Parnell receives award
The award, given by members of the Penn's Woods Council of the Boy Scouts of America, recognized Parnell and the Altoona Curve for their on-going support of scouting.
Under Parnell's leadership, the Curve annually hold several Scout Night Sleepover events at Blair County Ballpark and are heavily involved in several other Boy Scout programs throughout the year.
"Parney" is in his seventh season as the General Manager of the Altoona Curve. Parney also serves as the G.E.R.T (Guy Everyone Reports To) for Greensons Baseball, which also operates the State College Spikes of the short-season Class-A New York-Penn League and the Myrtle Beach (SC) Pelicans of the Class-A Carolina League.
Over his first six seasons with the organization, "Parney" has helped the Curve set numerous single-game and season attendance marks at Blair County Ballpark, shatter sponsorship and corporate sales records, host the highly successful 2006 Eastern League All-Star Game, and turn the club into an award-winner and one of the most respected in minor league baseball.
Under Parney's outstanding leadership, the Curve were honored as Minor League Baseball's top franchise following the 2006 season by being named winners of the John H. Johnson President's Trophy for overall excellence.
Also following the 2006 campaign, Baseball America awarded the Curve the prestigious Bob Freitas Award for all of Double-A baseball. Parnell's leadership also led the Curve to win the 2004 Larry MacPhail Trophy for promotional excellence in Minor League Baseball. He also earned the 2004 Eastern League Executive of the Year Award.
"Parney" began his minor league baseball career during the 1990 season when he joined the Eastern League's Reading Phillies as the club's Director of Sales and Marketing. He was later promoted to Assistant General Manager, a position he held through the 1996 season.
From 1997-2001 he was the General Manager of the Kannapolis Intimidators (formerly the Piedmont Boll Weevils) of the Class-A South Atlantic League, the franchise which was owned by NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt.
Parney and his wife Kelly reside in Scotch Valley with their daughters, Lindsay (13) and Samantha (10).