Illinois Tech

High School/Club: (OVERALL Athletics)  Marine Corps Distinguished Male Athlete of the Year Award … Sportsmanship Award Winner (BASKETBALL) Lead Speaking Captain...All-Conference Northern Lake County Conference… …Northern Lake County Conference All-Academic Team…Illinois High School Association Scholastic Achievement Award…Daily Herald All-Area Team … News Sun All-Area Honorable Mention…Richmond Burton-Johnsburg High School Thanksgiving All-Tournament Team, Bulldog (character/attitude) Award Winner…helped lead team to two Illinois High School Association Regional Championships (first two in school's history)…2020 IHSA Regional 3pt Shooting Contest Champion… (TRACK) NLCC Indoor All-Conference in Shot Put…NLCC Outdoor All-Conference in the 100M, Shot Put, and Discus… All-Lake County in the 100M and Shot Put…(CROSS-COUNTRY) Bulldog (character/attitude) Award winner.

Academic/Extracurricular-    Distinguished Honor Student … Commencement Address Speaker Wauconda High School Class of 2022 Graduation … Future Business Leaders of America 1st Place in Impromptu Speaking at Area and State Conference, 5th place in Nationals … National Honor Society Treasurer… Waukegan Community Church Youth Leader

Personal: Son of Eldridge and Karen Carter … father (Eldridge Carter) received full basketball scholarship to NCAA Division 1 Holy Cross (Worcester, MA), was a key 4-year contributor at Holy Cross, and a McDonald’s All-American Basketball Team nominee in high school (top 1000).… father and mother (Karen Carter) received undergraduate degrees from Holy Cross .... mother received graduate degree from the Ohio State University … brother (Donovan Carter) is a junior on Milwaukee School of Engineering's men's basketball team ,who closed his career as Wauconda (IL) High School's career and single season all-time leading scorer... grandfather (Donald Carter) was a three-year letter winner for the Kent State track team … great-grandfather (Eldridge Carter) was a member of the Harlem Globetrotters, a decorated Korean War hero, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

2025-26
- Earned NACC First-Team All-Conference honors.
- Named to the 2025-26 CSC Academic All-District Team.
- Named NACC Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of January 12th.
- Named NACC Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of December 8th.
- Scored his 1000th career point in the Scarlet Hawks 91-83 home victory over Kalamazoo on December 13th.
- Named Scarlet Hawk of the Week for the week of November 17th.
- Appeared in 26 games and led the team with 427 points, 145 field goals made, 50 3-pointers made and 87 free throws made, shooting 145-for-347 from the field, 50-for-157 from 3-point range and 87-for-104 from the line.
- Led the team with 147 rebounds, including 127 defensive rebounds; also had 38 assists, 28 steals and 10 blocks.
- Collected a season-high 4 steals vs. Trine University on Nov. 12.
- Pulled down a season-high 12 rebounds in three games: vs. Rockford University on Dec. 10, vs. Kalamazoo College on Dec. 13 and at Edgewood University on Feb. 21; against Kalamazoo, added a season-best 12 defensive rebounds and made a season-high 6 3-pointers.
- Scored a season-high 35 points at Concordia University Chicago on Jan. 14, shooting 11-for-19 from the field, 5-for-7 on 3-pointers and 8-for-11 from the line.