Longwood University Athletics

2026: Started and played in a team-best 60 games and batted .298 (70-235), with his 235 at bats breaking the team record for at bats in a season while serving primarily as a left fielder but also a DH and catcher…Big South All-Tournament Team selection and Big South Player of the Week once (April 27)…Hit 16 doubles, two triples and seven home runs while recording 44 RBI and 37 runs scored…Went 10-14 on stolen base attempts and carried a .387 on-base percentage with a .472 slugging percentage…Had a team-best 17-game hitting streak that tied for the fifth-longest hitting streak in team history that began Feb. 20 vs. UMBC and ended March 21 vs. USC Upstate, batting .400 (28-70) in that stretch…Also had a streak of 21 games where he reached base safely…Helped Longwood win five games in the Big South Tournament for the first time in team history, advancing to the Big South Championship game and finishing as runner-up…He had 10 RBI in seven tournament games…The team won 34 games, tying its Division I record…Tied for the team lead with 19 multi-hit games and added nine multi-RBI games…Had seven three-hit games: Youngstown State (Feb. 28), at Alabama State (March 6 & 7), USC Upstate (March 22), at The Citadel (April 4), Charleston Southern (May 8) and against Radford (May 20 in the Big South Tournament)…In the game against Radford (May 20), had a career-best six RBI while hitting a double and a home run…Had one multi-homer game this season, at Alabama State (March 6), where he hit two…Drew a season-best three walks vs. UMBC (Feb. 21)…
 
2025: Played in 46 games, starting 43…Hit for an average of .276 in 145 at-bats with 26 runs scored, 40 hits, two home runs, 22 RBIs and 44 walks for a .454 on-base percentage (third on the team in OBP)…His 44 walks were the second-most in a single season in team history and ranked third in the Big South and 22nd nationally at the end of the regular season…Had seven multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games…Drew multiple walks in a game 14 times…Made his first career start against Wright State (Feb. 14) and had his first collegiate hit and scored his first two career runs against Wright State (Feb. 14)...Drew nine walks in a three-game series at UNC Asheville (March 21-23) and…Drew a walk in nine straight games (March 12-28)...Capped the streak with a season-best four walks drawn against Gardner-Webb (March 28)...Had a season-high three hits against Presbyterian (April 4) while driving in one run and going 3-4 at the plate…Hit his first collegiate home run at Charleston Southern (April 18) and went 2-4 with two runs scored, two RBI and a double as well…Matched his season-high with three hits and three RBI against Winthrop (April 26), going 3-4 with one run scored, one double and one triple…Hit his second home run of the season on May 15 against Radford when he went 1-2 with one run and one RBI… 
 
2024: Did not see action in 2024 (Redshirt).
 
Prior to Longwood: Transferred midyear from the University of Dayton…
 
High School: Played at Colgan High School for four years in baseball in addition to earning three basketball letters…Three-time first team all-district selection…Earned two all-region and all-state selections…Also named second team all-MET…Batted .450 with a .628 on-base percentage as a senior with three home runs, 48 runs scored, 34 walks and 30 steals…Batted .400 with a .500 OBP as a junior with three homers and 12 walks…
 
Personal: Son of Brandon and Ebony Carter…Has one sibling, Jordyn…Father played football at Hampton and Christopher Newport…