Wildcats look forward to SEC Championship on April 20 at St. Simons Island, Ga.
- 2009-10 SEC All-Freshman Team
2010-11: The only Wildcat to play in all 11 events last season, finishing the season with the best season stroke average on the squad with a 73.29 mark ... Had two top-10 finishes and three top-20 finishes ... Second consecutive season he has finished with the lowest season stroke average on the team ... Had the lowest 54-hole tournament score of the season for UK, earning a 4-under par 212 at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate en route to tying for second place ... Was Kentucky's best finisher in three events: Wolf Run Intercollegiate (T23rd), Mobile Bay Intercollegiate (T2nd), SEC Championships (T12th) ... Finished either first or second for UK in seven of the Wildcats' 11 events ... Had a very impressive 12th-place finish in the SEC Championships with a 5-over par score of 215 ... Improved his season stroke average from his freshman campaign by nearly two strokes ... His 1-under par 69 in the final round of the SEC Championships was one of the lowest rounds of the tournament by any golfer.
Summer 2010: Finished fourth in the Spirit of America shooting a 71-68-69-74 against some of the best players in the country ... Finished second in the Georgia State Amateur Championship, posting a new competitive-course record of 7-under-par 65 ...
2009-10: The only underclassman to play in 10 or more events for Kentucky, joining then-junior Brain Belden and then-seniors Jordan Blann and Ben Fuqua on that list ... Became the first UK men's golfer selected to the SEC All-Freshman team ... Posted a season stroke average of 74.41, the lowest mark on the team among those that played in more than one event ... Posted one top-20 finish, finishing tied for 14th at the Hummingbird Intercollegiate ... Played strong golf in the SEC Championship, carding his lowest 18-hole round of the season with a 2-under-par 68 in the second round ... Parker was Kentucky's second best finisher at the SEC Championships, finishing tied for 22nd. Summer 2009: Finished 15th at U.S. Amateur qualifying with a 36-hole total of 143 ... Placed 23rd in the Georgia Amateur with a impressive round of 69 in the final round of the four round tournament.
High School/Junior Golf: Gathered four letters during high school, two under Brian Hadden at Westside High ... A four year member of the All-Region team ... Won the individual Georgia State High School Championship as a senior in 2009 ... High school team won the state championship in 2009 behind his remarkable play ... Finished first in the Georgia Junior Am in 2008 along with a seventh place finish in the Golf Pride AJGA tournament ... In 2007, finished sixth at the Heritage Jr. Classic AJGA ... Volunteered time in high school to do community service projects ... Played three years of basketball in high school.
Personal: Son of Charles and Kay Parker of Augusta, Ga. Has one brother, Davis, who is 16.
