Missouri State

2016-17:  Earned the Elite 18 Award …Also named to the MVC Men’s Golf Scholar-Athlete Team … A MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award and MVC Honor Roll recipient … Competed in all but two tournaments as a redshirt-sophomore … Had his best finish in the UNO Invitational (Sept. 3-4) after shooting, 74-68-74--216 to tie for second … Matched his season best 216 at home in the Twin Oaks Intercollegiate (Mar. 20-21) on his way to a top five finish … Came up with another top 20 spot at the ASU Red Wolf Invitational (Apr. 3-4) with rounds of 74-73-77--224 … Finished second on the team at the MVC Championships (Apr. 25-26) with 10-over par 226 for 12th place.

2015-16: Redshirted his second year at Missouri State.

2014-15: Played nine tournaments for the Bears ... Registered a 76.37 scoring average in 24 rounds ... Made his collegiate debut at the season-opening Derek Dolenc Invitational, hosted by SIUE ... Tied for 34th in the event, firing his best 54-hole score of the season at 10-over 226 ... Also played the D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate at Illinois State and Jim Rivers Intercollegiate at Louisiana Tech ... Shot a 10-over 152 at the Weibring and 16-over 232 at the Jim Rivers ... Posted his best finish of the season, tied for 17th a 2-over 146, at the Grover Page Classic at Tennessee Martin ... Fired an even-par 71, representing his best round of the season, in the second round of the A-State Red Wolves Intercollegiate ... Tied for 38th at 14-over-par 227 in the event at RidgePointe Country Club in Jonesboro, Ark., on April 4-5.

Background: Played four seasons of golf for coach Tim Buschmann at Washington High School, helping the to Blue Jays Gateway Conference championships as a freshman and sophomore ... Also played three years of varsity basketball for Chip Sodeman ... Won Missouri High School Class 4 individual championship as a senior in 2014 with a 1-under-par 145 at Dalhousie Golf Club in Cape Girardeau ... Was all-state, first team all-conference and GAC Player of the Year as a junior ... Also named to the St. Louis All-Metero third team ... All-state, all-conference and won the Gateway PGA Junior Qualifier as a sophomore ... Also won the Bogey Hills Invitational in the first of two consecutive years ... As a freshman in 2011, he won the Accelerated Golf Tour event at Northwood Country Club and the Gateway PGA Classic at Winghaven.

Personal: Born Jan. 16, 1996, in Kirkwood, Mo. ... Son of Janet and Kevin Carpenter ... Has one sister, Paige ... Member of the National Honor Society, earning a 4.0 grade-point average all four years of high school ... Biggest sports thrill was firing a double eagle on the sixth hole at Mirimichi Golf Club in Millington, Tenn. ... Plans to major in finance at Missouri State ... Would like to pursue a career in professional golf.