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5 Ben Parker

  • Position Outfielder
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 208
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Los Altos, Calif.
  • High School Los Altos

Biography

Honors & Awards
2025 ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-American
2025 ABCA/Rawlings First Team Atlantic All-Region
2025 CAA Co-Player of the Year
2025 First Team All-CAA
2025 CSC First Team Academic All-American
2025 CSC Academic All-District Team
2025 Preseason All-CAA
2025 D1Baseball Preseason Top 100 OF (No. 37)
2024 Second Team All-CAA
4x CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll (Fall '23, Spring '24, Fall '24, Spring '25)
William & Mary Provost Award Winner (2024-25)
At Whitman College:
2023 ABCA/Rawlings DIII All-America Second Team
2023 D3baseball.com All-America Fourth Team
2023 ABCA/Rawlings DIII All-Region First Team
2023 D3baseball.com All-Region First Team
2023 All-NWC First Team
2022 D3Baseball.com All-Region Second Team
2022 ABCA/Rawlings DIII All-Region Third Team
2022 All-NWC First Team
2021 D3baseball.com DIII All-West Region Second Team
2021 All-NWC First Team

School Records
Career on-base percentage: .488
Longest hitting streak: 34 games (3/9/25 - 5/9/25)

Graduate Student (2025)
Posted a historic offensive campaign that saw him earn CAA Co-Player of the Year honors, becoming the sixth player in program history to do so... First Team All-CAA selection... Started all 56 games, batting a team-high .407 with 70 runs, 94 hits, 23 doubles, 11 home runs, and 50 RBI... Also slugged .684 and had a .498 on-base percentage with 30 walks... Stole 17 of 21 bases... Broke the modern-era program record for longest hitting streak at 34 games, which also tied a CAA record (3/9-5/9)... Ranked fourth nationally in hits, 10th in average, 10th in doubles, 15th in total bases, 17th in runs, and 27th in on-base percentage... Led the CAA in average, hits, doubles, on-base percentage, and total bases... Recorded third-most hits in single-season school history... Posted 31 multi-hit games... Went 3-for-4 with three runs, three RBI, and a homer in season-opener vs. Rhode Island (2/14)... Had a four-hit day against Princeton with a homer (3/11)... Added another four hits and three RBI at East Carolina (3/15)... Had six straight multi-hit games from March 22 to April 1... Blasted a three-run homer in the 12th inning to lift Tribe to road win over UNCW (4/12)... Posted a 3-for-4 day with two RBI and two doubles in a win vs. Campbell (4/19)... Registered five RBI, including a grand slam, in a 15-0 victory at Stony Brook (April 26)... Notched a three-hit night against VMI (April 30)... Went 3-for-4 and reached base five times against George Mason (5/7)... Scored three runs and mashed a solo homer against Towson (May 16)... Named First Team All-Atlantic Region by ABCA/Rawlings... Recognized as a Third Team All-American by ABCA/Rawlings... Selected as a First Team Academic All-American by College Sports Communicators, the first in program history.

Graduate Student (2024)
Earned All-CAA Second Team honors… Named a top 100 outfielder by D1Baseball, reaching No. 51… Led the team with 58 games played, making 57 starts… Drew team-leading 49 walks, the second-most in a single season in program history… Scored team-best 69 runs, tied for the fifth-most in single-season program history… Paced the Tribe with a .335 batting average, 16 doubles, three triples and a .472 on-base percentage… Tied for first on the team with 73 hits… Finished second on the team with 10 home runs, 16 stolen bases and a .573 slugging percentage… Landed in the top 10 in the CAA in six statistics; second in runs and walks, tied fourth in triples, tied eighth in hits, ninth in total bases (125) and 10th in OBP… Had 23 multi-hit games… Ended the season with an active eight game on-base streak… Belted two home runs and two doubles among six hits, adding five RBI and five runs in series victory over Fordham (3/8-10)… Blasted a first-inning home run at No. 17 Virginia (3/12)… Added 10 runs, five walks and three stolen bases in weekend sweep of Quinnipiac (3/15-17)… Went 3-3 with a home run and triple at Norfolk State (3/20)… Tied the team-high with four walks against No. 9 East Carolina (4/16)… Had a three hit game with a pair of doubles and three RBI in series finale against Towson (5/12)… Named to CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll for the fall and spring semesters.
 
Prior to W&M
Played four years at Whitman College… Earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics… Owns the Whitman career records in batting average (.376), slugging percentage (.662), on-base percentage (.475), runs (127), RBI (111), home runs (28), stolen bases (42) and total bases (310)… Also owns the single-season records in slugging percentage (.763), runs (49), RBI (55), home runs (15) and total bases (119)… Three-time All-Northwest Conference selection as a sophomore, junior and senior… Senior (2023): Two-time All-American selection by ABCA/Rawlings (second team) and D3baseball.com (fourth team)… Named first-team All-Region by ABCA/Rawlings and D3baseball.com… Nationally ranked at No. 15 in home runs (15) and home runs per game (0.38)… Led the team in runs, hits, doubles, home runs, RBI, total bases, slugging percentage, walks, hit by pitch, on-base percentage and stolen bases… Earned Whitman Athletics' Senior Class Max Seachris Award for Most Outstanding Performer on a Men's Team… Junior (2022): Named an All-Region selection by D3baseball.com (second team) and ABCA/Rawlings (third team)… Led the Blues in runs (41, 4th in NWC) and hits (54, 5th in NWC)… Finished third in the league in batting average (.388) and fourth in OPS (1.128)… Recorded six home runs on the season and a team-best 91 total bases… Notched a season high five RBIs and homered in a win against PLU… Sophomore (2021): Played in 40 games with 39 starts primarily in the outfield… Named second-team All-Region by D3baseball.com… Hit .408 with 11 doubles, two triples and seven home runs… Season-high five hits (5-6) at Lewis & Clark with three runs, one double and one triple… Posted a pair of doubles and triple in a weekend series at Pacific Lutheran… Had two hits, two runs and one RBI in both games of a doubleheader at Linfield… Freshman (2020): Saw action in 12 games before season was cut short due to COVID.
 
High School
Attended Los Altos High School… Five-year varsity letterwinner in baseball… Three-time first-team all-league selection, four-time overall… All-CCS Third Team as a senior… Helped the Eagles to a 2018 CCS Division I Championship as a junior… Also played football, earning all-league honors four years and league MVP as a sophomore… Played with California Club Baseball. 
 
Personal
Born on November 22, 2000, to parents John and Liz… Has a brother, Aaron… Father played college football as a running back for the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens… Brother is currently a junior catcher at UCSB… Favorite baseball memory is hitting a home run in his final at-bat at Whitman College… Favorite off-day activity is golfing…  Pursuing a Master of Business Administration.

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    2024Graduate Student

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    2025Graduate Student

    Outfielder
    5'10" 208 lbs
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