Parra Named Preseason All-America

SHAWNEE – Baseball America this week honored Oklahoma Baptist senior starting pitcher Jinny Parra as a Preseason All-American.
 
Additionally, starting pitcher Carson McPherson and transfer catcher Juan Gonzalez were listed by the publication as 2017 Players to Watch.
 
Parra was the 2016 Great American Conference Pitcher of the Year, American Baseball Coaches Association All-Region and a Second-Team NCCAA All-American. The right-hander from Jacagua Medio, Dominican Republic, was honorable mention NAIA All-America and first-team All-Sooner Athletic Conference as a sophomore.
 
Parra was 12-3 with a 2.49 earned run average and collected 103 strikeouts in 108 innings, while holding opponents to a .199 batting average.
 
McPherson, a senior lefty from Ardmore, last season was 7-3 with a 3.32 earned run average, striking out 101 batters in 78.2 innings while holding opponents to a .176 batting average. He was a two-time GAC Pitcher of the Week.
 
Gonzalez, a junior catcher from Guayanbo, Puerto Rico, is a first-team All-Conference and California Junior College All-State selection. He comes to OBU from College of San Mateo, where he threw out 23 base-stealers last year.