2015: Named Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Baseball by CoSIDA for the second straight year, taking second team honors at designated hitter…The second Campbell baseball player to be named CoSIDA Academic All-America twice following Mike Priest (2005, 2006)…Also named CoSIDA Academic All-District 3…Collected Second Team All-Big South honors at DH…Named Big South All-Academic team for the second time…A Big South Presidential Honor Roll member…Hit .301 overall with 18 RBI, 12 runs scored, five doubles, a home run and three stolen bases…Played in 43 games, starting 35…In Big South games, hit .324 with seven RBI and six runs…Gathered 11 multi-hit games, including three hits four times…Knocked in multiple runs five times…Carried a season-best seven game hit streak from March 29 (Radford) through April 8 (NC Central), going 12-for-25 (.480) with four RBI, a double and five runs…Went 3-for-3 with two RBI against Radford…Drove in three runs, going 2-for-3 with a double in a win over No. 23 California…Plated two runs on a double, going 1-for-3 in a Big South Tournament win over Charleston Southern…
2014: Earned Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Baseball third team by CoSIDA…Also named CoSIDA Academic All-District 3…Tabbed NCCSIA First Team All-State at designated hitter…Named to the Big South All-Academic Team…Named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll…Led the team with a .324 average, tacking on 22 RBI and 16 runs scored in 50 games with 37 starts, all at designated hitter…Added five doubles, a triple and three stolen bases…Gathered 10 multi-hit and four multi-RBI games…Ended the season on an eight-game hitting streak…Picked up two hits, one RBI and scored three times in a win over Coastal Carolina in the Big South Tournament…Knocked in three runs three times…Picked up a hit in 30 of 37 starts…Posted two hits, two RBI and a run in a win over Charleston Southern in the Big South Tournament…Picked up a hit, scored once and walked twice in the Camels’ first ever NCAA win, a 4-1 12 inning affair against Old Dominion…Drove in three in wins over UNC Asheville and North Carolina A&T…Went 3-for-5 with three RBI and a run against High Point…
2013: Appeared in 12 games as a freshman, hitting .200 with a hit and a RBI in five plate appearances…Also hit by a pitch, reaching base at a .333 rate…Picked up a pinch hit RBI single in a win over Lafayette…A defensive substitution in six games…
Prep: Earned First Team All-State and Greater Neuse River Conference Player of the Year honors as a senior…A two-time First Team All-GNRC and Offensive Player of the Year…Hit as school record .465 in 2012 with 10 doubles, two home runs and 29 RBI in 23 contests as a senior…Led West Johnston High School to a 2012 conference championship and a 19-4 record…A three-time academic all-conference member…Earned team’s sportsmanship award as a sophomore…Named junior varsity offensive player of the year as a freshman…Coached by Mike Jacobs…Also played basketball for two seasons…Class valedictorian…Graduated with high honors…A National Honors Society member…
Personal: Full name is Matthew Thomas Parrish…Born Feb. 24, 1994 in Raleigh, N.C. …Son of Randy and Pam Parrish…Has a sister, Allison Nelms…Plans to major in mathematics…
