40 Days until First Pitch - #40 Addison Parrish

It's 40 days until the 2014 season's first pitch and the first three game home series against the Ohio Bobcats.

#40 Addison Parrish

Class: Freshman
Hometown: Denver, N.C.
High School: East Lincoln HS
Height / Weight: 6-4 / 220
Position: INF
B/T: R/R



Prior to Western Carolina: Was a three-year varsity letter winner ... Earned All-Southern Piedmont Conference accolades his final two seasons ... Batted .458 as a senior, earning All-Gazette and All-Lake Norman baseball plaudits ... As a junior, helped lead the Mustangs to a second-consecutive conference championship with a .424 batting average with 29 RBI and 20 runs scored, a .975 fielding percentage and a 4-0 record on the mound with a pair of saves and a 0.88 ERA ... Named SPC 1A/2A Player of the Year and was an All-State selection ... Finished with 14 career home runs including four as a senior ... Was a member of the gold medal winning Powerade Region VI state team ... Also played basketball as a prep.

Personal: Full name is Addison Kent Parrish ... Is the son of Jimmy and Lana Parrish ... Has two brothers, Cason and Jameson.

Courtesy WCU Athletics Media Relations