Sydney Carter (basketball)
{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1990)}}
{{other people|Sydney Carter}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Sydney Carter
| image =
| league =
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| position = Guard
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 6
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|11|18}}
| birth_place = Dallas, Texas
| nationality = American
| high_school = DeSoto (DeSoto, Texas)
| college = Texas A&M (2008–2012)
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_year = 2012
| draft_round = 3
| draft_pick = 27
| draft_team = Chicago Sky
| career_start = 2012
| career_end = 2015
| years1 = 2012
| team1 = Chicago Sky
| years2 = 2013
| team2 = Connecticut Sun
| years3 = 2014
| team3 = Indiana Fever
| years4 = 2015
| team4 = Atlanta Dream
| wnba_profile = sydney_carter
| bbr_wnba = cartesy01w
| letter = c
|highlights=
- NCAA champion (2011)
- 2x Big 12 All-Defensive Team (2011, 2012)
- Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2009)
}}
Sydney Carter (born November 18, 1990) is a retired professional basketball player. She played college basketball at Texas A&M University, where she played along Sydney Colson and San Antonio Stars center Danielle Adams and helped the Aggies win the NCAA title during her junior year. She was an assistant coach in the 2021-2022 season at Texas A&M and is now the Director of Player Development for women’s basketball at The University of Texas.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/310950245|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516172753/https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/310950245|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 16, 2021|title=Notre Dame vs. Texas A&M - Game Recap - April 5, 2011 - ESPN|website=ESPN.com}}
College career
Carter played four years of college basketball at Texas A&M University. She was a three-time team captain and defensive anchor for the A&M defense, which earned her a spot on the Big 12 All-Defensive Team in 2011 and 2012. Carter won her team's Miss Defense Award three times, in 2010, 2011 and 2012, as well as the Miss Aggie Award at the end of her senior season.{{Cite web|url=https://texassports.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/staff/sydney-carter/91|title=SYDNEY CARTER: Director of Player Development |website=texassports.com|access-date=2023-04-06}}
=Texas A&M statistics=
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!Year !Team !GP !Points !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |
| 2008-09
|Texas A&M |34 |147 |41.2% |37.3% |79.5% |0.9 |1.6 |1.1 |0.1 |4.3 |
| 2009-10
|Texas A&M |34 |260 |33.9% |35.3% |77.8% |2.9 |3.4 |1.2 |0.4 |7.6 |
| 2010-11
|Texas A&M |38 |398 |38.4% |38.9% |86.3% |3.3 |3.0 |1.6 |0.5 |10.5 |
| 2011-12
|Texas A&M |34 |372 |31.2% |21.6% |81.9% |3.3 |3.1 |1.9 |0.4 |10.9 |
| Career
| |140 |1177 |35.0% |32.5% |82.0% |2.6 |2.8 |1.5 |0.4 |8.4 |
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
WNBA career
Sidney Carter was selected in the third round of the 2012 WNBA draft (28th overall) by the Chicago Sky.http://www.wnba.com/draft/2012/profiles/prospect_carter_sydney.html 2012 WNBA Draft Prospect
On March 18, 2013, Carter signed a training camp contract with the Atlanta Dream,{{Cite web|url=https://dream.wnba.com/news/|title=News Archive|website=Atlanta Dream}} but was cut before the start of the regular season.
On June 10, 2013, Carter signed with the Connecticut Sun.{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/sun/sun_make_roster_moves_2013_06_10.html |title=SUN: Sun Make Roster Moves |website=www.wnba.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613171614/http://www.wnba.com/sun/sun_make_roster_moves_2013_06_10.html |archive-date=2013-06-13}}
=WNBA career statistics=
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}
==Regular season==
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | 2012
| align="left" | Chicago
|1||0||9.0||33.3||0.0||33.3||0.0||0.0||1.0||0.0||1.0||4.0
|-
| align="left" | 2013
| align="left" | Connecticut
|15||1||17.3||35.0||21.1||80.0||1.5||1.8||0.5||0.3||1.7||4.1
|-
| align="left" | 2014
| align="left" | Indiana
|23||0||12.5||28.8||16.7||74.2||0.9||1.3||0.3||0.1||1.4||3.2
|-
| align="left" | 2015
| align="left" | Atlanta
|26||7||11.3||20.8||16.7||80.0||0.9||1.2||0.3||0.1||0.6||2.0
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 4 year, 4 teams
|65||8||13.1||28.0||17.3||77.5||1.0||1.3||0.4||0.1||1.1||2.9
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==Playoffs==
Overseas career
In the 2014 season, Carter began playing overseas in Latvia, where she became a three-time Latvian/Estonian Champion in 2014, 2016 and 2017, as well as an Eastern European League champ in 2016. She also had a short stint playing in Israel, in an overseas career spanning seven years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.slamonline.com/the-magazine/texas-am-sydney-carter-women-history-month/|title=How Texas A&M’s Sydney Carter Ignored the Critics and Remains True to Herself|website=www.slamonline.com}}
In 2018, she would then suffer a meniscus tear that marked the end of her playing career.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebatt.com/sports/sydney-carter-s-homecoming/article_cf5104ce-bf5f-11eb-8b16-13f8bb60dbf8.html|title=Sydney Carter’s homecoming|website=thebatt.com}}
Coaching career
In July 2020, Carter was recruited into the coaching staff of the Texas A&M women's basketball team, as the video coordinator, by head coach Gary Blair.{{Cite web|url=https://12thman.com/news/2020/7/31/sydney-carter-joins-womens-basketball-staff.aspx|title=Sydney Carter Joins Women’s Basketball Staff|website=12thman.com}}
In April 2022, she was hired for the position of director of player development for the University of Texas women's basketball team.{{Cite web|url=https://texassports.com/news/2022/4/22/womens-basketball-womens-basketball-announces-sydney-carter-as-director-of-player-development.aspx|title=Women’s Basketball announces Sydney Carter as director of player development|website=texassports.com}}
References
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External links
- [https://12thman.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2640 Sydney Carter Bio]
{{2011 Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball navbox}}
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Category:Atlanta Dream players
Category:Basketball players from Dallas
Category:Chicago Sky draft picks
Category:Connecticut Sun players
Category:Indiana Fever players