Carter Cunningham

Height:
6-4
Weight:
211
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Haymarket, Va.
High School:
Haymarket
Prev School:
Florida SW State
Major:
Business Administration

· Selected in the 10th Round (Pick 307) of the 2024 MLB Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays

· 2024 Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist (NCBWA)
· 2024 Second Team All-America Selection (College Baseball Foundation)
· 2024 First Team Academic All-America Selection (College Sports Communicators)
· 2024 ABCA All-Atlantic Region Second Team Selection
· 2024 NCAA Greenville All-Regional Team Selection
· 2024 AAC Player of the Year
· 2024 AAC Baseball Scholar-Athlete Of The Year
· 2024 AAC Community Impact Award Winner
· 2024 All-AAC First Team Selection
· AAC Player of the Week (Feb. 26th and April 19th, 2024)
· 2024 Preseason All-AAC Team (AAC Coaches/Perfect Game)
· 2024 Top 50 First Basemen - No. 31 (D1Baseball)
· No. 13 AAC Prospect in 2024 MLB Draft (Perfect Game)
· 2023 AAC All-Tournament Team
· 2023 All-American Athletic Conference First Team Selection

2024: One of three players to start all 63 games (57/1B, 4/LF, 2/RF) … Hit .367 (92-for-251) with 77 runs scored, 17 doubles, two triples, 17 home runs, 66 RBI, 164 total bases, 38 walks and six stolen bases … Slotted 17th nationally in runs scored, 22nd in hits and 40th in total bases … Paced the American Athletic Conference in batting average, runs scored, hits and total bases … Batted .347 (35-for-101) with 29 runs scored and 24 RBI in American Athletic Conference play … Hit .318 with seven runs scored and six RBI at the NCAA Greenville Regional … Notched a team second-best 26 multiple-hit performances and 19 multiple-RBI efforts … Tallied a squad-best 28 two-out RBI … Was 4-for-7 (.571) with the bases loaded while also recording a .818 (18-for-22) batting average with a runner on third and less than two outs … Turned in game-winning RBI in victories over Rider (Feb. 17), North Carolina (Feb. 24), Florida Atlantic (April 7) and Memphis (April 28) … Put together a 19-game hitting streak to start the season during which he batted .455 (35-for-77) with 26 runs scored, six doubles, six home runs and 26 RBI … Clubbed home runs against Rider (Feb. 17), North Carolina (Feb. 25), Purdue (March 1), Southeastern Louisiana (March 3), Columbia (March 16), NC State (April 2), Elon (April 9), Charlotte (April 14), Memphis (April 26 and 28), Tulane (May 12), Rice (May 17), Evansville (May 31 and June 2) and VCU (June 2) … Collected multiple-home run efforts versus Southeastern Louisiana and Memphis … Tallied a career-high four hits in the 7-4 win over then No. 15 North Carolina in Fayetteville ... Went 3-for-5 with three runs scored, four RBI and two home runs versus Southeastern Louisiana ... Collected a career-high five RBI in the series opener at Liberty ... Recorded two hits and scored three runs in the victory at UNCW ... Exploded for three hits, three runs scored and two RBI at NC State ... Turned in a three-hit performance in the Florida Atlantic series finale ... Matched career high marks in at bats (7) and hits (4) in the contest at William & Mary ... Logged two hits and three runs scored in the home win over No. 21 NC State ... Hit .583 (7-for-12) in the Memphis series with six runs scored, nine RBI, two doubles and three home runs ... Posted three hits, scored two runs and notched three RBI in the regular season finale win versus Rice that clinched the outright regular season title … Scored three runs and drove in three more in the 19-6 victory over Evansville in the first game of the NCAA Greenville Regional finals.

2023: Played in 65 games with 51 starts (35/RF, 13/LF, 3/CF) ... Hit .317 (59-for-186) with 51 runs scored, 12 doubles, a triple, eight home runs, 39 RBI, 97 total bases, 33 walks and five stolen bases ... Tallied a .522 slugging percentage and .429 on base percentage to account for an 0.951 OPS ... Put together a .289 batting average in American Athletic Conference play with 20 runs scored, four doubles, two home runs, 14 RBI, 32 total bases and 11 walks ... Hit .346 in the AAC Baseball Championship tournament, helping East Carolina reach the title game ... Produced 15 multi-hit and eight multi-RBI efforts ... Slotted third among league players in sacrifice flies (six) ... Recorded 17 hits in 48 at bats (.354) when leading off an inning ... Was nearly perfect with a runner at third and less than two outs, registering a hit in 14 of 15 at bats (.933) ... Tallied 13 two-out RBI and 19 “productive outs” (advancing a runner when making an out) ... Posted a pair of game-winning RBI in victories over Old Dominion (April 11) and Cincinnati (April 15) ... Enjoyed a six-game hitting streak from April 15-23 during which he hit .350 with four runs scored and three RBI ... Registered his first career multi-home run contest with two in the Pirates’ 10-3 win over Memphis (May 13) ... Belted home runs in games versus Liberty (March 10), Missouri State (March 19), Old Dominion, Charlotte (April 19), Memphis, South Florida (May 23) and UCF (May 26) ... Notched a career-high three hits in three contests against Memphis (May 12) and South Florida (May 18 and 27) ... Collected career-high totals in runs scored (four) and RBI (four) against UCF on April 6 and May 26, respectively ... Hit most often in the second spot in the lineup (20 times), helping East Carolina to a 15-5 record in those games ... 2023 Summer: Played for the Bethesda Big Train of the Cal Ripken Collegiate League ... Helped the club win the league title with a series sweep of the Alexandria Aces ... Appeared in 12 games, hitting .372 (16-for-43) with four doubles, a home run, nine RBI and eight walks drawn ... Posted three-hit efforts against the Senators (June 28) and Giants (June 19).

2022: Played in 55 games with 19 starts (13/RF, 5/1B, 1/DH) … Hit .227 (20-for-88) with 13 runs scored, three doubles, a triple, three home runs, 16 RBI, 13 walks drawn and four stolen bases … Played in 22 American Athletic Conference games with two starts … Appeared in three games during the postseason, producing a .333 batting average (1-for-3) … Notched three multi-hit and two multi-RBI efforts … Hit most often in the fifth spot in the lineup as the Pirates went 6-2 in those contests … Hit .778 (7-for-9) with a runner on third and less than two outs … Advanced runners at a team-best 62.8-percent rate (27-43) … Recorded eight two-out RBI … Tallied a pair of game-winning RBI in victories over Maryland (March 6) and Cincinnati (April 3) … Put together a four-game hitting streak from March 13-20 during which he hit .416 (5-for-12) with a run scored and three RBI … Registered a pair of hits in contests against Indiana State (March 4), Michigan (March 5) and Old Dominion (March 15) … Clubbed home runs versus VCU (March 27) and Tulane (April 22 and 24) … Drew a pair of walks against Bryant (Feb. 20) … Racked up double-digit putouts twice with 14 against Radford (March 9) and 11 versus Saint Mary’s (March 13) … 2022 Summer: Played for the Charlottesville Tom Sox of the Valley League ... Named to the All-Valley League Team as an outfielder after putting up one of the best seasons in Tom Sox history … Tabbed a VBL All-Star in July … Helped guide Charlottesville to the Valley League title … Turned in the third-best single-season batting average (.404) in club history, the second-best slugging percentage (.633) and third-best on base percentage (.473) … Finished the campaign with 44 hits, 31 runs scored, 11 doubles, a triple, four home runs, 69 total bases, 17 walks drawn and four sac flies … Did not commit an error in 46 defensive chances … Notched a season-high four hits in a 13-5 win over the Staunton Braves (July 20) … Collected four RBI to help the club to a 13-4 victory over the Waynesboro Generals (July 30) … Turned in 12 multi-hit and eight multi-RBI efforts.

Florida Southwestern State (2021): Played one season under head coach Ben Bizier helping the Bucs to a 44-16 record, a No. 18 NJCAA National Ranking and a fourth place finish at the FSCAA State Tournament … Member of the 2021 Suncoast Conference Championship club that posted a 23-7 record for their second-straight conference title … Named conference sophomore-of-the-year … Played in 46 games where he batted .235 (35-for-149) with three home runs and 29 RBI … Tallied five doubles and a pair of triples … Scored 42 runs and drove in 29 … Swiped 32 of 34 bases (12 coming in conference play) … Tallied six multi-hit and six multi-RBI games … Registered at least one hit in 24 games and had at least one RBI in 14 contests … Had career game vs. Ave Maria JV (Feb. 15) collecting three hits and driving in four in a 13-2 victory … Scored at least one run in a game 26 times (multiple on eight occasions) … Stole multiple bases in a game on seven occasions (at least one 19 times) with a personal-best four against the Elev8 Academy (Feb. 13) … Drew at least one walk in a game 22 times (multiple seven) with a season-high three twice (ASA College/Jan. 30, Polk State College/March 1) … Fielded at a .960 clip making four errors in 101 total chances … Added five assists and 92 putouts while turning one double play.

Gardner-Webb (2020): Started all 16 games under head coach Jim Chester before season was cut short due to COVID-19 Pandemic … Batted .268 (15-for-56) with a home round and nine RBI … Added four doubles and scored eight times … Drew eight walks, struck out 10 times and was hit by a pair of pitches … Stole lone base of the season against Appalachian State (Feb. 15) … Registered three multi-hit and three multi-RBI games … Recorded at least one hit in a game 12 times and plated a run on five occasions … Hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning against N.C. A&T (Feb. 23) … Opened collegiate career with at least one hit in his first seven games (8-for-27 for a .296 average) where he drove in seven and scored four times … Named Big South Freshman-of-the-Year.

Battlefield High School: Three-year lettermen for coach Jay Burkhart … Helped the Bobcats to three district titles (2017-19) and a regional crown (2018) … Teammate of current Pirate infielder Zach Agnos at Battlefield … Earned all-district honors twice (2018-19) and was an all-region and Virginia All-State selection as a senior … As a sophomore he batted .290 with three doubles … Followed initial year with the Bobcats hitting .302 with four doubles … Closed out prep career batting .385 with four home runs and 27 RBI as a team captain … Also tallied 10 doubles and three triples … Starred for the Bobcats hockey team … Played travel ball for Stars Baseball … Listed as the fourth-best outfielder in Virginia and 21st-best prospect in the state by Perfect Game … Tabbed a national Top 500 overall prospect and the 241st-best outfielder by Perfect Game … Named 2018 Preseason High Honorable Mention All-American and an All-Atlantic Regional Honorable Mention selection in 2019 … Two-time All-Tournament selection (16U National Championship and Richmond Super Qualifier) … Member of the PG Super25 Championship squad from the Richmond Super Qualifier … Played in several showcase events including 2016 WWBA 2019 Grads/15U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2017 WWBA 2019 Grads/16U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2017 PG Super25/17U Fall Richmond Super Qualifier (Richmond, Va.), 2018 WWBA 2019 Grads/17U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.) and 2018 17U/ Super25 National Championship (Sanford, Fla.).

Personal: Full name is Carter Andrew Cunningham … Born in Huntington Beach, Calif. … Son of Robin and Chris Cunningham … Has two siblings (Lauren and Colin) … Brother Colin played club hockey at Towson and currently is a member of the FAU club team … Graduated cum laude … Six-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll (Fall 2021-present) member … Named to the 2022-23 and 2023-24 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Teams.