15 - April Carson
April Carson
Height: 5-9
Year: Fr.
Hometown: Weston, Fla.
High School: Nova
Position: G

2011-12 (Freshman): Played in 21 games, including two starts, to earn her first letter … Made her first career start against Elon (Jan. 23) … Scored a career-high 10 points against Wofford (Feb. 27) as she was 4-of-9 from the field, including a 3-pointer … Grabbed a career-high seven rebounds against Furman (March 2) in the Southern Conference Tournament … Played a career-high 27 minutes against San Diego State (Dec. 28) and Samford (Jan. 30).

High school
Earned first-team Class 5A Senior All-State honors from SheCanPlay.org for Nova High School in 2011 … was a McDonald’s All American Game nominee … was a Miami Herald third-team All-Broward 6A-4A selection … MVP of the Broward County/Palm Beach County All-Star Game in 2011 … named one of the South Florida Sun Sentinel’s top 10 players to watch prior to her senior season … featured as the ESPN RISE Girl Athlete of the Day on Oct. 20, 2010 … helped Nova to district and regional championships and its first-ever Class 5A state title game as a sophomore … team posted a 27-4 record that year … ranked the 62nd-best shooting guard nationally by SheCanPlay.org entering her senior season … rated the 20th-best girls basketball player in Florida by FlaVarsity.com, a division of Rivals.com … on the AAU level, helped the South Florida Jaguars to a No. 1 national ranking.

Personal
April Marie Carson … born Sept. 19, 1991, in Hollywood, Fla. … daughter of Billy and April Carson … has a sister, Bobbi, and three brothers, Giovanni, Justin and Jordan … majoring in business administration with a concentration in entrepreneurship.

 


 


Minutes 
Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds  
Year gp-gs min avg fg fga pct fg fga pct ft fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast t/o blk stl pts avg 
2011-12  21-2 233 11.1 16 60 .267 33 .242 .750 10 17 27 1.3 24 10 25 43 2.0 
TOTAL 21-2 233 11.1 16 60 .267 33 .242 .750 10 17 27 1.3 24 10 25 43 2.0 

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Points: 10, Wofford -- 02/27/12 
Rebounds: 7, vs Furman -- 03/02/12 
Assists: 2, at Samford -- 01/30/12 
Steals: 2, Davidson -- 02/14/12 ; vs Furman -- 03/02/12 
Blocks: 2, Georgia Southern -- 01/15/12 
FG made: 4, Wofford -- 02/27/12 
FG attempts: 9, Wofford -- 02/27/12 ; vs Furman -- 03/02/12 
3FG made: 2, vs Furman -- 03/02/12 ; at Radford -- 11/21/11 
3FG attempts: 6, at Samford -- 01/30/12 ; vs Furman -- 03/02/12 
FT made: 2, Davidson -- 02/14/12 
FT attempts: 2, Davidson -- 02/14/12