Fall 2009: Carpenter stormed into ACU as he finished in the top 20 in all four tournaments including a victory at the Territory Classic with rounds of 74 and 66. He also finished in the top 10 at the Bruce Williams Memorial where he finished ninth. At the Queens Invitational at TPC Sawgrass he fired rounds of 72 and 73 for a 12^th place finish and gave him an average score of 71 during the fall season. He will enter the spring season with a National Rating of 18 according to golfstat.com.

High School: A four time Arkansas State Champion and four time All-State golfer at Arkansas Baptist High School. Included a runner up finish as a senior and a third place finish as a sophomore at the Arkansas State Golf Championships. As a junior golfer Carpenter earned two victories on the National circuit winning AJGA Texas/Oklahoma Junior Championship in Wichita Falls and the AJGA Medicus Post-Season Tournament. He recorded eight top 25 finishes, five of which were in the top 15 on the AJGA tour including an eighth place finish in Roswell, Georgia at AJGA Southeastern Open. As a member of the Texas Junior Golf Tour Carpenter recorded five top 10 finishes and two fourth place finishes. He was also a 9 time winner as a member of the Arkansas State Golf Association including a win at the U.S. Junior Golf Tour in Hot Springs, Arkansas.   He also had two top 5 finishes on the Amateur circuit in the summer of his senior year. Alex also played basketball and was a starting forward as a junior and senior. 

Personal: Born 26 June 1990. 2009 graduate of Arkansas Baptist High in Little Rock, Arkansas. His brother Adam also signed to play at ACU.