Biography
Career Honors: 2020 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year … 2020 first-team All-Ivy … 2019 Ivy League regular season champion ... 2019 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year ... 2019 Big 5 Player of the Year ... 2019 Ivy League All-Tournament Team ... 2019 unanimous first-team All-Ivy ... 2019 first-team All-Big 5 ... Invited to USA Basketball 2019 Pan American Games Trials ... 2017-18 Big 5 champion ... 2018 Ivy League Rookie of the Year ... 2018 Big 5 Rookie of the Year ... 2018 second-team All-Ivy ... 2018 second-team All-Big 5 ... Eight-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Dec. 18, 2017; Dec. 26, 2017; Jan. 1, 2018; Jan. 15, 2018; Jan. 22, 2018; Jan. 29, 2018; Feb. 5, 2018; March 5, 2018) ... Four-time Big 5 Player of the Week (Jan. 3, 2018; Jan. 24, 2018; Feb. 10, 2020; Feb. 24, 2020) ... Six-time Ivy League Player of the Week (Jan. 15, 2018; Jan. 22, 2018; Dec. 24, 2018; March 11, 2019; Feb. 10, 2020; March 9, 2020) ... Two-time USBWA National Freshman of the Week (Jan. 3, 2018; Jan. 23, 2018).
2020-21: All 2020-21 Ivy League winter sports were canceled on November 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
2019-20: 2020 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year … 2020 first-team All-Ivy … Two-time Ivy League Player of the Week (Feb. 10; March 9), Two-time Big 5 Player of the Week (Feb. 10; Feb. 24) … One of four Quakers to play in and start all 27 games, averaging 26.4 minutes per contest … Averaged 12.0 points per game and 8.2 rebounds per game … Finished in the top 20 nationally and first in the Ivy League in blocks per game with 2.7 … Finished third in the league in rebounding at 8.2 boards per game while leading the Ancient Eight with 10.3 boards per league contest … Totaled 72 blocks in the season, tied for seventh most in a single season in program history … Moved into third in program history with 233 career blocks … Finished with 15 double-digit scoring games, including five 20-point games … Racked up eight double-digit rebounding, all coming in the final 14 games of the season … Opened the season with a dominant 21 points in 19 minutes on 10-for-15 shooting against Siena (Nov. 9), also making a three pointer … Followed that with a 19-point, nine-rebound game at NJIT (Nov. 13) on 9-for-12 shooting … Earned her first of seven double-doubles at Temple (Jan. 23) with 17 points and 13 rebounds, two assists and two blocks … Two games later, beat Dartmouth (Feb. 1) for 14 points and 16 rebounds, including seven on the offensive glass … Was named Ivy League and Big 5 Player of the Week the next week behind a 28-point, 13-rebound game in an overtime thriller over Columbia (Feb. 7) and 13 points, eight rebounds and four blocks the next night in a win over Cornell (Feb. 8) … Against the Lions, made 12 field goals, matching a career high, her 28 points were one shy of a career high and 42 minutes played were one short of a career best … The next week, shot 12-for-17 from the field to finish with 26 points and 17 rebounds with four steals and two blocks in a road win at Brown (Feb. 14) … Earned Big 5 Co-Player of the Week (Feb. 24) with 24 points and 13 rebounds against Dartmouth (Feb. 21) and then 10 points and 10 rebounds against Harvard (Feb. 22) in consecutive wins … In that weekend, comgined for six steals, four blocks and two steals … In the final home weekend, buried Brown (Feb. 29) for 24 points, 14 rebounds, four blocks, two steals and two assists in another Ivy win … Set career highs in the regular season finale with 19 rebounds and seven blocks against Columbia (March 7) to earn Ivy League Player of the Week once more (March 9) … Seven blocks in a game is tied for seventh most in a game in program history.
2018-19: Ivy League regular season champion ... Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year ... Big 5 Player of the Year ... Unanimous first-team All-Ivy ... First-team All-Big 5 ... Ivy League All-Tournament Team ... Two-time Ivy League Player of the Week (Dec. 24; March 11) ... Played and started in all 31 games for the Quakers, averaging nearly 30 minutes per game ... Led the team in scoring (15.1 ppg), rebounding (9.0 rpg) blocks (99) and made free throws (60) ... Led the Ivy League in blocks and ranked third nationally, averaging 3.19 blocks per game ... Ranked fifth in the conference in scoring and first in rebounding ... Tied Penn's single-season blocks record with 99, ranking second in the Ivy League record books ... Shot over 49 percent from the floor, first in the Ivy League ... Scored in double figures in 28 of Penn's 31 games, including a stretch of 26-straight games ... Named Ivy League Co-Player of the Week on Dec. 24 after a 17 point, 13 rebound and seven block performance at Drexel (Dec. 21) ... Named Ivy League Co-Player of the Week following a career weekend to end the regular season, scoring a season-high 29 points at Yale (March 8), with 16 rebounds, followed by 26 points at Brown (March 9) ... Scored at least 20 points in five games, including 26 points at Cornell (Feb. 1), 25 points vs. Villanova (Jan. 16) and 21 points at Harvard (Feb. 16) ... Featured 11 double-doubles on the year ... Grabbed a season-high 17 rebounds against Villanova ... Made 204 field goals on the year, sixth-most in a single season in program history ... Made a season-high nine free throws in two games - at Harvard and at Yale ... Dished a season-best three assists against Columbia (Feb. 22) ... Recorded at least one block in all but two games on the season ... Swatted a season-high seven blocks at Drexel, only the fifth player in program history to do so ... Blocked at least four blocks in 13 games ... Finished with a season-high 12 made field goals in three games - Villanova, at Cornell and at Brown ... Invited to USA Basketball 2019 Pan American Games team trials at the conclusion of her sophomore year.
2017-18: Big 5 champion ... 2018 unanimous Ivy League Rookie of the Year ... 2018 Big 5 Rookie of the Year ... 2018 second-team All-Ivy ... 2018 second-team All-Big 5 ... Eight-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Dec. 18; Dec. 26; Jan. 1; Jan. 15; Jan. 22; Jan. 29; Feb. 5; March 5) ... Two-time Big 5 Player of the Week (Jan. 3; Jan. 24) ... Two-time Ivy League Player of the Week (Jan. 15; Jan. 22) ... Two-time USBWA National Freshman of the Week (Jan. 3; Jan. 23) ... Played and started in all 31 games on the year, averaging 24.1 minutes per game ... Ranked second on the team in both points and rebounds, averaging 11.5 and 7.9 per game respectively ... Fourth in the Ivy League in rebounds per game ... Ranked second on the team with 62 blocks on the year, fifth in the Ivy League ... Led the team and finished fourth in the Ivy League in field goal percentage, shooting 47 percent ... Set a new career-high in points six times on the year and in rebounds seven times on the year ... Posted a career-high 25 points in a historic victory at Villanova (Jan. 17) ... Posted a career-high 15 rebounds vs. Gwynedd Mercy (Jan. 28) ... Recorded seven double-doubles on the year ... Finished with 11 made field goals in a victory over Columbia (Jan. 13) ... Went 5-for-6 against Villanova and UAlbany (March 16), a career-high at the charity stripe ... Swatted a season-best four blocks three times: at Saint Joseph's (Dec. 11), vs. Gwynedd Mercy and at Cornell (Feb. 17) ... Played a season-high 36 minutes against Villanova ... Led the team in scoring nine times, in rebounding 11 times, in blocks 15 times and in steals seven times ... Was named Tournament MVP of the NJIT Highlanders Christmas Tournament ... Tallied four double-doubles in Ivy League action and one in the second round of the WNIT at St. John's (March 19) ... Ranked fifth among all freshmen in the NCAA in blocks per game (2.00).
High School: Earned four varsity letters under head coach Wayne Hinton where she served as a team captain ... Notched a high school total of 1,484 points and 1,265 rebounds ... Led Northside Christian Academy to three Metrolina Conference championships in 2014, 2015, and 2016 ... Was a three-time first-team All-State and MAC All-Conference honoree ... Selected as the 2014 and 2017 MAC Co-Conference Player of the Year ... 2017 McDAAG nominee ... Also lettered in volleyball ... Valedictorian of her class at Northside Christian Academy and was a junior marshal ... Member of the National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society.
Personal: Daughter of Cheryl Murray-Parker and Dalton Parker ... Brother, Micah, played basketball at North Greenville and Louisburg ... Enrolled in the School of Arts & Sciences.
