Parada Selected No. 11 Overall in MLB Draft

LOS ANGELES – Georgia Tech baseball’s Kevin Parada (Pasadena, Calif./Loyola) was the eleventh participant chosen within the 2022 Main League Baseball First-12 months Participant Draft on Sunday night time when the New York Mets tabbed the sophomore catcher with the No. 11 total decide.

Parada joins an illustrious group of Yellow Jackets in turning into the twelfth first-round decide at school historical past and is the ninth underneath head coach Danny Corridor. He joins Joey Bart (2nd), Jed Bradley (fifteenth) Deck McGuire (eleventh), Matt Wieters (fifth), Tyler Greene (thirtieth), Mark Teixeira (fifth), Nomar Garciaparra (twelfth), Jason Varitek (twenty first, 14th), Ty Griffin (ninth) and Kevin Brown (4th) in first-rounders from The Flats. Total at Georgia Tech, he’s the Forty second Yellow Jacket ever chosen within the first spherical throughout all main North American skilled sports activities – MLB, NFL, NBA, WNBA and NPF (Nationwide Professional Fastpitch Softball).

Parada was a unanimous first-team all-American by main media retailers after his implausible sophomore season in 2022 the place he earned the Buster Posey Award and Johnny Bench Award for nation’s high collegiate catcher and was a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award (high newbie participant within the nation) and Dick Howser Trophy (faculty baseball participant of the yr).

A primary-team all-ACC and all-region choice and the NCBWA District 4 Participant of the 12 months, the Pasadena, Calif. native ranked among the many nation’s finest all yr, ending the common season rating sixth with a school-record 26 residence runs, second in whole bases (174), third in RBI (85), fifth in runs (74) and thirty fifth in hits (85). Within the Atlantic Coast Convention, Parada led in runs and RBI, ranked third in residence runs, fourth in hits and was the fourth-toughest hitter to strikeout within the league.

Parada began all 60 of Georgia Tech’s video games in 2022, enjoying a formidable 55 of them behind the dish, the place he posted a .992 fielding share and threw out 12 would-be base thieves.

Over his two years on The Flats, performed in 112 video games with 111 begins. He hit a gaudy .341 for his profession with a complete of 163 base hits, 35 residence runs and 30 doubles. He additionally drove 130 runs and scored 121, whereas posting a .636 slugging share and .420 on-base share.

Parada’s choice marks the Forty second-straight season by which a Georgia Tech student-athlete has been taken within the MLB Draft, a streak that started in 1981 with the collection of first baseman Tommy Thompson by the Kansas Metropolis Royals.

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