Paige Nicole Parker (born January 24, 1996) is an American, former professional softball pitcher and current director of player development at Oregon. She played college softball at Oklahoma, and won back-to-back National Championships with the Sooners in 2016 and 2017. Parker is a career record holder for perfect games (4) for the school and also ranks top-10 in the Big 12 Conference and the NCAA Division I for the same category. She was drafted sixth overall in the 2018 NPF Draft and went on to play for the USSSA Pride.
Playing career She attended Truman High School in Independence, Missouri. She later attended the University of Oklahoma, where she pitched for the Oklahoma Sooners softball team. Parker led the Sooners to back-to-back Women's College World Series championships in 2016 and 2017. She was also a four-time All-American.
Parker was drafted sixth overall in the 2018 NPF Draft and went on to play for the USSSA Pride.
Coaching career On October 5, 2018, Parker was named assistant coach for the William Jewell College softball team.
On September 18, 2019, she was named volunteer assistant coach for Oklahoma, and on July 31, 2020, Parker was named assistant coach for Tulsa.
On August 13, 2021, she was named assistant coach for Utah, and later on September 11, 2024, she was promoted to associate head coach. On July 9, 2025, she was named director of player development for Oregon.
Career statistics YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP 2015 28 7 42 31 23 9 3 217.0 129 56 51 57 224 1.64 0.85 2016 38 3 47 36 32 14 0 252.1 174 69 59 68 269 1.64 0.96 2017 26 5 44 31 15 6 2 210.1 136 54 43 47 262 1.43 0.87 2018 31 3 41 35 10 8 1 187.2 101 24 22 38 213 0.82 0.74 TOTALS 123 18 174 133 80 37 6 867.1 540 203 175 210 968 1.41 0.86
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Oklahoma bio USSA Pride bio