Northwestern State University of Louisana

2019 Season (Freshman): Started all 57 games as a freshman at first base, hitting primarily in the No. 4 and No. 6 spots … led team in RBIs for most of season, finished second with 32 (10^th in SLC) … hit .238 with four home runs, five doubles and 19 runs scored … led team with six sacrifice flies … career-high three RBIs three different times (Boston College, Fairleigh Dickinson and ACU) … homered against FDU as part of career-high three hits … also homered twice against ACU and once against La. Tech … had an RBI triple at No. 16 Texas … third on the team with nine multi-RBI games and first with an RBI in 20 different games.

High School: Highly decorated infielder that played two seasons at Bernker High in Richardson, Texas, before playing last two seasons at Bishop Lynch … Max Preps All-American as a sophomore, in which she hit .687 with 15 home runs and 59 RBis … district offensive player of the year as a sophomore … named NFCA National Player of the Week in Week 13 as a senior, batted .929 with 18 RBIs, 12 runs scored and seven extra-base hits in five games … batted .536 with a 1.101 slugging percentage as a senior … all-state performer as a junior and was named district offensive player of the year for a second time … led the state of Texas in home runs as a junior … batted .463 with a 1.029 slugging … four-time all-district performer who was named district catcher of the year as a freshman, in which she .442 with 26 RBIs … helped teams win at least one playoff game in each of her last three seasons, advancing to the state quarterfinals as a junior.

Personal: Daughter of Kimberly Cantrell and Michael Parks … only child … majoring in nursing with plans to pursue a masters degree … aspires to live in Boston and work at the Boston Children’s Hospital in pediatric oncology … life’s goal is to be part of a medical team that combats childhood cancer.