2016 Field Hockey Roster
Ayars, Carter
Jersey Number 7
Carter Ayars
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Sanford
- Hometown:
- Wilmington, Del.
Bio
• 2019 NFHCA All-America Third Team
• 2019 NFHCA All-West Region First Team
• 2019 All-ACC Second Team Selection
• 2019 Victory Sports Tours/NFHCA Senior Game Selection
• 2018 Longstreth/NFHCA All-West Region Second Team
• Member of USA Field Hockey Under 21 Team
• ACC All-Tournament selection (2017)
As a senior (2019): Started every game in the backfield...Selected to the NFHCA All-American Third Team... Picked up NFHCA All-West Region First Team honors... Named to the All-ACC Second Team... Selected to play in the Victory Sports Tours/NFHCA Senior Game... Helped Louisville’s defense to eight shutouts... Tallied a career-high five goals and 12 points... Scored the equalizer to tie the game at 2-2 with no time left on the clock in regulation against No. 6 Iowa (10/20). Louisville would go on to win 3-2 in OT... Named ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 8)... Tallied a career-high three points with a goal and an assist in the 2-0 win at Providence (9/29)... Scored in the 4-1 win against Michigan State (9/8)... Converted a penalty stroke for the game-winner in the 1-0 victory against UMass (9/1).
As a junior (2018): Named to the Longstreth/NFHCA All-West Region second team... Started 17 games in the backfield before being sidelined by injury... Dished out her first career assist on the game winning goal against UMass Lowell (9/1)... Tallied an assist and a defensive save in the 2-1 win against then-No. 9 Delaware (9/3)... Had an assist in the 2-0 win at No. 15 Virginia (9/29)... Anchored the Cardinals’ defense which produced five shutouts and a 1.27 team goals-against average... Selected to USA Field Hockey Women’s Development Team Selection Camp... Participated in USA Field Hockey’s Young Women’s National Championship... Named to the ACC All-Academic Team and Academic Honor Roll... NFHCA National Academic Team selection.
As a sophomore (2017): Named to the 2017 NFHCA All-West Region second team... ACC All-Tournament selection... Started all 21 games in the backfield... Named to All-ACC Academic Team... ACC Academic Honor Roll Selection... Named to NFHCA National Academic Squad... Competed in USA Field Hockey’s Young Women’s National Championship during the summer of 2018.
As a freshman (2016): Played in all 22 games with four starts... Helped Louisville’s defense post seven shutouts and limit opponents to 26 goals in 21 games... Named to NFHCA National Academic Squad… Selected to ACC Academic Honor Roll.
In high school/club: Five-year varsity starter for Sanford School... 2015 team captain… Helped lead her team to the first round of the state tournament in 2013 and 2014… Three-time all-conference selection (2012-14)… Earned all-state first team honors (2014) and was named to the second team in 2013… Selected to USA Field Hockey U-19 Junior National Camp… Played for the X-Calibur Club team which won its division in the Junior Premier Indoor League (JPIL) in the U16 and U19 divisions (2014 and 2015)… Her team also won pool play in the 2015 USA Field Hockey National Indoor Tournament… Selected to play for the National Club Championship U16 and U19 teams… Selected to participate in the 2015 Futures Elite program and the 2014 Junior Olympics… Also lettered in soccer, earning all-state honors… Named the Delaware Women’s Alliance for Sports and Fitness Athlete of Promise in 2013 and was named Outstanding Female Athlete in 2012.
Personal: Full name is Carter Cameron Ayars… Daughter of Kirk and Preston… Birthdate is April 30, 1998… Has an older sister, Morgan… Major is exercise science (pre-medicine)... Her mom played field hockey and tennis at Davidson College and her sister played club field hockey at the University of Delaware… Post college ambition is to continue to play hockey and go to medical school.
• 2019 NFHCA All-West Region First Team
• 2019 All-ACC Second Team Selection
• 2019 Victory Sports Tours/NFHCA Senior Game Selection
• 2018 Longstreth/NFHCA All-West Region Second Team
• Member of USA Field Hockey Under 21 Team
• ACC All-Tournament selection (2017)
As a senior (2019): Started every game in the backfield...Selected to the NFHCA All-American Third Team... Picked up NFHCA All-West Region First Team honors... Named to the All-ACC Second Team... Selected to play in the Victory Sports Tours/NFHCA Senior Game... Helped Louisville’s defense to eight shutouts... Tallied a career-high five goals and 12 points... Scored the equalizer to tie the game at 2-2 with no time left on the clock in regulation against No. 6 Iowa (10/20). Louisville would go on to win 3-2 in OT... Named ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 8)... Tallied a career-high three points with a goal and an assist in the 2-0 win at Providence (9/29)... Scored in the 4-1 win against Michigan State (9/8)... Converted a penalty stroke for the game-winner in the 1-0 victory against UMass (9/1).
As a junior (2018): Named to the Longstreth/NFHCA All-West Region second team... Started 17 games in the backfield before being sidelined by injury... Dished out her first career assist on the game winning goal against UMass Lowell (9/1)... Tallied an assist and a defensive save in the 2-1 win against then-No. 9 Delaware (9/3)... Had an assist in the 2-0 win at No. 15 Virginia (9/29)... Anchored the Cardinals’ defense which produced five shutouts and a 1.27 team goals-against average... Selected to USA Field Hockey Women’s Development Team Selection Camp... Participated in USA Field Hockey’s Young Women’s National Championship... Named to the ACC All-Academic Team and Academic Honor Roll... NFHCA National Academic Team selection.
As a sophomore (2017): Named to the 2017 NFHCA All-West Region second team... ACC All-Tournament selection... Started all 21 games in the backfield... Named to All-ACC Academic Team... ACC Academic Honor Roll Selection... Named to NFHCA National Academic Squad... Competed in USA Field Hockey’s Young Women’s National Championship during the summer of 2018.
As a freshman (2016): Played in all 22 games with four starts... Helped Louisville’s defense post seven shutouts and limit opponents to 26 goals in 21 games... Named to NFHCA National Academic Squad… Selected to ACC Academic Honor Roll.
In high school/club: Five-year varsity starter for Sanford School... 2015 team captain… Helped lead her team to the first round of the state tournament in 2013 and 2014… Three-time all-conference selection (2012-14)… Earned all-state first team honors (2014) and was named to the second team in 2013… Selected to USA Field Hockey U-19 Junior National Camp… Played for the X-Calibur Club team which won its division in the Junior Premier Indoor League (JPIL) in the U16 and U19 divisions (2014 and 2015)… Her team also won pool play in the 2015 USA Field Hockey National Indoor Tournament… Selected to play for the National Club Championship U16 and U19 teams… Selected to participate in the 2015 Futures Elite program and the 2014 Junior Olympics… Also lettered in soccer, earning all-state honors… Named the Delaware Women’s Alliance for Sports and Fitness Athlete of Promise in 2013 and was named Outstanding Female Athlete in 2012.
Personal: Full name is Carter Cameron Ayars… Daughter of Kirk and Preston… Birthdate is April 30, 1998… Has an older sister, Morgan… Major is exercise science (pre-medicine)... Her mom played field hockey and tennis at Davidson College and her sister played club field hockey at the University of Delaware… Post college ambition is to continue to play hockey and go to medical school.
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