Carpenter Named DAC Hitter of Week

IRVING, Texas – Dallas College Cedar Valley's Hayden Carpenter was named the Dallas Athletic Conference Hitter of the Week.

A freshman outfielder from Magnolia, Texas, Carpenter batted .353, going 6-for-17 in five games as the Suns won the first four of five games on the schedule last week. He also had two home runs, a double, nine runs batted in, six runs scored and five walks, including three intentional passes. He hit .417 in conference games going 5-for-12 in a three-game series with No. 2 nationally-ranked Dallas College Eastfield – an opponent the Suns knocked off twice.

Carpenter homered twice in the series-clinching 15-3 Game 2 victory over the Harvester Bees Thursday. One of his bombs was a grand slam, and the other a walk-off, three-run blast in the eighth inning as Cedar Valley won their fourth consecutive game of the week. He drove in a season-high seven runs in that game, going 2-for-4 with three runs scored. He also had two hits and an RBI in the 17-11 series-opening win over Eastfield, and hit safely in all three games in the series, including a double in the 11-4 Game 3 loss.

This season, Carpenter is batting .384 with nine homers, 11 doubles and 47 RBI. His nine home runs are eighth among NJCAA Division III leaders.

Cedar Valley (22-21, 6-15 DAC) plays a doubleheader at Southwestern Assemblies of God University Junior Varsity Monday before beginning a three-game series 12 p.m. Wednesday at home against Dallas College Mountain View (13-25, 3-18).