Jessica Carter Athlete Profile

#10 Jessica Carter

Jessica Carter
Position: Defender Height: 5-7 Roster Years: 2005-2008 Hometown: Provo, UT Last School: Timpview High School

Personal

Parents: Lisa and Kent ... Siblings: Chris, Zachary, Skyler and Alex ... married to Austin Carter.

Before BYU

2004 All-State Selection (Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune) ... All-State First Team in 2002 and 2003 (Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune) ... 2001 All-State First Team (Salt Lake Tribune) ... 2003 All-Valley MVP (Daily Herald) ... All-Region VI Selection First Team, 2001, 2002,2003 and 2004 (Daily Herald)...All-State First Team from 2001-04 (Daily Herald) ... Member of State Championship Celtic Storm from 2001-04 ... Named team captain of the Celtic Storm from 2001-04 ... CSSC Offensive Player of the Year in 2002 and 2003 ... 2003 CSSC MVP ... 2000 MVP of Utah United ... Member of ODP from 2000-04 ... Attended ODP Region Camp in 2000 ... 2001 ODP Region Pool ...Member of ODP Region team from 2002-04 ... Received invitation to ODP National/Interregional Competition in 2002 and 2003 ... Four-time Utah 4A Semifinalist ... Utah Region VI Champions in 2001, 2002 and 2003 ... Basketball first-team All-Region VI Selection, (Daily Herald) from 2001-03 ... Basketball Defensive Player of the Year (Daily Herald, Deseret News) ... Three-time Utah Region VI basketball Champions ... Defensive Player of the Year in 2004-05.

Stats

Year   GP   Shs   Gls   Asts   Pts
2008 23 2 1 0 2
2007 23 7 0 0 0
2006 20 11 0 0 0
2005 21 15 1 3 5
Total 87 35 2 3 7

2005 | Freshman Year

Part of the defense that only allowed 10 goals ... Scored first collegiate goal in season-opener against George Mason ... Assisted Katie Larkin to give BYU 2-0 win over Denver ... Assisted Jaime Rendich Beck in game-winning goal against No. 14 Wisconsin ... Named MWC Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 19 ... Named to the Big Toe Invitational all-tournament team ... Posted two assists in win over Arizona State ... Started in all 21 games.

2006 | Sophomore Year

Played in 20 games, starting in 19 ... Took 11 shots on the season ... Took two shots against Utah State ... Shot the ball three times in tie with Washington State and twice against Arizona ... All-MWC First Team ... Second-team All-West Region Part of defense that only allowed 11 goals on the season.

2007 | Junior Year

Soccer Buzz West Region All Regionals 3rd Team ... started all 23 games ... named Hermann Trophy candidate before the 2007 season ... anchored the defense that allowed only 11 goals for the second year in a row ... named MWC Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 17 ... recorded seven shots on the year, with two shots against Michigan State ... there were less than 20 minutes total in which Harmon-Carter was not on the field for the entire season.

2008 | Senior Year

Named to Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Watchlist ... named to the NSCAA/adidas All-West Region 2nd Team ... started 23 games ... played in all 24 games on the season ... scored the lone goal in the Cougars' 1-0 win over Wyoming on 11/01/08 ... key member of defense that allowed only 18 goals on the year ... defense allowed only one goal at home and one goal in conference play ... Carter played every minute of every game for BYU ... All MWC First Team ... Academic All-MWC ... MWC All Tournament Team ... MWC Player of the Week ... awarded the Leona Holbrook Spirit of Sport Award and the Lu Wallace Outstanding Senior Female Athlete Award at the Y Awards.