Jackson Carter

(U.S. Air Force Photo by Justin R. Pacheco)

Photo by: U.S. Air Force photo by Justin R

Height:
6-2
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Roseville, CA
High School:
Woodcreek
Position:
UT

- 2024 ACWPC All-Academic (Superior)
- 2023 WCC All-Academic
- 2023 ACWPC All-Academic (Superior)
- 2023 WCC All-Academic
- 2022 ACWPC All-Academic (Superior)
- 2022 WWPA All-Academic

2024 (Junior): ACWPC and WCC All-Academic ... 20 points on seven goals and 13 assists ... 13 steals, five field blocks and four drawn ejections ... season-high three points on three assists against Augustana ... two points in back-to-back games against Chapman and #1 UCLA ... three steals and three field blocks against Iona.

2023 (Sophomore): ACWPC and WCC All-Academic ... 42 points on 24 goals and 18 assists ... second on team with .533 shot percentage ... 12 steals, five field blocks and four drawn ejections ... had three sprint wins ... three goals and an assist against UC Merced ... four games with multiple goals ... five points on career-high four assists against Austin College.

2022 (Freshman): Fourth on team and first among freshmen with 60 points ... sixth on team with 34 goals and fifth with 26 assists ... second among freshmen in goals and first in assists ... played in all 35 games ... .453 shooting percentage ... had 15 drawn exclusions ... had 15 steals and three field blocks ... scored five goals and had six points in collegiate debut against Gannon ... had 10 multi-goal games ... had a career-high three assists three times ... scored five points on two goals and three assists against #16 Santa Clara ... WWPA All-Academic ... ACWPC All-Academic.

High School: Lettered four years in water polo and two in swimming … first-team all-conference twice and second team once in water polo … team won the CVC league championship three times … team captain twice … led the team in scoring twice … swam the 200 IM and 100 butterfly in swimming … member of the National Honor Society … graduated with a 4.24 weighted GPA, 20^th out of 510 in his class … was an AP Scholar with distinction … competed on the American River Water Polo Club, 2015-22 … team captain in 2022 and team MVP in 2021 … earned the coach’s award twice … USA Water Polo Academic All-American three times.

Personal: Member of cadet squadron 6 … son of Allison and Adam Carter … had one younger brother … data science major and global logistics minor … hobbies are hiking, hunting, paddle boarding and golf … long-term goal is to become a pilot … if he had a walk-up song, it would be Fireball by Pitbull … father played water polo at Long Beach State, 1995-98 … two grandfathers served in the Air Force … one great-grandfather was in the Air Force while one was in the Navy … had an uncle in the Army and an uncle in the Navy … greatest individual moment in sports was scoring three goals in a game against Ponderosa as a freshman in a victory that sent the team to next round of the playoffs ... greatest team moment in sports was winning against Navy in triple overtime last year.