Rejoined the WWU Coaching Staff for the 2026-27 as an assistant coach for the women's golf program.
One of the best - if not the best - golfers in program history who was inducted into the WWU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018.
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Parrish (Trygg) finished her career holding the best season scoring average (75.4), lowest scoring round (69), tournament medalist performances (8), and top finish at nationals (5th).
During her senior season of 2005-06, Parrish was a first-team National Golf Coaches Association All-American for the second straight year and Western's Female Athlete of the Year as she helped the Vikings to the best campaign in program history, which included a third consecutive fifth-place finish at nationals. She lowered her scoring average by nearly 10 strokes during her four-year career at WWU.
As a sophomore, Parrish placed 16th in medalist play at the NCAAÂ Division II National Championships. The Vikings, making the program's first appearance at nationals since joining the NCAA in 1998, finished fifth in the team standings.
As a junior, Parrish was a medalist in four tournaments, helping the Vikings tie for first at regionals, which took place at the Bellingham Golf & Country Club, and place fifth at the NCAA championships. She finished 15th individually at nationals, leading the Vikings with a season scoring average of 77.0, carding 21 of 27 rounds under 80.
As a senior in 2005-06, Parrish averaged a school-record 75.4 strokes, which ranked fifth nationally, and recorded a career and school-best 3-under par 69 in the final round at the Grand Canyon Invitational. As a team, Western shot 287 in that round, also a school best. Parrish placed fifth at nationals, the Vikings' previous best finish being 10th. She shot 74 in the final round for a 54-hole total of 230.
Parrish completed her bachelor's degree in physical education, fitness and health promotion at Western in June of 2006. She then worked at Wing Point Golf & Country Club (Bainbridge Island) for two years, enrolling in a PGA program for teaching professionals. She returned to Western for her master's degree and while going to school was the women's golf assistant for two seasons from the fall of 2007 to March of 2009. In October of 2013, married Chris Parrish, who was a standout cyclist at Western. They live in Bend, Oregon.
