Matt Carroll St. Louis Cardinals is a man of many accomplishments. He attended the University of Maryland in College Park on a baseball scholarship, and later transferred to Pennsylvania State University, where he played at the ultra-competitive Division 1 level for four years. He was the team captain his senior year and a 4-year varsity letter winner. Carroll also received many academic honors and scholarships. After college in 2006, Caroll participated in the Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau Scout School, finishing at the top of his class.