JUNIOR (2004): Ashley Carter started the season strong, but an injury kept her off the field following a concussion on March 20 against Florida. In 27 games, Carter anchored first base for Arkansas and had 15 hits in 69 at-bats, including a double and two RBI. In the first game of the season, Carter had three hits in a 1-0 loss to Tennessee-Chattanooga.
SOPHOMORE (2003): Carter was versatile for Arkansas in the 2003 season. She started at every position on the infield, spending most of her time at shortstop. Offensively, Carter hit .164 with 11 hits, two doubles, two home runs and eight RBI. She started 25 games and played in 20 others, accumulating 36 putouts and 41 assists. Carter's best game of the season came in a 2-1 win over Florida, as she went 3-for-3 with an RBI double. Carter highlighted the box score in a 13-6 win over Georgia Southern with two hits, two runs, two RBI and a double in the game.
PRIOR TO ARKANSAS: Carter attended Gordon College in Barnesville, Ga., in 2001 and 2002. She redshirted the 2001 season after back surgery. Carter rebounded to earn player of the year honors and was named the Highlanders' best offensive player, leading the team with 32 RBI. She earned all-region first-team honors and holds the school record for single-season batting average with a .436 mark. She also holds school records for doubles in a season with 12 and hit back-to-back grand slams in a single game versus Spartanburg Methodist College on April 6.
AT DUBLIN HIGH SCHOOL: Carter earned MVP honors as a senior, as well as offensive MVP. She led the team in hits, RBI, doubles, home runs, total bases, slugging percentage and batting average, earning all-area first-team honors as a senior. Carter led the Fighting Irish to back-to-back regional runner-up finishes and into the state playoffs as a junior and senior after winning the Georgia AAA state title as a sophomore. Carter played on three different club teams, the Brewer's Brats and the Georgia Panthers in Douglasville, Ga. and the Peachtree City Elite Rebels in Peachtree, Ga.
PERSONAL: Born July 13, 1982, Ashley Faye Carter is the middle child of Doug and Faye Carter. Born in Camden, S.C., she has an older brother, Chris and a younger sister, Pam. Carter graduated with a degree in Kinesiology in May of 2004.
SOPHOMORE (2003): Carter was versatile for Arkansas in the 2003 season. She started at every position on the infield, spending most of her time at shortstop. Offensively, Carter hit .164 with 11 hits, two doubles, two home runs and eight RBI. She started 25 games and played in 20 others, accumulating 36 putouts and 41 assists. Carter's best game of the season came in a 2-1 win over Florida, as she went 3-for-3 with an RBI double. Carter highlighted the box score in a 13-6 win over Georgia Southern with two hits, two runs, two RBI and a double in the game.
PRIOR TO ARKANSAS: Carter attended Gordon College in Barnesville, Ga., in 2001 and 2002. She redshirted the 2001 season after back surgery. Carter rebounded to earn player of the year honors and was named the Highlanders' best offensive player, leading the team with 32 RBI. She earned all-region first-team honors and holds the school record for single-season batting average with a .436 mark. She also holds school records for doubles in a season with 12 and hit back-to-back grand slams in a single game versus Spartanburg Methodist College on April 6.
AT DUBLIN HIGH SCHOOL: Carter earned MVP honors as a senior, as well as offensive MVP. She led the team in hits, RBI, doubles, home runs, total bases, slugging percentage and batting average, earning all-area first-team honors as a senior. Carter led the Fighting Irish to back-to-back regional runner-up finishes and into the state playoffs as a junior and senior after winning the Georgia AAA state title as a sophomore. Carter played on three different club teams, the Brewer's Brats and the Georgia Panthers in Douglasville, Ga. and the Peachtree City Elite Rebels in Peachtree, Ga.
PERSONAL: Born July 13, 1982, Ashley Faye Carter is the middle child of Doug and Faye Carter. Born in Camden, S.C., she has an older brother, Chris and a younger sister, Pam. Carter graduated with a degree in Kinesiology in May of 2004.