Chennedy Carter named second-team All-American by the Associated Press
Chennedy Carter: All-American.
Again.
On Thursday, Carter was named to the Associated Press’ second-team All-American squad for the 2019-2020 season. This marks the third time the junior guard has received All-American honors from the AP.
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In her third campaign in Aggieland, Carter averaged 21.3 points per game and shot 45.2 percent from the field. She led the Aggies in scoring average for a third consecutive year. Carter shot 25.3 percent from behind the arc.
Carter’s 21.3 PPG is the second-highest average of any player on either the first-team or second-team lists, behind Kentucky’s Rhyne Howard, who posted 23.4 PPG.
Early in the January 9 contest with LSU, Carter sprained her ankle. The Aggies would go on to lose the game, 57-54. A&M would go 4-3 in the seven other games the dynamic guard missed with the injury. However, in her second contest after returning from injury, Carter posted a season-high 37 points in a nail-biting road victory over Tennessee.
In a November exhibition against Team USA Basketball at Reed Arena, Carter posted 34 to set the record for points scored against the national team by a collegiate player.
Texas A&M’s season came to a disappointing and abrupt ending as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. A&M was, without a doubt, an NCAA Tournament team with the potential to host the first and second rounds at Reed Arena. The Aggies finished the season on a three-game losing streak with their final game being a 67-66 loss to Arkansas in the SEC Tournament. In that stretch, Carter posted 33 points against Alabama, 26 points at then-ranked No. 1 South Carolina, and 34 points in the SEC Tournament defeat.
Carter’s future in Aggieland is uncertain as the guard would likely be a high draft choice in the upcoming WNBA draft. Should 2019-2020 be the end of her A&M career, Carter would undoubtedly go down as one of the greatest to ever play for the Maroon & White. She is currently Texas A&M’s all-time leader in 20-point games (62) and 30-point games (12). Carter sits just seven points away from passing Courtney Walker (1,989) for the program’s all-time scoring record. She is also 17 points shy of reaching the 2,000 points plateau for her career.
The full All-American lists of both the first and second teams can be found at apnews.com.
