As a senior: Put together a career year in 2014, appearing in 53 games while making 50 starts in the Bulldog outfield … Posted career highs in batting average (.299), games played (53), at bats (147), runs scored (26), hits (44), doubles (2), triples (1), homeruns (3), RBI (19), and stolen bases (10) … Hit her first-career homerun in a 2-0 win over UMass Lowell on April 1 … Hit a walk-off, two-run homer vs. Albany on April 9 … Posted a pair of four-hit performances, going 4-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored vs. Yale on March 22 and 4-for-4 with a homerun, three runs scored and two RBI vs. Albany on April 9 … Went 2-for-3 with a run scored vs. Hofstra in the NCAA Regional on May 17 …Tabbed as Northeast Conference Player of the Week on April 7 … Named to the All-NEC Second Team (OF) for the first time in her career ... Named to NEC Academic Honor Roll.
As a junior: Appeared in 27 games in 2013, earning 21 starts in the outfield for the Bulldogs … Finished the season batting .245, collecting 12 hits in 49 at bats … Scored 14 runs on the season while driving in a run … Posted a .327 on base percentage, drawing five walks and one hit-by-pitch … Collected a career-high three hits on two different occasions, going 3-for-4 with two runs scored in the season-opener vs. Tennessee St. (Feb. 15) and 3-for-3 with three runs scored at Yale on April 3.
As a sophomore: Saw time in 13 games, making one start for the Bulldogs in her sophomore season ... Batted .333 on the season, going 2-for-6 from the plate while scoring four runs ... Was a perfect 1-for-1 on the base paths.
As a freshman: A 19-game starter for the Bulldogs, Carter payed in 29 total outings for the Black and Gold ... Finished 2011 with a .250 batting average, inlcuding one double and one triple ... She recorded her best outing in the season-opener against Utah Valley State on February 18 with a 2-for-4 performance at the dish with two runs and 3 RBIs.
Before Bryant: A 2010 graduate of Pope John XXIII Regional High School, Carter was a four year letter winner and senior captain for both soccer and softball ... 2010 selected to the NJAC 1st team All-Conference and All-Academic team for softball … Led her softball team to winning the league championships in 2009 … Two-time All-SCIL League, NJ Herald 1st team and All-State selection for softball … 2009 named to the NJ Star-Ledger top 10 defensive player roster for soccer… 2009 1st team NJAC All-League selection for soccer … Two-time NJ Herald 1st team selection ... Soccer league champs 2006-2008.
Personal: Daughter of John and Debra Carter, Kristen Carter was born March 15, 1992 ... Has one brother, John … Cousins, Katelyn and Rachel Senatore, both have played collegiate softball, Katelyn at Bucknell University from 2008-2009 and Rachel is currently playing at Hoftstra University … Cousins, Braden and Devin Carter, are currently wrestling at Newbury College and Virginia Tech respectively … Cousins, James and Jason Carter, are currently playing baseball at Averett University.
Career Highs
Hits: 4, twice, last vs. Albany (April 9, 2014)
Runs scored: 3, twice, last vs. Albany (April 9, 2014)
RBI: 5, vs. LIU Brooklyn (April 6, 2014)
Home runs: 1, 3x, last at Saint Francis U. (April 19, 2014)
Stolen bases: 2, twice, last vs. Albany (April 9, 2014)
Walks: 1, 8x, last at #7 Oklahoma (May 16, 2014)
