# Sydney Carter (basketball)

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.

## 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.

### Texas A&M statistics

| 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 |
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## WNBA career

Sidney Carter was selected in the third round of the 2012 WNBA draft (28th overall) by the Chicago Sky. On March 18, 2013, Carter signed a training camp contract with the Atlanta Dream, but was cut before the start of the regular season. On June 10, 2013, Carter signed with the Connecticut Sun.

### WNBA career statistics
#### Regular season

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2012 | Chicago | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 2013 | Connecticut | 15 | 1 | 17.3 | 35.0 | 21.1 | 80.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 4.1 |
| 2014 | Indiana | 23 | 0 | 12.5 | 28.8 | 16.7 | 74.2 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 3.2 |
| 2015 | Atlanta | 26 | 7 | 11.3 | 20.8 | 16.7 | 80.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.0 |
| Career | 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 |

#### Playoffs

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2014 | Indiana | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 1 year, 1 team | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

## 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.
In 2018, she would then suffer a meniscus tear that marked the end of her playing career.

## 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.
In April 2022, she was hired for the position of director of player development for the University of Texas women's basketball team.