Kevin Parker

Kevin Parker

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Germantown, Tenn.

High School:
Christian Brothers

Height:
6-1

2008-09: Shattered the 100-back school record twice at the A-10 Championships - once in the prelim (51.06) and again in the final (50.69); he finished fourth in the final and the prelim ... also eclipsed the 200-fly record twice at the A-10s with a third-place prelim time of 1:51.97 and a fifth-place effort of 1:51.24 in the final ... was a member of four relays that set new school marks at the A-10s - 400-free (3:06.42), 800-free (6:51.00), 200-medley (1:33.81) and 400-medley (3:24.99) ... the 200-medley and 800-free relays each finished sixth at the A-10s, while the 400-medley and 400-free relays both finished seventh ... was the Bills' top finisher in a team-best three events at the A-10s ... clocked the second-fastest 100-fly performance (50.92) in school history in the A-10 prelim, and went on to post the seventh-fastest time (51.30) in the final for 11th place ... named A-10 Performer of the Week Feb. 9, 2009 ... awarded team MVP honors ... owns the 10 fastest 100-back times in program history ... during his career, recorded the four best 200-back performances in school history and seven of the top eight overall ... boasts the four fastest 200-fly efforts in SLU annals and seven of the nine fastest overall ... owned the team's top times of the season in the 100 back, 100 and 200 fly and 200 IM ... swam the leadoff leg on the 200-medley relay (1:36.68) that clocked the seventh-fastest time in school history at IUPUI ... was a member of the 400-medley relay (3:34.00) that turned in the eighth-best time in SLU annals at the Lindenwood Quad ... came in first in the 100 (47.82) and 200 (1:43.17) free at IUPUI, his 200-free effort ranks eighth in SLU annals ... won the 200 fly (1:53.95) and 200 IM (1:57.93) at Eastern Illinois, his 200-IM effort ranks eighth in the Billiken record book ... finished first in the 100 back (55.22) and 100 fly (53.82) on the first day at South Dakota State ... won the 100 back at Wash U (53.72) and the IUPUI Quad (53.17) ... touched first in the 200 back (1:57.26) at the Butler Quad ... came in first in the 200 fly vs. Western Illinois (1:57.37) and at South Dakota State (1:58.64) ... turned in first-place efforts in the 100 fly at the Lindenwood Invitational (53.12) and vs. Eastern Illinois (53.38) ... won the 200 IM (2:01.73) at Evansville.

2007-08: Twice broke his own 100-back school record at the A-10 Championships ... also broke his own 200-fly school record twice at the league championships ... swam the leadoff leg of SLU's 400-medley relay (3:28.16) that eclipsed the school record at the A-10s ... also swam on the Billikens' record-breaking 800-free relay (6:52.66) at the league championships ... his 51.67 in the 100-back finals and his 1:52.63 in the 200-back prelims were each the seventh-fastest times in the A-10 last season ... posted the sixth-best effort in the A-10 in the 200 fly (1:53.30) ... came in fourth in the 100 back (51.67) and 200 fly finals (1:53.30) and seventh in the 200 back finals (1:52.88) at the A-10's ... clocked the sixth-best 100 fly effort in school history (51.52) in the trials at the A-10 Championships ... established four personal bests during the season ... owned SLU's top times in the 100 and 200 back and the 200 fly ... served as a team co-captain.

2006-07: Shattered his own school records in the 100 and 200 back and 200 fly at the A-10 Championships ... won the A-10 consolation title in the 200 back with a school standard of 1:52.11 ... finished 11th in the 200 fly prelims and went on to win the consolation crown with a school-record effort (1:54.48) ... placed fifth in the 100-back prelims with school record-breaking time of 52.03, and went on to place seventh in the finals ... swam the leadoff leg on the school record-breaking 400 medley relay (3:28.21) at the A-10s ... was a member of the 800 free and 200 medley relays that each finished with a SLU top-five time at the league championships ... finished first in 20 races, the second most on the team ... named team co-MVP.

2005-06: Tabbed co-Most Valuable by teammates at the season-ending banquet ... garnered 12 first-place performances ... excelled in a myriad of events in his freshman campaign, including the 200 free, 200 back and 200 fly ... set three individual school records (100 back, 200 back and 200 fly) and swam on three record-setting relay squads (800 free, 200 medley and 400 medley) ... established a school record in the 100 back at the A-10 Championships in a swim-off, and eventually went on to finish seventh in the event ... finished fourth and set a school record in the 200 back at the conference meet ... finished 13th and broke the school record with a time of 1:55.06 in the 200 fly at the A-10's ... finished first in the 200 fly in four consecutive duals.

At Christian Brothers: Swam four seasons for coach Don Whittington's Purple Wave ... named to the Shelby County All-Metro Team ... named a Memphis Commercial Appeal "Best of Prep" finalist ... captured the 200 IM gold at the county meet as a senior ... finalist at the state meet in the 100 back and 200 free ... county record holder in 200 IM and 500 free, as well as 200 medley relay and 200 and 400 free relays.

Personal: Born Dec. 12, 1986, in Memphis, Tenn. ... son of Lisa and Pat Parker ... has one older brother, Bryan ... majoring in flight science.

PARKER'S CAREER BESTS

100 Back 50.69 at A-10 Championships, 2/20/09*
200 Back 1:52.11 at A-10 Championships, 2/24/07*
100 Fly 50.92 at A-10 Championships, 2/20/09 (prelim)
200 Fly 1:51.24 at A-10 Championships, 2/21/09*
200 IM 1:57.06 at Illinois-Chicago, 11/18/06
* indicates school record
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