Biography
2018 (Junior): Named First-Team All-South Central Region by the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings ... Second-Team All-Sun Belt Conference ... Ranked 10th in the league in home runs (9) and slugging percentage (.543) in Sun Belt games last season … Batted .301 with nine doubles, nine home runs, 43 RBIs, 38 runs scored, .410 on-base percentage and .506 slugging percentage in 53 games played last year … Hit .326 with five doubles, five home runs, 21 RBIs, 21 runs scored, .427 OBP and .543 slugging percentage in league contests … Recorded 17 multiple-hit and 10 multi-RBI games … Hit safely in 32 of 53 games played ... Homered and drove in one run at No. 1 Texas Tech (March 4) ... Finished 2-for-4 with a double, a home run and two runs scored against ULM (March 18) ... Recorded career highs in hits (4), RBIs (4) and home runs (2) at New Orleans (April 18), finishing 4-for-5 with a double, two home runs, four RBIs and three runs scored ... Went 2-for-4 with a double, one RBI and two runs scored in the series opener at Texas State (April 20) ... Followed that performance by tying his career high in hits (4) and driving in three runs at Texas State (April 20) in the second game of a doubleheader ... Named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week (April 24) after hitting .625 (10-for-16) with three doubles, three home runs, eight RBIs, seven runs scored, a .684 OBP and 1.375 slugging percentage in four games ... Collected multiple hits in the first three games of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament ... Went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and one run scored against Georgia Southern (May 23) ... Finished 2-for-4 with a double and tied his career high in RBIs (4) against Coastal Carolina (May 24) ... Went 2-for-4 with two RBIs against Georgia Southern (May 25).
2017 (Sophomore): Appeared in 41 games with 26 starts ... Batted .250 with seven doubles, one triple, home run, 18 RBIs and 18 runs scored ... Hit .261 with one double, one triple, 10 RBIs and 10 runs scored in 19 Sun Belt Conference games ... Tied a career high in hits (3) against Eastern Illinois (Feb. 18), while also driving in three and scoring four runs ... Recorded three hits and three RBIs at Georgia Southern (March 18) ... Tied his career high in hits (3) at New Orleans (April 11), and matched that total against Coastal Carolina (April 14) ... Took over as the starting catcher on May 19 against Troy following an injury to Jared Barnes ... Named to the Sun Belt All-Tournament team after batting .385 with two doubles, one RBI, one run scored, a .538 slugging percentage and .429 on-base percentage in three games.
2016 (Freshman): Batted .274 with seven doubles, 25 RBIs, 15 runs scored and one stolen base in 57 games ... Hit safely in 30 of 57 contests ... Recorded 13 multiple-hit and five multi-RBI games ... Batted .244 with one double, 12 RBIs, seven runs scored and one stolen base in 28 SBC games ... Hit safely in the first five games of his Jaguar career, including a 3-for-4 performance aginst Evansville (Feb. 21) where he doubled twice, scored three runs and drove in one run ... Tied a career high in hits with three each against Texas State (March 24) and ULM (April 2) ... Drove in a career-high four runs against New Orleans (April 6).
High School: Lettered four years at Ola High School in McDonough, Ga. ... Named the Henry Herald Player of the Year in 2015 ... Earned all-region 4-AAAAA honors as a senior ... Hit .430 as a junior … Batted .400 as a sophomore and .330 as a freshman.
Personal: Full name is Carter West Perkins ... Born Nov. 4, 1996, in Riverdale, Ga. ... The second of two children to Gar and Lee Perkins ... Brother, Grant, played baseball for four years at Berry College ... Uncle, Michael Stipe, is the lead singer of rock band R.E.M. ... Favorite movie is “Moneyball” ... Favorite pro sports teams are the Atlanta Braves and Falcons ... Favorite athlete is Brian McCann ... Lists Gucci Mane as his favorite musical artist ... Favorite food is chicken Alfredo ... Majoring in sport management.
