Bio
The first VMI student-athlete to have his jersey retired, Ron Carter scored 2,228 career points for the Keydets, graduating with seven school records to his name, including his scoring average of 26.3 points per game his senior year.
Carter, whose career point total was good for fifth in league history when he graduated, led the Keydets to SoCon regular-season and tournament titles in 1975-76 and 1976-77. Included in those consecutive NCAA appearances were VMI's runs to the Elite Eight in 1976 and the Sweet 16 in 1977.
A three-time first-team all-conference selection and all-tournament pick, Carter was the league's player of the year in 1976-77 and 1977-78 and the SoCon tournament's Most Outstanding Player in 1976. Carter was also a two-time All-East Region selection before being selected in the second round of the 1978 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers and enjoying a two-year NBA career. A 1989 inductee into VMI's Hall of Fame, Carter was named to the third team of the Southern Conference's 75th Anniversary Men's Basketball Team.