2018-2019 Wrestling Roster
Scott Parker
- Position:
- 133
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Sellersville, Pa.
- High School:
- Pennridge
- Major:
- Finance
Why Lehigh? “Close to home. I love the team and love the coaches.”
In 2018-19: Unable to compete due to injury.
In 2017-18: Earned All-America honors for second straight season with seventh place finish at 133… won second straight EIWA title… posted 22-5 record despite missing most of two months due to injury… won Hammer Award as outstanding wrestler at Journeymen Collegiate Classic after posting three wins in pool action against nationally-ranked opponents… had five falls including streak of four straight spanning Edinboro, Michigan, Princeton and Penn State duals… returned to dual action with sudden victory win over Arizona State’s Ali Naser in February dual… avenged lone dual loss to Pitt’s Dom Forys in second round of NCAA Tournament… clinched All-America honors with win over Minnesota’s Mitch McKee in blood round… repeated as Scholar-Athlete Award winner at annual Lewis Wrestling Dinner.
In 2016-17: Earned All-America honors with eighth place finish at 133… won EIWA title at 133… posted 20-5 record with 10 bonus wins… reached finals of Southern Scuffle but forced to default with an injury in title bout… went 16-2 in regular season competition… missed five weeks due to injury but came back to post wins in Lehigh’s final two regular season duals… scored sudden victory win over Buffalo’s Bryan Lantry in All-America round of 12… won Lehigh’s Scholar-Athlete Award at annual Lewis Wrestling Dinner… named to NWCA All-Academic Team.
In 2015-16: Deferred eligibility while bumping up to 133… went 20-6 competing unattached in open tournaments… Lehigh’s Deferred Eligibility Wrestler of the Year… placed in all four open tournaments he entered… went 1-2 at Midlands Championships in late December… won East Stroudsburg Open in November… had third place finishes at Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open and Edinboro Open… took fifth at Nittany Lion Open.
In 2014-15: Earned starting spot at 125 as a true freshman… went 19-11 overall and earned at-large bit to NCAA Championships… went 1-2 in first NCAA appearance… recorded three wins by fall… jump-started win over Columbia with first period pin of Johnson Mai… finished fourth at EIWA Championships… opened EIWA Tournament for Lehigh with first period pin.
In secondary school: ranked No. 66 overall and fifth at his weight class by InterMat… three-time state place winner… went 147-11 over four years… finished fourth as a sophomore, third as a junior and captured 44-2 senior season with state runner-up finish… won Beast of the East title as a senior… 2012 cadet freestyle national champion in Fargo, N.D.
Personal: Son of Scott and Mary Parker… siblings Stevi (25) and Matt (19).
CAREER RECORD
| Overall | Dual | PCT | Bonus | Tournaments | |
| 2014-15 | 19-11 | 13-5 | .633 | 8 | 4th EIWA |
| 2015-16 | Deferred | Eligibility | 1st ESU Open, 3rd Binghamton, 3rd Edinboro Open, 5th PSU Open | ||
| 2016-17 | 20-5 | 7-1 | .800 | 11 | 8th NCAA, 1st EIWA, 2nd Scuffle |
| 2017-18 | 22-5 | 7-1 | .815 | 9 | 7th NCAA, 1st EIWA |
| Total | 61-21 | 27-7 | .744 | 28 |
