Kevin Parada

Kevin John Parada (born August 3, 2001) is an American college baseball catcher for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

Kevin Parada
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets – No. 4
Catcher
Born: (2001-08-03) August 3, 2001
Pasadena, California
Bats: Right
Throws: Right

Career

Parada attended Loyola High School in Los Angeles, California. He finished his high school career with a .390 batting average, nine home runs, 66 RBIs, and 24 doubles.[1] He was considered a top prospect for the 2020 Major League Baseball draft, but went unselected, and enrolled at Georgia Tech to play college baseball.[2]

Parada was instantly put into the starting lineup at catcher as a freshman in 2021.[3] Over 52 games, he slashed .318/.370/.550 with nine home runs and 42 RBIs alongside twenty doubles which led the Atlantic Coast Conference, earning Freshman All-American honors.[4] Parada played nine games in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Chatham Anglers over the summer.[5] He was also named to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team with whom he spent part of the summer.[6][7] Parada entered the 2022 season as a top prospect for the upcoming draft.[8][9][10] On March 1, 2022, he was named the National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper after a week in which he went 12-21 with five home runs and 17 RBIs.[11][12] On March 29, in a 17-3 win versus the Charleston Southern Buccaneers, Parada had his first ever two-home run game.[13]

Personal life

Parada's mother, Darlene, played college softball at Woodbury University.[14]

References
  1. Reed-Baiotto, Brian (June 9, 2020). "Pasadena's Parada Hopes to be Selected in MLB Draft". Hughes News Online.
  2. "Best players not taken in abbreviated 2020 MLB draft". ESPN. June 12, 2020.
  3. Sondheimer, Eric (March 29, 2021). "Keeping tabs: College baseball teams relying on Southern California connection". Los Angeles Times.
  4. "Parada named Freshman All-American". Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Athletics. June 9, 2021.
  5. Cole, Adam (July 22, 2021). "3 non-COVID factors contribute to 'crazy' shake-ups in 2021 Cape Cod baseball rosters". Cape Cod Times.
  6. Hayes, Tim. "TEAM USA Collegiate National Team rosters". Bristol Herald Courier.
  7. "Parada Selected to 2021 Collegiate National Team". Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Athletics. June 18, 2021.
  8. Sugiura, Ken (February 17, 2022). "High expectations again for Georgia Tech baseball as new season begins". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
  9. Cahill, Teddy (March 30, 2022). "Kevin Parada Is the Latest Star in Georgia Tech's Catching Pipeline". Baseball America.
  10. Sugiura, Ken (April 22, 2022). "Kevin Parada chasing greatness for Georgia Tech". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
  11. Sugiura, Ken (March 1, 2022). "Kevin Parada named national player of week for Georgia Tech". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
  12. Torres, Maria (March 4, 2022). "Georgia Tech's Kevin Parada spent the offseason adding strength, and now he's powering up MLB Draft boards". The Athletic.
  13. Sugiura, Ken (March 30, 2022). "Georgia Tech ends four-game slide as Kevin Parada has career game". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
  14. Dahn, Jeff (July 26, 2019). "Parada joins Classic parade". Perfect Game USA.
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