Jessica Carter (2023) - Hall of Fame - Mary Baldwin University

Hall of Fame

Jessica Carter

Class

2008
Induction

2023
Sport(s)

Women's Basketball

Originally from Charlottesville, Va., where she played on the 2002 state championship team, Jessica Carter played for the Fighting Squirrels from 2004-08, and then served as an assistant coach during the 2020-21 campaign.

She is the Mary Baldwin career points leader (1,943), averaging over 15 points per season in each of her four seasons at Mary Baldwin. During her career, the Squirrels won 47 games and advanced to the conference playoffs each year, losing in the title game in 2006 after posting a 9-3 AWCC regular season record.

Carter also ranks second in numerous other Mary Baldwin statistical categories, including career scoring average (16.92), career three-point goals (184), three-point shooting percentage (34.14), free throws made (226) and free throw percentage (76.1).

Among NCAA Division III leaders, Carter ranked among the top 57 scorers in each of her final three seasons, including seventh nationally with a 21.04 average in 2008. She was also ranked among the top 50 three-point shooters nationally three times during her career.

Carter, a multi-year AWCC all-star and Division III Honorable Mention All-American, was honored for her accomplishments at an MBU game in 2020.

Carter, currently a coach and educator, is the founder and executive director of H.E.R. Sports in Charlottesville.