Missouri Southern State University Athletics

Kansas City, Mo. -- Missouri Southern senior lefty Zach Parish has been named the MIAA Pitcher of the Week for the final week of the regular season

Parish, became the NCAA Division II all-time leader in strikeouts this past week as he struck out eight in a win against Rogers State. Parish went five innings and allowed just three hits in the 12-6 win for the Lions. In his career, Parish now has 479 strikeouts.

This season, Parish leads the MIAA and ranks third nationally in strikeouts. He is second in the MIAA and third nationally in wins, while ranking first in the MIAA and sixth nationally in WHIP. He ranks first in the MIAA and eighth nationally in hits allowed per nine innings, while ranking first in the MIAA and fourth nationally in ERA and first in the MIAA and third nationally in starts. Currently Parish is the active career leader in all of college baseball (d1, d2, d3) in wins, strikeouts, innings pitched and starts.