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ASU:The most consistent punter in the Pac-10...returns after leading the league in punting last year...a postseason honors candidate...is listed as the eighth-best punter in the nation by The Sporting News...is a third-team preseason All-American by Street & Smith's...can also handle the placekicking duties when called upon...named a Hard Hat player for his work in ASU's winter strength and conditioning program.
2002: Played in all 14 games...was named a Sporting News First-Team All-Pac-10 selection...honored as a second-team All-Pac-10 specialist...led the Pac-10 and ranked 16th in the nation with an average of 42.7 yards per punt ...had 79 punts for 3,372 yards...that puts him second all-time at ASU for punting yards in a season...had only 10 touchbacks while sticking 27 punts inside the 20-yard line...against San Diego State, had 10 punts for 417 yards (41.7 avg.), three of which were over 50 yards, and stuck four punts inside the 20-yard line...recorded a 75-yard punt at USC...completed a 23-yard pass against Oregon on a fake punt.
2001: Redshirted.
JUNIOR COLLEGE: Graduated from Southwestern Community College in Chula Vista, Calif....earned first-team All-America honors as a punter at Southwestern...also named first-team all-state and all-conference...averaged 43.2 yards per punt...set school records for longest punts with boots of 76 and 67 yards...connected on 12 of 21 field goal attempts with a long of 49 yards...also kicked off at Southwestern...was coached by Mike Pompa...also lettered in baseball and earned first-team all-conference honors...recorded an 8-6 record as a pitcher.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 1999 graduate of Eastlake High School in Chula Vista, Calif....was an honorable-mention all-conference selection as a kicker and quarterback...was coached by Gene Alim...set all of Eastlake's kicking and punting records...lettered three years in football and baseball...posted a 13-1 record as a pitcher...earned first-team all-conference, second-team all-league and second-team all-county honors in baseball...turned in a school-record 2.10 ERA and 97 strikeouts as a senior.
PERSONAL: Majoring in kinesiology...parents are Lawrence (Marines) and Insun (retired)...lists traveling to Canada and Seattle for football games (and winning both) and pitching at Qualcomm Park in high school as his most exciting sports experiences...enjoys working out, watching movies and practicing football and baseball...born March 7, 1981 in San Diego, Calif....full name is Timothy Patrick Parker.
CAREER HIGHS: Punts: 10, at San Diego State (9/14/02). Punting Yards: 417, at San Diego State (9/14/02). Punting Average: 50.0, at Arizona (11/29/02). Longest Punt: 75 yards, at USC (11/16/02). Punts Downed Inside 20: 4, twice, last vs. Oregon State (10/12/02).
Parker's Career Statistics
Year G/GS Punts Yards Avg. Long TB FC I20 BLK
2002 14/0 79 3,372 42.7 75 10 5 27 1
Parker's Game-by-Game Statistics
2002
Opp. Punts Yards Avg. Long TB I20
at Nebraska 8 346 43.2 63 2 2
Eastern Washington 3 125 41.7 50 0 1
UCF 7 272 38.9 48 1 1
at San Diego St. 10 417 41.7 59 0 4
Stanford 4 174 43.5 46 1 2
North Carolina 3 142 47.3 52 1 2
Oregon State 8 368 46.0 63 1 4
at Oregon 4 149 37.2 45 0 0
Washington 5 221 44.2 51 0 2
at Washington St. 5 170 34.0 45 0 1
California 8 370 46.2 56 1 3
at USC 6 292 48.7 75 1 2
at Arizona 1 50 50.0 50 1 0
vs. Kansas St. 7 276 39.4 48 1 3
