2017 Athletics Hall of Honor inductees: Donell Hotze Kvaal '00, Molly Parrott '02, Angie Nielsen Sears '02.
Molly Parrott '02
Women's basketball, softball
Parrott is the only athlete in school history to receive all-America distinction in both women's basketball and softball.
She was a four-time all-conference pick as a speedy point guard in women's basketball, and a two-time first-team selection. A two-time team MVP, she was named to the D3hoops.com all-America squad for the 2001-02 season and served as a Central co-captain.
On the career charts, Parrott ranks second in school history in scoring (1,595 points, 15.8 points per game), first in assists (430), second in steals (198), third in 3-point goals (109), fifth in field goals (533) and second in free throws (420).
A Council Bluffs native, Parrott was a four-year starter at second base in softball, receiving all-league honors twice. She was the 2002 LeRoy Timmer team MVP and a two-time all-Midwest Region selection. Helping lead the team to four NCAA Division III tournament berths, she was a regional and national all-tournament team selection in 2001 when the Dutch finished second in the U.S.
Parrott broke Kvaal's freshman season and career hits marks and currently ranks second in career hits (201), second in season hits (70, 2001), second in career at-bats (567), third in career runs (137) and ninth in career doubles (29). She posted a career .354 batting mark and stole 95 bases.
Parrott earned a master's degree in sports administration at the University of Northern Colorado. She was an administrative intern under the senior associate athletics director at Iowa State University for a year before spending 2004-07 as assistant women's basketball coach at the University of Chicago. She returned to Iowa State as graduate assistant coach from 2007-09 and completed a doctoral degree in educational leadership at Iowa State in 2010. During 2009-10 she was a graduate assistant/postdoctoral associate in athletics academic services before transitioning to coordinator of student-athlete affairs from 2010-14. She was named Iowa State's Outstanding Student Organization Adviser of the Year in 2013.
In 2014, Parrott was named director of development for the College of Human Sciences, leading fundraising efforts there through the Iowa State University Foundation and recently was promoted to senior director of development.
Parrott is also well-known as sports broadcast analyst. She was the radio analyst for Iowa State women's basketball with Cyclones Sports Properties from 2008-15 and still provides the color for most home games. She was also the analyst for telecasts of the Iowa state girls' high school basketball and softball tournaments.the past two years.
She also remains active with Central, serving on the college's National Advisory Council since 2012 and as a tri-chair for the Forever Dutch initiative for athletics facilities enhancements, including a $12 million expansion of P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium.
Parrott and her family live in Ames.
