On most good teams, upperclassmen see most of the playing time and produce most of the results, even though there may be talented younger players waiting in the wings.

Kyle Stout waited for his turn, and when the time came, he took advantage of it and became one of the more successful two-sport student-athletes to play at Parkland High School.

During his sophomore year, there were four seniors that started on the District 11 Class 4A championship Trojan basketball team, and it was hard for head coach Andy Stephens to take any of them off the court. But a year later, Stout was inserted into the lineup and began to show his skill set.

During his two years starting for the varsity team, Stout led Parkland to two Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and District 11 crowns while totaling 952 points and being named the league’s MVP during the 2015-16 season.

“It was a great feeling,” said Stout. “We accomplished a lot as a team the last two years. It was different for us last year as seniors. We were focused on what we wanted and knew what we could accomplish. It was a wonderful feeling to go out knowing we had our hands in four district titles and some state playoff wins.”

Stout, along with classmates Jack Dreisbach, Devante Cross, Kenny Yeboah, Will Baar and Noel Brouse were a part of four district championship teams in a run that Parkland basketball fans won’t ever forget.

Coming up from the days of playing youth ball at Schnecksville under assistant varsity coach Bill Dreisbach, Stout began to burst onto the scene as a junior, but really improved his game in his final year as a Trojan.

“Working out in the weight room with Mike Cerimele really got me over the top strength-wise,” said Stout. “I worked hard in the gym and had the mindset of being a scorer heading into senior year.”

Before the start of his senior year, Stout committed to play basketball at Lafayette College over Penn, Princeton and Colgate.

“Lafayette has always been there,” he said. “They came to my practices and my games. Their coaching staff made me feel wanted. I am comfortable knowing I can go there and contribute and be successful.”

Growing up it was always about basketball. But Stout also played football. After deciding to give that up, a couple of longtime friends on the volleyball team, Kristin Krause and Avery Perosa, mentioned to him about playing volleyball.

“In eighth grade Kristin and Avery told me and Jack [Dreisbach] we should play volleyball,” Stout said. “We kind of laughed it off, but then we started seriously thinking about it and decided to play.”

The recruiting efforts of Krause and Perosa paid off, and just like in hoops, Stout broke into the starting lineup for boys volleyball head coach Scott Trumbauer during his junior year. Parkland won the state championship that year, and won EPC and District 11 titles last year, while falling two matches shy of repeating as state champions.

“With the team that we had, our goal was to win a state championship,” said Stout. “To win the gold was amazing, especially to do it the same year that the girls did. We put Parkland on the map.”

Along with being an all-star in basketball, he was a First-Team All-EPC volleyball selection as well this year.

“The most interesting thing about him is that he’s so competitive,” Trumbauer said. “You could see a switch be turned on in a match, or even in practice doing certain drills, and he turned into this unstoppable force. A lot of kids wish they had that, obviously.”

Stout is undecided in a major, but is focusing on the business side, and will be taking economics classes this fall. While continuing to play volleyball this summer, he is also training in the gym for his upcoming basketball season, and can look back at a successful career at Parkland.

“Parkland was a fantastic academic school,” Stout said. “A lot of teachers influenced me and helped me to grow. My biology teacher Mrs. Kowalski was one of the many that stuck out and are just great role models.”