Rutgers-Camden Athletics

Ethan Carpenter capped his stellar Rutgers-Camden career in 2025, helping the team capture the first New Jersey Athletic Conference championship in program history. Carpenter led the Scarlet Raptors’ staff with seven wins and 12 starts. He finished his four-year Scarlet Raptor career pitching in 36 games, making 31 starts, and posting a 17-8 record. His 17 wins are tied for the third-highest total in program history, one shy of the record shared by two players. He also ranks among the program’s career leaders with 744 at bats (sixth) and 185 innings pitched (ninth).
 
A stellar student as well, Carpenter earned New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic First Team honors for the 2022-23 scholastic year and has captured numerous spots on the Dean’s List and the Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
 
Academics: New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic First Team for the 2022-23 scholastic year…NJAC Academic Honorable Mention for the 2021-22, 2023-24 and 2024-25 scholastic years…Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and Dean’s List student for the 2021 Fall, 2022 Spring, 2022 Fall, 2023 Spring, 2023 Fall, 2024 Spring, 2024 Fall and 2025 Spring semesters…One of only 26 athletes out of the 142-member 2022 Spring AD Honor Roll to post a perfect 4.0 GPA…One of only 25 athletes out of the 133-member 2022 Fall AD Honor Roll to post a 4.0 GPA; One of only 22 athletes on the 151-member 2023 Fall AD Honor Roll to post a 4.0 GPA…One of only 30 athletes on the 138-member 2024 Spring AD Honor Roll to earn a perfect 4.0 GPA.
 
Baseball 2025: Served as one of the Scarlet Raptors’ four team captains…Led the team with seven wins, tied for the third-highest single-season total in program history…Also led in games started (12) and finished second in innings (67.2)…Posted a 7-3 record and a 5.05 ERA…Allowed 92 hits and 42 runs (38 earned)…Walked 24 and struck out 39…Was the Scarlet Raptors’ opening-day starter, working 5.2 innings and earning the win in an 11-4 victory over Immaculata (Feb. 22, Game One)….He allowed six hits and two earned runs, while striking out eight…Defeated Swarthmore (March 1), pitching five innings of three-hit shutout ball, while walking one and striking out five…Defeated nationally-ranked Cortland (March 9), working five innings and allowing seven hits and three runs (two earned), while walking one and striking out six…Had no decision in the Raptors’ 9-7 win over Mount Union (March 15), working 4.2 innings and allowing nine hits, four runs (three earned) and three walks, while striking out three…Suffered his first loss against nationally-ranked Denison (March 21), working 5.2 innings of seven-hit ball, allowing four earned runs and two walks, while fanning three…Didn’t get a decision in the Scarlet Raptors’ 4-3 conference-opening win over New Jersey City (March 29, Game One), working 5.2 innings and allowing nine hits and three earned runs, while walking two and striking out five…Lost to nationally-ranked Kean (April 5, Game One), allowing 11 hits and six earned runs in 5.1 innings while walking one and striking out five…Beat Rutgers-Newark (April 13, Game One), working six innings and allowing eight hits, four earned runs and two walks, while striking out one…Hurled five-hit ball over seven innings in a win over Stockton (April 18), allowing two earned runs and six walks…Defeated Montclair  State (April 24) with a seven-hitter over seven innings, allowing three earned runs and one walk…Defeated nationally-ranked Rowan (May 7) in the NJAC tournament winners’ bracket final, allowing 11 hits and six runs (four earned) over 5.2 innings, while walking two…Lost his final start in the NCAA Baltimore Regional against Rensselaer (May 17), allowing nine hits, three walks and five earned runs in five innings, while striking out three.
 

Baseball 2023: Started all eight of his games, posting a 5-3 record and a 3.72 ERA in 46 innings…Walked 11 and struck out 24…Opponents hit .270 against him…Allowed 48 hits and four hit batsmen…Lefties hit .188 (6-for-32) and righties hit .288 (42-for-146) against him…Defensively, had one putout, nine assists and one error in 11 chances for a .909 fielding percentage…Also turned one double play…Opened the season working 4-1/3 innings in a five-inning Raptor win over Wilson (March 7, Game Two), allowing three hits, one walk and one earned run, while fanning three to earn a 6-1 victory…Raised his record to 2-0 in a 17-2 win over Plymouth State (March 15), working seven innings without a walk, striking out six, and allowing four hits and only one earned run…Worked eight shutout innings in a 5-0 win over Ursinus (March 25, Game Two), allowing four hits and three walks, while striking out six…The performance earned him NJAC Pitcher of the Week honors on March 27…Worked four innings in a 5-3 loss at Kean (April 1, Game Two), allowing eight hits and five runs, only three earned, without a walk or strikeout…Beat Ramapo (April 8, Game Two) by working seven innings of six-hit ball, allowing only one earned run and one walk, while fanning two in a 3-1 victory…Lost at Stockton (April 14). allowing six runs (five earned), five hits and two walks in five innings, while striking out two…Beat William Paterson (April 22, Game One) by scattering seven hits and two walks over six innings, allowing three runs (only two earned) and striking out three…Lost his last outing of the season against The College of New Jersey (May 1), working 4-2/3 innings in a 6-3 defeat. allowing 11 hits, two walks and six earned runs, while striking out two.
 
Baseball 2022: Hurled 4.1 innings over five relief appearances…Allowed eight hits, six walks and six earned runs for a 12.46 ERA…Struck out three…Made his Raptor debut against Plattsburgh State (March 16), allowing one hit and one walk in one scoreless inning…Had one of his two longest outings of the season against Ramapo (April 9, Game One) with 1.1 innings, allowing one hit, three walks and two earned runs, while collecting his first Rutgers-Camden strikeout…Also worked 1.1 innings against The College of New Jersey (April 28), allowing three hits, two walks and three earned runs, while striking out two.
 
Pre-Rutgers: Played two years of baseball at the Camden County College…Appeared in eight games and 14.2 innings in 2021.
 
High School: Earned three varsity baseball letters at Gloucester City High School, playing for Coach Greg Galbraith, a former Rutgers-Camden pitcher…Also captured two varsity letters in bowling…Earned Tri-County Conference Second Team baseball honors as a senior in 2019.
 
Personal: Born February 21, 2001…Hobbies include weightlifting, movies and music…Business Management major at Rutgers-Camden who plans to pursue a job in that field…Ethan is the son of Ryan and Lori Carpenter of Gloucester City.