University of South Alabama Athletics

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON (2017-18)        
Played in 28 games after missing the entire 2016-17 campaign due to injury … Averaged 1.0 rebounds and 0.8 points per game while playing an average of 9.0 minutes per contest … Played 10 or more minutes in 10 of 28 appearances … Scored a season-high four points twice during the season, first in the season opener against Georgia Southwestern (11/10) and again at Texas State (1/4) … Played in a season-high 16 minutes and grabbed a season-best five rebounds in a home game against Georgia State (12/29) … Recorded a steal in four contests – vs. Georgia Southwestern (11/10), at North Carolina State (11/17), at ULM (1/27) and at Coastal Carolina (2/17) … Rejected a shot in three games – at Ole Miss (12/9), vs. Arkansas State (2/10) and against ULM (3/6).

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2016-17)        
Sat out the entire season and redshirted while recovering from a knee injury from the previous year.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2015-16)    
Saw limited action as a freshman for South Alabama, competing in just six games … Missed the final 14 games of the season after suffering a knee injury at Louisiana (1/21) … Before the injury, she was averaging 0.7 points and 1.3 rebounds per game in 5.3 minutes of action per outing … Saw first action of her career against Spring Hill (11/17) and pulled down two rebounds in four minutes of action … Played nine minutes and had a steal and a rebound at Southern Mississippi (12/6) … Scored first collegiate points at Louisiana and recorded four points and three rebounds in nine minutes of action against the Ragin’ Cajuns before suffering the injury.

AT THE BOLLES SCHOOL    
Lettered at the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Fla., for head coach Kelley Stevenson … Was a five-year letterwinner in basketball at Bolles and also lettered for one season in lacrosse … Ended her prep career with 1,272 points and pulled down 1,129 rebounds … Also had 383 steals and 132 blocks during that time … Was been a honorable mention all-First Coast selection by the Times Union all five seasons … Averaged a double-double as a senior for the Bulldogs with 10.7 ppg and 10.3 rpg … Also dished out 3.0 assists per outing and 2.8 steals to go along with her 1.8 blocks per game … Finished the year with 66 steals and a career-best 42 blocks during the 2014-15 season … Scored double figures 15 times, including a season-best 18 versus Hillard, and pulled down double-figure rebounding tallies 15 times as well … Posted 11 double-doubles … As a junior, led the Bulldogs to a 25-4 overall record and an 8-0 conference mark … Averaged 10.1 points and 8.2 rebounds per outing in 29 games that season … Shot 41 percent from the floor, knocking down 124 of her 305 shot attempts … Scored double figures 16 times and pulled down double-figure rebound tallies on nine occasions, playing at both the small and power forward positions … At the defensive end of the floor, had 113 steals and 32 blocks, averaging 3.9 steals and 1.1 blocks per game … Was just as solid, registering 10.6 ppg and 9.0 rpg in 23 games for Bolles during her sophomore season, while also finishing with 73 steals and 32 blocks … Signed with South Alabama after also being recruited by Long Island University-Brooklyn and Longwood University … Played two seasons of AAU ball with Central Florida Elite based out of Orlando, Fla.

PERSONAL    
Christen Synclaire Carter … Born in Jacksonville, Fla. … Daughter of Stockton and Carla Carter … Middle child in family … Has one older sister, Caila and one younger sister, Chloe … Father was a golfer at Mississippi Valley State (1988-90) … Grandfather, John Carter, played football at Edward Waters College (1963-68) … Sister, Caila, played basketball at Barton College (2013-14) … Favorite movie is “Divergent” … Favorite book is “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green … Favorite professional sports teams are the Golden State Warriors and the Seattle Seahawks … Favorite professional athletes are Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant … Favorite musical artists are Parmalee and Big Sean … Favorite foods are Chinese food and pizza … Favorite classes are math and science … Went on a humanitarian aid to Kenya during the summer of 2015  …  Majoring in biology.