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Andrew Carpenter

Player Profile
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Dayton, Ohio
High School:
Oakwood
Height / Weight:
6-1 / 200
Position:
INF
Experience:
2L
B/T:
R/R

05/22/2012

Spartans Open Big Ten Tournament Against Nebraska

Fifth-seeded MSU will take on the fourth-seeded Huskers in the first round Wednesday at 12:05 p.m.

05/19/2012

Spartans Top Penn State on Senior Day, 9-2

MSU finishes the regular season 35-19 and will be the No. 5 seed in the Big Ten Tournament.

03/12/2012

Week Rewind: Spring Break Trip

03/11/2012

Spartans Outlast Seton Hall in 15 Innings, 4-3

Down 3-0 in the bottom of the 15th, Spartans rally to score four runs in the comeback victory.

03/04/2012

No. 5 Texas A&M Edges Spartans, 9-8

MSU rallies with three runs in the eighth and one in the ninth, but falls short against Aggies.

Career Stats | Game-by-Game Statistics: 2009 | 2010 | 2011

Has played in 62 career games with 43 starts . . . ranks second among active Spartans heading into the 2012 season with seven home runs.

SUMMER 2011: Played for the Cincinnati Steam in the Great Lakes League.

2011 (SOPHOMORE): Earned his second letter by playing in 26 games, including 19 starts (18 at third base, one as a DH) . . . ranked third on the team with four homers . . . compiled a .224 batting average (17-for-76) . . . drove in 13 runs and scored 15 runs . . . also had four doubles . . . had four multi-hit games . . . had three game-winning RBIs (Yale on March 11; Akron on March 12; Central Michigan on May 11) . . . his first homer of the season was a solo shot against SIU-Edwardsville (3/5) . . . also hit a solo homer against Bethune-Cookman on the same day (3/5) . . . hit a two-run homer against Yale (3/11) . . . delivered a solo homer at Central Michigan (5/11) . . . Academic All-Big Ten selection.

2010 (RED-SHIRT FRESHMAN): Saw action in 25 games, including 16 starts at third base . . . hit .236 with two homers, three doubles, two triples and 15 RBIs . . . had a career-high four hits against West Virginia (2/28) . . . hit two home runs and drove in a career-high four RBIs in win at Jacksonville State (3/11).

2009 (MEDICAL REDSHIRT): Appeared in 11 games, including a total eight starts at third base and designated hitter, before a shoulder injury forced him to miss the remainder of the season . . . hit first-career home run in his second college game in loss to Seton Hall (2/21) . . . had two RBIs vs. Bethune-Cookman (3/7).

HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time all-state honoree . . . named the "Best Third Baseman in Ohio" by the Buckeye Scout . . . garnered all-district accolades as a sophomore, junior and senior . . . rated the 17th-best third baseman in the country by PGCrosschecker.com . . . four-year all-league honoree . . . named to the Rawlings 2008 all-regional team . . . four-year letterwinner for Coach Eric Oberding at Oakwood High School.

PERSONAL: Born April 5, 1990 . . . favorite athlete is Carson Palmer . . . son of Lee and Kristin Carpenter . . . father, Lee, swam at the University of Illinois and mother, Kristin, played tennis at Arizona State . . . lists father as his biggest baseball influence . . . marketing major.

CARPENTER'S CAREER STATS

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