Get to Know Brigden ...
At what age did you start playing baseball and how did you get into baseball?
- I would say as soon as I could pick up the ball.
What sport would you play if you did not play baseball and why?
- Basketball, I always played growing up.
What is one thing that someone wouldn't know about you?
- I can solve a Rubik's Cube in under a minute.
Who was your favorite baseball player growing up or who is someone that you model your game after?
NAME & HOMETOWN PRONUNCIATION
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS
- Innings pitched: 2.0, St. Thomas, Mar 26, 2025
- Walks allowed: 2, Wichita State, Apr 15, 2025 ; St. Thomas, Mar 26, 2025
- Strikeouts: 2, at Minnesota, Mar 12, 2025
- Batters faced: 12, St. Thomas, Mar 26, 2025
- Field chances: 1, Wichita State, Apr 15, 2025 ; at Missouri, May 06, 2025
- Putouts: 1, at Missouri, May 06, 2025
- Assists: 1, Wichita State, Apr 15, 2025
SENIOR – 2025
- Appeared in 10 games (one start)
- 0-1, 10.29 ERA, 7.0 IP, 6 BB, 5 SO
- Made his first career start at Arizona 3/18/25
JUNIOR – 2024
- Missed the season with an injury
- Transferred to Kansas with two years of eligibility remaining
- Committed in April 2023
COWLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE – 2022-23
- Spent two years in the Cowley program
- NJCAA Third Team Academic All-American in 2023
- Career: 6-4, 5.92 ERA, 76.0 IP, 38 BB, 82 SO in 28 appearances (14 starts)
- 2023: 4-4, 4.58 ERA, 57.0 IP, 25 BB, 64 SO, 2 CG in 14 appearances (11 starts)
- Tossed a no-hitter on April 1, 2023 against Highland
- Named KJCCC East Pitcher of the Week following the no-hitter
- Recorded 10.11 strikeouts per nine innings pitched in 2023
- 2022: 2-0, 9.95 ERA, 19.0 IP, 13 BB, 18 SO in 14 appearances (three starts)
- Helped lead Cowley to a runner-up finish at the 2022 NJCAA Division I World Series and become Region 6 Champions and Jayhawk East Champions
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played three years of baseball at Holly High School in Holly, Colorado
- Colorado 1A Baseball Player of the Year in 2021
- Colorado 1A All-State Baseball First Team in 2021
- Two-time Colorado All-State Baseball Honorable Mention
- Three-time All-Conference Baseball First Team
- Went 20-4 with a 1.10 ERA in 121.0 innings pitched with 23 walks and 236 strikeouts in his high school career
- Did not allow a run his senior year
- Had 13 strikeouts in a complete game shutout in the 2021 state title game in 1-0 victory
- Helped his baseball team win the 1A Colorado State Baseball Championship in 2021
- Hit .482 with 7 HR and 46 RBI which led the entire state of Colorado in 2021
- Also played four years of basketball, one year of football, one year of golf and one year of track at Holly
- Colorado 2A Basketball All-State Team in 2019
PERSONAL
- Son of Russell and Heather Parker
- Has one older brother, Caden
- Picked Kansas over Houston, Wichita State and Texas A&M Corpus Christi
- Chose Kansas because, “I felt like it was a great place that I could grow and reach my goals with a group of like-minded guys.”
- Majoring in liberal arts & sciences