Wisconsin Badgers

OVERVIEW
Joined the Badgers as a preferred walk-on ahead of the 2020-21 season ... Has appeared in 99 career games, including three starts ... Won a Big Ten regular season championship with Wisconsin in 2021-22, playing in 22 games that season. 

2024-25 (SENIOR)
Played in all 37 games for the Badgers,  a key rotation player averaging 19.1 minutes per game … scored a career-high 15 points (all in the second half) to lead a comeback victory over Northwestern (Feb. 1) … put up an all-around performance in a Big Ten Tournament Semifinal win over No. 7 Michigan State (March 15), scoring 10 points, with five rebounds, five assists and three blocks … averaged new career highs in points (3.9), rebounds (2.6), and assists per game (1.3).

2023-24 (JUNIOR)
Had 4 points (2-2 FG) and 4 rebounds against No. 24 Virginina off the bench (Nov. 20) ... Scored season-high 7 points against No. 1 Arizona (Dec. 9) ... Tallied 7 points, matching season-high, while grabbing 3 rebounds against Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament championship game vs. Illinois (March 17).

2022-23 (JUNIOR)
Played in all 35 games starting 3 … Averaged 2.6 points per game and 12.9 minutes per game … Scored career-high 8 points at Iowa, and a career-high 4 field goals made (4-7) ... Grabbed career-high 7 rebounds, at Illinois (Jan. 7) ... Had 2 blocks  in the first round of the NIT tournament against Bradley (March 14).

2021-22 (SOPHOMORE)
Former walk-on was awarded a scholarship for the 2021-22 season ... Played in played in 22 games, averaging 7.9 minutes per contest ... Logged a season-high 25 minutes and 5 rebounds vs. Providence (Nov. 15) ... Scored a career-high 5 points in the season opener vs. St. Francis College Brooklyn (Nov. 9) ... Scored 4 points and added a rebound in the 2021 Maui Invitational title game vs. Saint Mary's (Nov. 24).

2020-21 (FRESHMAN)
Appeared in 9 games as a true freshman ... Played a career-high 5 minutes at Northwestern (Feb. 21), grabbing 1 rebound in the win ... Scored his first career points as a Badger, finishing with 2 points in a win vs. Green Bay (Dec. 1) ... Grabbed his first career rebound as a Badger, finishing with 2 boards in a win vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 27).

HIGH SCHOOL
Turned down scholarship offers from several Division I schools to join Wisconsin as a preferred walk-on ... 2020 Classic Eight Conference Player of the Year ... Associated Press first-team all-state selection as a senior ... Became Arrowhead's all-time leading scorer (1,565 pts) and scored a school record 49 points for Arrowhead on March 7, 2020 in a WIAA D1 regional final ... His senior season, led Arrowhead to a program-best record of 23-1 and a regional championship while averaging 26.8 points, 11.3 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game ... As a junior, Gilmore was named Classic Eight Conference Player of the Year and an all-state selection after averaging 19.9 points per game (40% 3FG)

PERSONAL
Parents are Brian and Stephanie Gilmore ... Carter's father, Brian, played for former Wisconsin head coach and hall of famer Bo Ryan's first Division III national championship team at UW-Platteville in 1991 ... Carter's mother, Stephanie, was a standout player on the University of Wisconsin-Platteville women's team, inducted into the WIAC Hall of Fame in 2018.