He began umpiring youth and senior league baseball after high school, and continued when he moved to Florida to attend Flagler College.
[5] Livensparger was one of 150 students in the 2009 class of the five week Jim Evans Academy of Professional Umpiring, and one of only 25 to graduate.
[5] In March 2009, he went on to a Professional Baseball Umpires Corp evaluation course with 50 others, and was one of 25 to pass.
[7] On June 10, 2017, he made his MLB debut in a doubleheader between the Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays.
He spent four years as a sports management intern for the City of Jacksonville, he was a lifeguard for the St John’s County Marine Rescue unit, and spent time as a scuba diving instructor in Honduras.
In the 2022-23 MLB off-season, he was able to attend officer training and graduated as a second lieutenant in December 2022.