Background
Carter was born in Pocatello, Idaho and graduated from Highland High School of Pocatello in 2006.
Carter was born in Pocatello, Idaho and graduated from Highland High School of Pocatello in 2006.
Highland High School.
At Highland, Carter lettered in basketball and track. Carter played on the Salt Lake Community College men"s basketball team in the 2006–2007 and 2009–2010 seasons. As a freshman, Carter was a teammate of future professional player Gary Wilkinson.
As a sophomore in 2010, Carter averaged 12.2 points and 7.0 rebounds in a 24-8 season for the Salt Lake Bruins.
He then transferred to San Jose State University and played two seasons on the Spartans men"s basketball team from 2010 to 2012 under coach George Nessman. Starting all 33 games of his 2010–2011 junior season, Carter averaged 9.8 points and 8.0 rebounds and made 46% of field goals, including near 52% of field goals in the last 14 games of the season.
With 265 rebounds in the season, Carter was the team"s leading rebounder. San Jose State finished the season 17-16 and advanced to the 2011 College Basketball Invitational (China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations), the school"s first postseason tournament appearance since the 1996 National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament.
Carter was an Academic All-Western Athletic Conference (Women's Army Corps) honoree this season.
However, San Jose State fell to a 9-22 record in the 2011–2012 season. With the second-most points per game, Carter averaged 13.2 points and 8.6 rebounds and improved his overall field goal percentage to 51%. Again, Carter was the top rebounder for the team this season, with 268 total.
He also was the second-leading scorer.
Carter was a first-team Academic All-American finalist and earned his second Academic All-Women's Army Corps honors. Carter earned a Bachelor of Arts in communication studies from San Jose State in May 2012.
Carter signed with Dutch Basketball League team EiffelTowers on July 27, 2012. He averaged 12.7 points and 6.2 rebounds per game in 35 DBL games with EiffelTowers.
In November 2013, Carter signed with Keravnos Strovolos.
On July 27, 2014, Carter signed with Berck British Columbia of the French fourth-tier Nationale 2.