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Posted: Jun 12, 2025

Raul Parada Named NJCAA & ABCA/Rawlings Division II First Team All-American

Complete 2025 NJCAA Division II All-America Teams 

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Sophomore Raul Parada received NJCAA and American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings (ABCA) First Team All-American honors after a stellar 2025 season for the South Mountain Community College baseball team. An outfielder from Mesa, Ariz., Parada batted .395 with a 1.015 OPS, 62 runs, 101 hits, 24 doubles, two triples, four home runs, 67 RBIs, 30 walks and five stolen bases in 66 games for the Cougars as SMCC won the ACCAC Division II Regular Season Championship, the NJCAA Region I Division II Tournament Championship, and the NJCAA Division II West District Championships while advancing to the NJCAA Division II World Series. 

Parada led SMCC with 33 multi-hit games and tied for the team lead with 19 multi-RBI games during the season. He did exceptionally well against ACCAC competition, batting .422 with 47 runs, 68 hits, 18 doubles, two triples, two home runs, 45 RBIs, 18 walks, and five stolen bases in 40 contests. 

Parada earned 2025 ACCAC Division II Player of the Year honors and First Team All-ACCAC Division II and First All-Region I Division II selections. He went a perfect 5 for 5 with two runs, two doubles, three RBIs, and a free pass in a win at Scottsdale CC on Apr. 12 and had seven games with a season-high three RBIs.

Parada posted two doubles in four different games and scored a season-high three runs twice. He homered against Mesa CC on Mar. 1, at Yavapai College on Mar. 5, against Monroe CC on Mar. 10, and against Glendale CC on Apr. 16. 

Parada's 24 doubles and 256 at-bats set new school records for any era. His 101 hits ranked second in school history in any era, and he is just the second player to surpass the century mark in a single campaign. Finally, Parada's 67 RBIs were the second-highest overall in school history and set a new program record for the wood-bat era. 

He appeared in 98 career games as a Cougar, finishing with a .378 batting average, 72 runs, 126 hits, 26 doubles, three triples, five home runs, 79 RBIs, 31 walks, and six stolen bases. As a freshman, Parada helped the Cougars win the 2024 NJCAA Region I Division I Tournament Championship.