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Jersey Number 2
Carter Sintek
- Position:
- INF
- B/T:
- R/R
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Fremont, Neb.
- High School:
- Fremont
- Prev School:
- South Dakota State
HONORS AND AWARDS
2025 (Sophomore at South Dakota State)
2024 (Redshirt Freshman at South Dakota State)
2023 (Freshman at South Dakota State)
HIGH SCHOOL
- Brooks Wallace Award Semifinalist (2025)
- All-Summit League Second Team (2025)
- Summit League Peak Performer of the Week (May 5, 2025)
2025 (Sophomore at South Dakota State)
- Team leader in batting average (.358), hits (78), runs scored (47) and assists (128)
- Led team with 23 multi-hit games and ranked second on squad with 102 total bases
- 78 hits were the ninth-most in a season by a Jackrabbit player
- Hit safely in 43 of the 51 games he played and started, putting together three separate hitting streaks of at least seven games
- Named Summit League Peak Performer of the Week after collecting three hits in each of the three games of a home series against Northern Colorado, posting a .643 batting average (9-for-14) with a home run, three runs batted in and six runs scored (5/2-4)
2024 (Redshirt Freshman at South Dakota State)
- Held down the starting spot at shortstop until missing the final two months of the season for medical reasons
- Started 23 games and posted eight multi-hit and three multi-RBI performances
- Tallied eight hits in four-game series at New Mexico, starting by hitting his first collegiate home run in series opener (2/22)
- Ran hitting streak to eight games with hits in first three games of series at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, including a home run in first game of a twinbill (3/2)
2023 (Freshman at South Dakota State)
- Redshirted while making the transition to the collegiate game
HIGH SCHOOL
- Carter was a two-time all-state selection in baseball, earning first-team honors as a junior and second-team honors from both the Omaha World Herald (all-Nebraska) and Lincoln Journal Star (Super State) as a senior
- Batted .467 during spring season of his junior campaign and .465 during the summer
- Three-sport athlete, he also was an all-conference performer in basketball and set school records in football for career touchdown passes and passing yards in a season
- Parents are Cory and Chris
- Has two siblings, Brody and Morgan
- Father, Chris, was an athlete at University of Nebraska - Kearney
- Brother, Brody, was an athlete at Wayne State
- Nickname: Sinny
- Dream job outside of baseball: professional golfer
- Hidden talent: food at ping-pong, bowling and 8-ball
- Fears caves
- Chose UH because it was the best fit for him
- Most Memorable athletic accomplishment: winning Brooks Wallace Award
- If he could eat one thing for the rest of his life: mashed potatoes and gravy
Media Availability: HC Todd Whitting, Antoine Jean, Malachi Lott
Friday, May 23
Media Availability: HC Todd Whitting, Connor McGinnis, Andres Perez
Thursday, May 22
Highlights: Houston 9, Kansas State 2
Thursday, May 22
Highlights: Houston 13, Arizona 4
Thursday, May 15
