CHICAGO - Chicago State University baseball player Albert Carpen (Whiting, IN/Clark) was honored by the Great West Conference Monday evening as he was selected first team all-conference at the league's pre-conference tournament banquet at the UCCU Center in Orem, Utah.
Carpen is the first CSU player to capture all-conference honors in the school's Great West era and first such honoree since Roc Latino gained first team honors in the Summit League in 2006.
Carpen, a 5-9, 180-pound senior outfielder from Whiting, Ind., leads the Cougars in batting average (.416), slugging percentage (.526), on-base percentage (.519), walks (38), stolen bases (13) and triples (three) in addition to becoming the school's single-season hits leader with 72. He ranks among the NCAA Division I leaders this week in on-base percentage (fourth) and batting average (eighth).
In GWC games, Carpen has produced a .438 hitting clip with 34 runs scored, 10 stolen bases, eight doubles and eight RBI.
The Cougars open Great West Tournament play later this afternoon against Texas-Pan American at Brent Brown Ballpark with a start time of 1:15 p.m., central time. Click here for the GWC Tournament homepage with links to live video and live stats.
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