draft and went on to play for the
USSSA Pride.
[18]
Coaching career
On October 5, 2018, Parker was named assistant coach for
William Jewell College softball team.
[19]
On September 18, 2019, Parker was named volunteer assistant coach for
Oklahoma.
[20]
On July 31, 2020, Parker was named assistant coach for
Tulsa.
[21]
On August 13, 2021, Parker was named assistant coach for
Utah.
[22]
Career Statistics
YEAR
|
W
|
L
|
GP
|
GS
|
CG
|
SHO
|
SV
|
IP
|
H
|
R
|
ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
ERA
|
WHIP
|
2015
|
28
|
7
|
42
|
31
|
23
|
9
|
3
|
217.0
|
129
|
56
|
51
|
57
|
224
|
1.64
|
0.85
|
2016
|
38
|
3
|
47
|
36
|
32
|
14
|
0
|
252.1
|
174
|
69
|
59
|
68
|
269
|
1.64
|
0.96
|
2017
|
26
|
5
|
44
|
31
|
15
|
6
|
2
|
210.1
|
136
|
54
|
43
|
47
|
262
|
1.43
|
0.87
|
2018
|
31
|
3
|
41
|
35
|
10
|
8
|
1
|
187.2
|
101
|
24
|
22
|
38
|
213
|
0.82
|
0.74
|
TOTALS
|
123
|
18
|
174
|
133
|
80
|
37
|
6
|
867.1
|
540
|
203
|
175
|
210
|
968
|
1.41
|
0.86
|
References
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"Paige Parker". Tulsahurricane.com. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
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"2015 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
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"2016 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
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"2017 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
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"2018 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
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"Oklahoma 2019 Media Guide". Issuu.com. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
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"Big 12 Softball Record Book" (PDF). Big12sports.com. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
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"Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
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^ Goodwin, Shaun (June 4, 2018).
"Former Truman High softball pitcher caps historic collegiate career at Oklahoma".
The Kansas City Star.
Archived from the original on February 20, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
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^ Althaus, Bill (December 30, 2017).
"Truman grad Parker comes back home to workout".
The Examiner. Archived from
the original on February 20, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
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^ Echlin, Greg (June 4, 2017).
"Independence Pitcher Paige Parker Heads To Another College Softball World Series".
KCUR.
Archived from the original on February 20, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
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^ McKelvey, John (April 7, 2018).
"Parker doesn't let her knees, or anything else, slow her down".
The Norman Transcript.
Archived from the original on February 20, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
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^ Horning, Clay (June 2, 2018).
"A Paige for the ages".
The Norman Transcript.
Archived from the original on June 5, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
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^ McKelvey, John (May 30, 2018).
"As Oklahoma prepares for history, Paige Parker could make some of her own".
The Norman Transcript.
Archived from the original on February 20, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
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^ Hosler, Corbin (April 15, 2015).
"Parker has learned quickly as Sooner ace".
The Norman Transcript.
Archived from the original on February 20, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
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^ Hays, Graham (May 17, 2018).
"Three formative weekends in the life of Oklahoma's Paige Parker".
ESPN.
Archived from the original on February 20, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
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"Paige Parker throws shutout as Oklahoma stays alive in WCWS".
USA Today. June 2, 2018. Archived from
the original on February 20, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
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"Oklahoma softball: Paige Parker drafted by USSSA Pride with No. 6 overall pick". oudaily.com. April 23, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
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"Paige Parker Added to Jewell Softball Coaching Staff". jewellcardinals.com. October 5, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
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"STAR-STUDDED STAFF IN NORMAN". SoonerSports.com. University of Oklahoma Athletics. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
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"Get to Know Assistant Softball Coach Paige Parker". tulsahurricane.com. July 31, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
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"Softball Adds Paige Parker to Coaching Staff". pac-12.com. August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
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