“I just kind of remember thinking, Really, God, like, you're gonna take this from him now, at this pivotal moment in his life,” says Mitzi Byrd, Parker Byrd’s mother.

In 2022, Parker Byrd was one of the nation’s top high school shortstops. As an eighth grader he committed to play college baseball at Eastern Carolina University, and dreamed of playing in the big leauges.

“He committed when he was 14 years old, he hadn't even played a high school baseball game yet,” says Parker’s Dad, Jeff Byrd. “We didn't know how far he would go in it, but we knew that he was going to play baseball for a very long time.”

Before he was ever born, Parker’s parents committed to raising him in a Godly home.

Jeff: “We prayed so hard for Parker, you know, we had trouble getting pregnant to begin with. And I

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