Kyle Parker Class: Junior Hometown: Jacksonville, FL High School: Bartram Trail HS Height / Weight: 6-1 / 200 Position: OF Experience: 2VL Major: Communication Studies

Graduated from high school a semester early to enroll in January, 2008...signed to play football at Clemson as one of the top quarterback prospects in the country...emerged as one of the best freshmen in the ACC and country...has tremendous power and outstanding instincts at the plate...hits for power to all fields...played mostly at right field and third base when playing in the field in 2008, but he played strictly in right field along with being the DH during the second half of the 2008 season...successfully juggled playing baseball as a freshman when he should still have been a senior in high school along with the rigors of spring football practice; he spent several early-season games in 2008 being shuttled from spring football practice to Doug Kingsmore Stadium, sometimes arriving just prior to "first pitch"...slated to be a starter in the outfield in 2009...will compete for the starting quarterback spot during spring practice...named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List in the preseason...#32 player in the nation in the preseason by TheCollegeBaseballBlog.com...preseason first-team All-ACC by Rivals.com.

2008: First-team freshman All-American by Baseball America...freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball...First-Team All-ACC selection; he was one of only two freshmen to earn first-team honors...second-team All-ACC by SEBaseball.com...hit .303 with 44 runs, 12 doubles, 14 homers, 50 RBIs, a .400 on-base percentage, and two steals in 57 games (55 starts, including a team-high 29 as the DH, 16 in right field, nine at third base, and one at first base); he also saw action at second base...tied for sixth in the ACC in home runs...led the team in home runs and was second in RBIs, slugging percentage (.559), and walks (32)...batted .336 with six doubles, 10 homers, 34 RBIs, and a .441 on-base percentage in 29 ACC regular-season starts...tied for second in the ACC in homers, was second in RBIs, and was fifth in slugging percentage (.673) in ACC regular-season games...had a streak of nine straight games with an RBI in May...after going 23 straight games with a home run during the middle of the season, he hit eight homers in last 14 regular-season games...hit .339 with seven homers and 23 RBIs in 16 games in the outfield...hit .411 with 11 homers, 41 RBIs, and a .492 on-base percentage in Clemson wins and only .179 with three homers, nine RBIs, and a .291 on-base percentage in Clemson losses...had 11 multi-RBI games, including seven games with at least three RBIs...named ACC Player-of-the-Week on April 28 for his performances in five games from April 22-27; he went 6-for-16 (.375) with six runs, two doubles, three homers, 12 RBIs, six walks, and a 1.063 slugging percentage to lead Clemson to a 5-0 record...hit a line-drive single to center on the first pitch of his first career plate appearance and came around to score in the first game of a doubleheader against Mercer on Feb. 23...hit his first career homer against High Point on Feb. 27...went 3-for-5 with a double, two runs, and a stolen base at College of Charleston on Feb. 29...went 5-for-5 with three homers, a double, 15 total bases, five runs, and seven RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader at Wake Forest on Mar. 9; his three-run homer in the ninth inning tied the score and helped the Tigers to a 12-11 comeback win from an 11-4 deficit; he became the 12th Tiger in history to hit three home runs in a game...went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two runs against North Carolina-Greensboro on Mar. 11...went 2-for-3 with a homer and four RBIs against Boston College on Mar. 16...went 3-for-5 with a home run against N.C. State on Mar. 21; he went 6-for-11 (.545) in the series...went 2-for-5 with two RBIs at Duke on Apr. 18...hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the 11th inning at Duke on Apr. 20, but it did not count because unplayable field conditions forced the final score to revert back to the end of the 10th inning, which resulted in a 6-6 tie...went 1-for-1 with an RBI and three walks against Presbyterian at Greenville, SC on Apr. 23...hit a three-run homer and walked twice against Virginia Tech on Apr. 25...went 3-for-4 with two homers, a double, two runs, and five RBIs against Virginia Tech on Apr. 26; his three-run homer in the eighth inning gave the Tigers the lead for good; his only hitless at-bat was a flyout that was caught near the top of the fence; he also threw a runner out at home from right field trying to score from second base on a single...went 1-for-3 with a double, three RBIs, and a walk against Virginia Tech on Apr. 27; he went 5-for-10 (.500) with five runs, two doubles, three homers, 11 RBIs, and three walks in the series...went 1-for-2 with three runs, a three-run homer, and four walks against #3 Florida State on May 3...went 2-for-5 with a double and two runs against #3 Florida State on May 4; he went 4-for-10 with five runs, a double, homer, three RBIs, and five walks in the series...went 2-for-5 with a double, two runs, and two RBIs against Furman at Greenville, SC (Fluor Field) on May 7...went 2-for-4 with a solo homer at #25 Georgia Tech on May 9...went 2-for-5 with two runs, an RBI, walk, and stolen base at #25 Georgia Tech on May 11...went 2-for-3 with a homer, two runs, a walk, and hit-by-pitch at Central Florida on May 15...hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning that gave Clemson the lead for good at Central Florida on May 16...went 2-for-4 with a homer, double, three RBIs, and a walk at Central Florida on May 17; it was the night of his high school Senior Prom that he missed to help Clemson to victory; he went 5-for-12 (.417) with four runs, a double, three homers, six RBIs, two walks, and a hit-by-pitch in the series...went 2-for-5 with a walk against #24 Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament on May 24; the game was played in his hometown.

BEFORE CLEMSON: Standout baseball player and quarterback at Bartram Trail High School...first-team all-state and all-county selection as a junior...county player-of-the-year as a junior...did not play his senior year of high school on the diamond in the spring of 2008, because he graduated a semester early; he accepted a football scholarship and enrolled at Clemson in January of 2008...coached by Storm Davis in baseball...#34 prospect in the nation according to ESPN.com...#4 quarterback in the nation by ESPN.com...#62 prospect in Florida and #10 pro-style quarterback in the nation by Rivals.com...#13 quarterback in the nation by Scout.com...#39 prospect in Florida by SuperPrep...played in the ESPN/Under Armour All-American game; he threw the game-winning touchdown pass to fellow Tiger signee Jamie Harper...totaled over 2,500 passing yards and 15 touchdowns along with over 1,000 rushing yards as a senior...lettered four times in baseball and four times in football at Bartram Trail High.

PERSONAL: Son of former NFL wide receiver Carl Parker, who was a member of the Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets, and Minnesota Vikings for a total of six seasons; he played three games in 1989 and had one reception for 45 yards that season; he also played three games in 1988 during the Bengals' Super Bowl season...his mother Cathy was featured on ESPN's "Outside the Lines" in 2007, as she helped raise over $800,000 for Barrow (AK) High School's new artificial turf field that was named Cathy Parker Field in her honor...majoring in communication studies...born Kyle James Parker on Sept. 30, 1989 in Cincinnati, OH.