The returning Gatorade State Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year, the 5-foot-9 junior won two individual state championships this spring and led the Black Bears to a second straight Division II state title as a team. Parker won the 800-meter run with
Parker has maintained a B average in the classroom.
A member of her school's student council, she has volunteered locally at the Nottingham Recreation Center, as an elementary school mentor and as a youth track coach.