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2 Derek Paris

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 200
  • Class Junior
  • Custom3 R/R
  • Hometown Lanesborough, Mass.
  • Highschool Mount Greylock

Biography

As a Junior (2025):
  • America East All-Academic Team
  • CSC Academic All-District Team
  • Appeared in 44 games, starting 42
  • Hit .272 with 37 hits, 22 runs, four doubles, six home runs, and 25 RBI
  • Went 8-for-11 in stolen base attempts
  • Was 8-for-12 in throwing out runners from behind the plate
  • Had two hits in the America East Tournament against Binghamton including a double and triple.

As a Sophomore (2024):
  • America East All-Academic Team
  • Appeared in 51 games, starting 48
  • Recorded three hits and three RBIs at Bryant on 3/30
  • Had four hits and scored five runs in the America East Tournament
  • Hit .243 with 30 runs, seven doubles, 19 RBIs, and 22 walks
  • Went 7-for-8 in stolen base attempts 
  • Had a .995 fielding percentage with 12 assists

As a Freshman (2023):
  • Appeared in 29 games, starting 15
  • Picked up first career hit at Charleston on 2/26
  • Hit first career home run against Towson on 5/9
  • Hit .313 in 64 at-bats with 16 runs, three doubles, a triple, home run, and 10 RBIs
  • Had a .986 fielding average with 11 assists

Background:
  • Earned All-State First Team honors for the Division 5 state champions in 2022
  • The title was the first in the school’s history
  • The Mounties’ 2022 team captain and county Most Valuable Player
  • Hit .500 and only allowed five earned runs in 38 innings of work
  • A member of the National Honor Society
  • Lists favorite food as chicken wings and favorite musical artist as J Cole
  • The youngest of three brothers
  • Son of Marcia and Rick Paris, the head baseball coach at Mount Greylock  

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2023Freshman

    C
    5'10" 190 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2024Sophomore

    C
    5'10" 200 lbs
    20
  • 2

    2025Junior

    C
    5'10" 200 lbs
    2
Land Acknowledgement
UMBC was established upon the land of the Piscataway and Susquehannock peoples. Over time, citizens of many more Indigenous nations have come to reside in this region. We humbly offer our respects to all past, present, and future Indigenous people connected to this place. Learn more about this statement here.