MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — David Carpenter was selected in the 12th round of the Major League Baseball first-year player draft just months after the WVU football team won the Sugar Bowl and the Mountaineer men’s basketball team advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16. In June of 2006, Carpenter launched a professional baseball career that is still going strong despite several stops and starts and a position change along the way.
“As long as I enjoy playing, as long as I am good enough to continue playing I will do it,” Carpenter said.