Eastern Illinois University

HS: Earned two letters as a junior and senior for coach Steve Cribari at Woodlands HS in Houston, Texas... team earned a 5A state championship in 2007, where he tied sixth individually... team was also state runner-up in 2008... earned the October, 2007 school Highlighted Highlander Award... played for Texas squad when they competed in the Scotland Cup... also a Mexico representative to International Cup, where he captured the match play championship.... 

PERSONAL: Son of Eugenio Parrodi & Beatriz Wiechers... planning on majoring in business... credits his parents for influencing his sports career, “because they are the ones who always supported me, plus they introduced me to the sport of golf”... ‘Gino’ choose to attend EIU “because of the good golf program”... enjoys watching former EIU standout Tony Romo play professional football... his hidden talents include playing soccer and pool... also enjoys tennis, watching movies, listening to music and hanging with friends... the name of his golden retriever is ‘Rex’... his advice for a younger athlete is “work hard and never give up”... enjoys eating Mexican and Italian food, but dislikes Chinese dishes... since coming to EIU he has learned “how to interact with people from other places”... his favorite quote is “what doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger”... his goals while at EIU are to “win conference and get good grades to earn my MBA”... if he could bring anything from his hometown to EIU it would be “my family”.... 

COACH MONCEL SAYS: “Gino has been great… he is playing as well as any freshman we’ve ever had… very consistent, with very few high rounds… he’s not only a good player, but also a good guy.”