Ben Parker

Height:
6-3
Weight:
230
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Clovis, CA
High School:
Buchanan HS

High School -- Under head coach Mike Jacot at Buchanan High School in Clovis, Parker earned 61 tackles, including eight sacks, and nine pass breakups as an end on defense during his senior season, earning first-team All-Tri-River Athletic Conference and TRAC lineman of the year honors ... Bears were 7-4 overall (their first winning season in five years), finished tied for first place in the Tri-River League and reached the quarterfinal round of the CIF-Central Section Division I playoffs ... as a junior, Parker made 67 tackles, including six sacks and 23 tackles for lost yardage, en route to second-team All-TRAC honors ... also lettered in track and field as a junior and senior, basketball as a freshman and sophomore and baseball as a freshman ... owns school record in shot put (54-9) and placed second in the Central Section and 15th in state finals ... lifetime California Scholarship Federation member ... also recruited by Sacramento State, UC Davis and Nevada, Parker chose Cal Poly "because of its academic and athletic successes and also its location."

Personal -- Son of Jon and Karen Parker ... no siblings ... wants to become an engineer or mountain guide ... enjoys surfing, mountain biking and backpacking ... born May 13, 1998, in Livermore, Calif. ... majoring in environmental engineering.