Butler University Athletics

2024 – Senior Season: Played in 53 games, making 47 starts primarily in right field… Recorded 43 hits in 171 at-bats to post a .251 batting average… Ended the year with three doubles, one triple and three home runs… Scored 24 runs… Recorded 16 RBI and 57 total bases… Seven extra base hits improved his slugging percentage to .333… Walked 21 times and was hit by a pitch eight times to move his on-base percentage to .356… Stole two bases… Had five sacrifice hits, including two sac flies… Made 92 putouts in the field… Assisted on three outs… Didn’t commit an error to post a 1.000 fielding percentage… Hit a grand slam in the first game of the Alabama A&M series to lead BU to victory (2/23)… Ended the game with two hits, two runs scored and four RBI… Went 4-for-5 from the plate with an RBI and two runs scored vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (3/5)… Had a three-hit day at Miami Ohio to record three RBIs (3/19)… Went 3-for-3 with a walk, a double and a triple vs. Georgetown (4/13)… Had five multi-hit games over Butler’s last 10 contests… Went 3-for-3 vs. UConn with two walks and an RBI (5/16)… Hit a solo home run vs. the Huskies the next day (5/17)… Homered in the first game vs. Indiana (3/28).

2023 – Junior Season: Played in 52 games, making 50 starts… Held a .269 batting average… Came up with 49 hits in 182 at-bats… Hit nine doubles, one triple, and three home runs to help generate 15 RBIs… Ended the year with 69 total bases… Scored 29 runs… Walked 23 times… Hit by pitch eight times… Posted a .379 slugging percentage and a .376 on-base percentage… Stole one base… Made 127 put-outs and assisted on six outs… Posted a .957 fielding percentage… Recorded a season-high four hits in the finale game of the Villanova series (4/15)… Ended the game with a double, an RBI and two runs scored… First four-hit game came in game one of a doubleheader vs. Eastern Illinois (4/2)… First home run of the season came in game two of the DH vs. the Panthers… Opened the year going 3-for-4 from the plate with a double, an RBI and a run scored vs. FDU (2/17)… Came up with a season-high three RBIs in a 2-for-4 game at Jackson State while scoring two runs (3/8)… Played well in the finale at Xavier going 3-for-5 with a double and a home run (4/8)… Had two RBI and scored a run vs. the Musketeers… Final home run came in game two vs. Creighton (4/29)… Hit a triple in game two vs. Villanova (4/15)… Scored a season-high three runs in the final game at Georgetown (5/7)… Had a three-hit game at Connecticut (5/13)... Walked three times in the final game at Campbell (2/26).

Before Butler: San Diego State Transfer.

2022 Season (Redshirt-Sophomore): Played in 26 games, making 16 starts… Held a .172 batting average by collected 10 hits in 58 at-bats… Scored 10 runs… Hit a double and a triple to help post six RBI… Ended the year with 13 total bases… Walked six times… Stole a base.

2021 Season (Redshirt-Freshman): Went 2-for-7 (.286) at the plate in three games, earning his first two collegiate starts as a left fielder … Finished with three putouts on the year … Made his Aztec starting debut a memorable after belting his first career homer, a two-run shot, in SDSU’s 9-1 thumping of Dixie State (4-25-21) … Entered as a pinch runner and saw one at-bat as a designated hitter in the series finale at Nevada (5-1-21) … Also received a starting assignment in game one of a twin bill vs. San José State (5-8-21) … Earned a spot on the Mountain West all-academic team and received SDSU scholar-athlete recognition.

2020 Season (Freshman): Appeared in two games during his first campaign on The Mesa was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Made his Aztec debut as a pinch hitter, singling up the middle in the bottom of the ninth in the home series opener vs. Oregon State (2-27-20) ... Was inserted as a pinch runner in the eighth inning of the series finale at No. 11/15 Oklahoma, scoring on Brian Leonhardt's sacrifice fly (3-8-20)… Made the All-Mountain West Academic Team.

High School: Earned four varsity letters for head coach Nelson Randolph at Capital Christian High in Sacramento … Was nationally ranked as the No. 4 first baseman for the class of 2019 by Perfect Game and was listed as the No. 28 overall player for the state of California … Received all-conference honors in all four seasons … Hit .405 with 10 home runs and 104 RBIs during his career, according to MaxPreps, including a .427 clip over his final three years … Also posted a .513 on-base percentage and a .641 slugging percentage, adding 26 doubles, eight triples and 60 stolen bases as a prep … Merited first-team all-state distinction for medium high schools by MaxPreps and garnered all-metro accolades by the Sacramento Bee following his senior campaign … Helped the Cougars to a 27-6 record as junior, capped by the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV championship … Also propelled Capital Christian High to the Sac-Joaquin Section Division V crown as a sophomore, racking up three hits, three runs and two RBIs in the title game vs. Escalon … Competed in the prestigious Area Code Games for the Oakland Athletics in 2018 … Also played two seasons of basketball in high school as a sophomore and junior.

Personal: Son of Kelvin and Rulaine Carter… Has two siblings Darryn and Deven.

Why Carter Chose Butler
“I found a great opportunity at Butler to play baseball and get a great education.”