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. 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.