Ella Carter Season 2026-27

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PositionM
Height5-5
ClassJunior
HometownLeesburg, Va.
High SchoolRiverside HS

2025 SEASON
• Started all 22 games on the season
• Tallied four goals and five assists – including three game winning goals
• Hit game winner at West Virginia in season opener (8/14)
• Hit game-winning goal and added an assist vs. No. 2 Duke (9/11)
• Named ACC Offensive Player of the Week (9/16)
• Hit third game winner in NCAA opener vs. High Point (11/14)
• Added assists vs. Liberty (8/24), No. 1 Stanford (11/6), Penn State (11/20) and No. 13 Washington (11/23)
• Played a season-long 110 minutes at No. 6 FSU (11/2) in ACC quarterfinal match
• Named to CSC Academic All-District team

2024 SEASON
• Played in all 19 games with nine starts
• Tallied two goals on the season
• Scored first collegiate goal against JMU (9/1) and scored again vs. Howard (9/8)
• Played a career-long 82 minutes in the win at JMU
• Also took a career-high four shots against the Dukes
• Named to ACC Women’s Soccer All-Academic Team

2023 SEASON
• Played in 18 games this season
• Logged 338 minutes
• Assisted Allie Ross’s goal against George Mason (8/27)
• Named to ACC Women’s Soccer All-Academic Team
• Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll

PREP AND CLUB CAREER
• Ranked No. 27 overall on the IMG Trop 150 by Top Drawer Soccer
• Ranked No. 9 midfielder by Top Drawer Soccer
• 2x All-America selection by United Soccer Coaches (2021, 2022)
• U15 U.S. Youth National Team camps
• U17 U.S. Youth National Team player pool
• Washington Spirit Advanced Development Program
• GA National ID Camp
• U17 GA National Finalist (2021)
• U19 GA Semifinalist (2022)
• Played club soccer with TSJ FC Virginia

PERSONAL
• Daughter of Al and Nadine Carter
• Has one sibling, Daniel
• Father played football at VMI
• Uncle, Bobby, played football and baseball at Virginia State
• Volunteered with Loudon Hunger Relief and FC Virginia Big Sister program
• Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences

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Junior
2025-26

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Sophomore
2024-25

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Freshman
2023-24

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