Parker Brunelle Class: Junior Hometown: Snellville, GA High School: Wesleyan School Height / Weight: 6-3 / 220 Position: C B/T: S/R

2009: Appeared in 38 games making 16 starts for the Seminoles as a sophomore...started behind the plate on opening day in a 9-3 victory over Hofstra...closed out the season hitting .239 with 17 hits and 11 RBI in 71 at-bats...registered two doubles and a pair of triples en route to posting a .324 slugging percentage...tied for second on the team in triples...recorded a season-high 14 putouts from behind the plate in the regular season finale against Grambling State...was on the receiving end of a career-high 12 strikeouts posted by Mike McGee in the win over the Tigers on May 16...hit .429 (3-for-7) in two games against Maryland...collected a pair of hits including a double, scored a run and drove in another in game two, while tying a career-high with three RBI and five at-bats in the series finale...first career triple came in a game three start at Miami...tied a career-high with two hits four times in 2009 posting multiple hits against Maryland, Georgia Tech and twice against North Florida...started against Georgia Tech in the third game of the ACC Tournament going 2-for-3 with a pair of singles and a walk...scored twice in two appearances in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional...became part of school history on May 3 recording the second out and assisting on the third of a 9-2-4 triple play against Virginia Tech...threw out 40 percent of would be base stealers on the year.

2008: Made 35 appearances with five starts in his first season as a Seminole...posted a 5-0 record in starting assignments at the catcher position...registered a hit in his first collegiate at-bat on opening day, a game-ending two-run home run to right against Duquesne...finished the season batting .226 with seven hits in 31 at-bats...registered 13 RBI and 10 runs scored...collected 83 putouts and nine assists with just one error from behind the plate en route to posting a .989 fielding percentage...threw out a pair of runners on the year...posted a career-high two hits in the first of a four game series against Savannah State...followed two days later with a career-high three RBI in a win over the Tigers...started game three of the ACC Tournament against North Carolina playing all nine innings...registered a hit and two RBI in the win over the Tar Heels...made an all important tag out at the plate on the back half of an inning ending double play in the eighth...made four appearances in the NCAA Tournament including an inning of work against Stanford in the College World Series...recorded a run and an RBI in an elimination victory over Bucknell in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional...went 1-for-2 as a pinch hitter recording a pinch hit RBI single in the series finale against Georgia Tech.

HIGH SCHOOL: Excelled in both baseball and football at Wesleyan School in Norcross, Ga....a switch-hitting catcher, Brunelle is very sound and consistent from behind the plate...the Georgia native stood out in the East Cobb Perfect Game Tournament as he was part of the 16U and 18U BCS championship teams...ranked as the 63rd best prospect as a position player by Perfect Game...member of the AAU Junior Olympics World Series championship team...made the Rawlings All-Southeast Region first team...a four-year honor roll and Dean's List student, while he was recognized as a scholar athlete all four years...was a School Ambassador and member of the Beta Club at Wesleyan School.

PERSONAL: Son of James and Jill Brunelle...father was a two-year letterwinner for the men's soccer team at Clemson...accepted into the FSU Honors Program...three-time member of the Dean's List (Fall 2007, 2009, Spring 2009)...two-time member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll (2007-08, 2008-09)...member of the 3.0 GPA Club (Spring 2008) at FSU...major is mechanical engineering...played summer ball in 2009 with the Harrisonburg Turks of the Valley League...hit .275 in 30 games...born on March 19, 1989.