Furman University

Honors & Awards
2014-15 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team
2016-17 All-Southern Conference (2nd Team/Coaches)
2016-17 All-Southern Conference (3rd Team/Media)
2017 Southern Conference All-Tournament (2nd Team)
2017-18 Preseason All-Southern Conference (Coaches)

2017-18 (Senior): Named Preseason All-Southern Conference in balloting by league head coaches.

2016-17 (Junior): Fashioned an All-Southern Conference season, earning second team all-league honors in balloting by head coaches and third team honors in voting by media...also collected second team SoCon All-Tournament laurels...averaged 13.2 points and a team leading 8.2 rebounds per game, with the caroms figure ranking third in the SoCon...paced Furman in free throws made (78) and attempted (103) for 75.5 percent clip, good for ninth in SoCon...saw action in all 31 games and made 29 starts...registered 23 double figure scoring performances, 11 double figure rebounding outings, and 10 double-doubles...tallied a career high 27 points (9x9 FTs) in a 75-72 overtime loss at Western Carolina...had 25 points, 12 rebounds versus East Tennessee State in Johnson City in season finale...had 12 pts./12 rebs. against UNC Asheville (63-51 win) in Greenville; 16 pts./12 rebs. versus UNCG (65-55 win) in Greenville; and 19 pts./11 rebs. against Wofford (65-60 win), also in Greenville...posted a 21-point, 10-rebound display against UNCG in SoCon Tournament action...finished the season with 919 points, positioning herself to become the 23rd player in Furman history to score 1,000 points, and 659 rebounds, which ranks ninth all-time.

2015-16 (Sophomore): Enjoyed a breakout campaign, more than doubling her scoring average from 5.3 ppg to 11.0 ppg while also establishing herself as one of the Southern Conference’s top rebounders, finishing third in the league (8.2 rpg) overall and first on the defensive boards (6.9 rpg)...averaged 9.2 rpg over the final 13 contests...ranked 10th in the SoCon in scoring and second in free throw shooting (79.5 percent)...registered 17 points and 10 rebounds in 71-52 win over Winthrop in Greenville for first of team leading seven double-doubles...contributed 11 points and 10 rebounds in 69-62 road victory over Richmond...came up big with 15 points, 12 caroms, and three blocks in 83-76 overtime triumph at Western Carolina...tallied 16 points/15 rebounds against Mercer in Greenville and went for 19 points, 12 boards against Wofford in Greenville (70-64 win)...tallied a career high 23 points (3x7 3PFGs) against Samford in Birmingham.

2014-15 (Freshman):  Fashioned a solid inaugural season, earning SoCon All-Freshman Team honors after averaging 5.3 points and 4.5 rebounds in a 33-game season...earned starts in three contests...displayed scoring ability both inside and beyond the arc, connecting on 17-of-39 3-point attempts (43.6 percent)...contributed 10 points and five rebounds in her second collegiate game, a 73-55 win over defending Big South Conference champion Winthrop...tallied 11 points and eight boards in her first career start (vs. East Tennessee State)...followed it up with a 13-rebound performance against Chattanooga...posted her first double-double, scoring 13 points and claiming 12 rebounds, in a 58-56 win over Wofford....scored 13 points in a 64-44 home triumph over Samford.

High School: 2014 graduate of highly successful Spring Valley (4A) High School, where she starred at small forward for Anne Long...twice earned region player of the year and was named first team all-state after averaging 20.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game as a senior...shot 52.0 percent from the field and 76 percent at the free throw line...earned MVP honors for South Carolina in the 2014 Carolinas Basketball All-Star Classic.

Personal:  Full name is Cierra Nicole Carter...born November 27, 1996, in Columbia, South Carolina...daughter of Chico and Kitty Carter...has a brother, Chico...parents both played collegiate basketball at Morris College...mother earned freshman of the year honors in 1985...father also starred in baseball, garnering freshman of the year, all-region, and all-conference accolades all four years...was named conference player of the year as a sophomore in 1989 and drafted by the Atlanta Braves in 1991...health sciences major.