Arkansas State University

2005-06: During indoor season, had best pole vault height of 13-9 1/4 and high jump of 6-2 ... long jumped 21-8 1/4 ... beswt shot put performance came at Sun Belt Conference meet with 39-4 1/2 ... also drew discus 188-2 ... finished sixth in heptathlon at Cyclone Classic at Iowa State with 4,817 points ... outdoors, Paarish posted his best time in the 100-meter dash of 11.35 ... also ran the 400 in 51.82 ... finished the 1500-meters in 5:11.20 ... Parish clocked 16.71 in the 110-meter hurdles ... jumped 6-2 1/4 in the high jump ...als had es fssssss 2004-05: Competed in high jump indoors with 6-2 best and had 20-9 1/2 long jump ... also threw shot put 33-7 1/4 ... competed in decathlon outdoors with best showing of 5,892 points in Sun Belt championship ... had best time of 11.60 in 100-meter dash and 53.40 in 400 ... also ran 1500-meters in 5:006.04 and 17.45 in 110-meter hurdles ... had 5-10 3/4 high jump and 20-3 2 3/4 in long jump and 13-1 1/2 in pole vault ... threw javelin 135-1 and discus 131-2 ... threw shot 36-1 1/4 ... 2003-04: Had good first year as one of five ASU athletes that swept the top five places in the Sun Belt Conference decathlon during 2004 outdoor championship ... also ran the indoor 60-meter dash in 7.41 ... also ran the 1000 in 3:14.43 ... finished 60-meter hurdles in 9.70 .. also high jumped 6-0 and pole vaulted 11-5 3/4 ... had best long jump of 20-9 and shot put of 37-6 1/2 ... competed in heptathlon finishing sixth at McDonald’s Invitational in Carbondale, Ill., with 4,083 points ... during outdoor season, was fourth in decathlon at ASU Multi-Event Invitational with 6,031 points ... also had best times of 11.33 in the 100 and51.92 in the 400 ... ran the 1500 in 5:12.84 and 17.29 in the 110-hurdles ... had best high jump of 6-2 and pole vault of 12-11 3/4 ... long jumped 21-6 3/4 ... threw discus 126-5 and shot put 33-9 14 ... best javelin throw was 142-5 ... High School: Prepped at Magnet Cove High School in Malvern ... lettered in track and field four years ... two-time state champion in the discus throw ... finished third in state meet in long jump, fourth in 110-meter high hurdles, and fourth in 300-intermediate hurdles as a senior ... finished sixth in decathlon in state meet as a senior ... named all-state twice and all-conference all four years ... also received all-conference honors twice in both basketball and baseball ... named his school’s Athlete of the Year ... lettered three years in football, baseball and basketball ... Miscellaneous: Born February 9, 1985 in Malvern ... majoring in physical education ... enjoys church and playing golf ... son of Bobby and Shirley Parish.