2011-12 (Freshman): Named UND’s Rookie of the Year … Led all UND freshmen with 12 goals and ranked second with 22 points ... Nineteen of his 22 points came after Dec. 31 ... Reached the scoresheet in 15 of 23 games during that stretch and went back-to-back games without a point on only one occasion ... Scored the opening goal in UND’s 3-1 win over No. 12 Western Michigan in the NCAA West Region semifinal … Had two goals and an assist and was a +3 at the WCHA Final Five ... Had a goal and an assist and was a +2 in 6-3 semifinal win over No. 4 Minnesota (March 16) ... Added a power-play goal in 4-0 win over No. 9 Denver in the championship game (March 17) ... Also had four multi-point games during that time ... Had four points (1g, 3a) in UND’s first-round sweep of Bemidji State (March 9-10), tying him with linemate Mark MacMillan as the WCHA’s top-scoring rookie during the opening round ... Had two points in each game against BSU and was a +4 ... Notched his first career game-winning goal in a 4-2 win over Wisconsin (Jan. 28) ... Scored his first career goal in a 3-1 win over No. 17 Maine (Oct. 14) … Recipient of the Engelstad Family Foundation Endowment … Earned his first letter.

Before UND: Selected by Philadelphia in the fifth round (149th overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft ... Spent the past two seasons with the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders of the USHL ... Appeared in 56 games in 2010-11 and ranked second on the team in goals (25) and tied for fifth in points (41) ... Led the team with a pair of short-handed goals and ranked third on the team with a plus-18 rating ... Played in 51 games as a rookie in 2009-10 and tallied 11 goals and 11 assists ... Member of United States teams that won both the 2010 and 2009 World Junior A Challenge championships ... A 2010 graduate of Washington High School.

Personal: Major is undeclared ... Son of Ralph and Margaret Parks.

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