High School / Personal: Lettered in water polo (3 years) and swimming (2) at Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach, Calif. … Earned All-California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) – Open Division (third team – 2025), USA Water Polo – Nick Johnson Inspiration Award (2025), Futures Super Finals – Top Defender Award 18u (2025), USAWP Junior Olympics All-American (second team – 2022), and USAWP Academic All-American … Helped lead Newport Harbor to the Southern Selection Open Division Championship (junior, senior) and a runner-up finish (sophomore), while winning the CIF State Regional Championship (senior) with a pair of runner-up finishes (sophomore, junior) … Sunset League Champions (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior) … North / South Tournament Champions (junior, senior), Elite 8 Tournament Champions (junior, senior), and South Coast Tournament Champions (junior, senior) … Member of the USA Water Polo Olympic Development Program (2021-25), while also competing for the Development SOPAC Zone Team (2021), Cadet SOPAC Zone Team (2023), and Youth SOPAC (Southern Pacific) Zone Team (2025) … Helped team to the 2023 USAWP ODP Cadet National Championships – 1st Place … With Newport Beach Water Polo Club, won gold medals (2019, ’24); silver medals (2022, ’25); and bronze medals (2018) … Competed in the Futures Super Finals (second place – 2025; first place – 2024) … Member of the National Honor Society and Mock Trial Program (founding member) … Participated in the National League of Young Men, earning the Lieutenant Award for philanthropy … Earned AP Scholar Award with Distinction (2026), Academic Excellence Award (2023, ‘24, ‘25, ’26), Scholar-Athlete Award (2023, ‘24, ‘25, ’26), and Newport Harbor HS Sailor Pride Award (2026) … Son of Tyler and Andrea Parks … Has a younger brother, Steele … Grandfather, Richard Parks, played football at California State Long Beach (1959-63) … Great grandfather, George Hoedinghaus, was a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy.
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