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Men’s Tennis Signs Heralded 5-Star Prospect Mikeal Carpenter

Men's Tennis MSU Athletic Communications

Men’s Tennis Signs Heralded 5-Star Prospect Mikeal Carpenter

BALTIMORE, Md. (January 24, 2020) – Head coach Matthew Townes and the Morgan State Bears have continued their success on the recruiting trail this season with the signing of highly touted Mikeal Carpenter to a National Letter of Intent for the Fall of 2020.
 
Carpenter, a five-star prospect as the No. 47 player in his class according to TennisRecruiting.net, bypassed several Power 5 Conference offers to sign with the Bears.
 
"We are very excited to welcome Mikeal Carpenter to the Bear family," Townes said. 
 
"This is the biggest signing Morgan State has ever had," said Townes, a Morgan State graduate who played for the Bears from 2004-08. "Keeping a talent that high in state is a transformational thing for this university. It is amazing for us."
 
Hailing from Suitland, Maryland, Carpenter also considered schools like UCLA, Santa Clara, Virginia Tech, Dartmouth, Richmond and George Washington.
 
He currently ranks No. 2 in the state of Maryland and No. 9 in the Middle Atlantic.
 
During his junior career, Carpenter ranked as high as 30th in the 2019 Recruiting rankings and ranked No. 12 in the TennisRPI.
 
Morgan State won the MEAC title for the first time in program history last year and made its first-ever NCAA tournament appearance. 
 
"The timing of everything just happened to be perfect," Townes said. "It is really a dream come true to have a kid like that, and signing Mikeal has already been a game-changer for the program. He puts us in the conversation with some other talented recruits."

ABOUT MORGAN
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified doctoral research institution offering more than 100 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.
 
 
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