Arica Derris Carter (born July 19, 1996) is an American professional women's basketball player for Perfumerias Avenidas in the Spanish Liga Femenina de Baloncesto and, previously, was in Panathinaikos before os that she won the championship in Mexico after stints with teams in the Spanish Liga Femenina de Baloncesto and Phoenix Mercury of the United States's Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

[5] She averaged 10.5 points, 5.1 steals and 4.3 rebounds in her final 2014 season to win her second CIF championship with the Long Beach Jackrabbits; this time finishing champions in the Open Division[6][7] with Carter scoring five in the 70–52 victory over Salesian.

Long Beach Poly's coach Carl Buggs said of Carter that ""She has a complete game, She has the ability to score, to score in crunch time, to make an assist, and she plays great defense"[4] and that she chose to attend Louisville after high school because she saw that the players there practised hard - even when the coach was not watching them; he added that "it made me happy to be reminded that there are still players like that.

[13] After making the final roster with the Mercury, Carter would play under head coach Sandy Brondello and alongside the likes of Brittney Griner, DeWanna Bonner and Diana Taurasi.

[19] In her second season at Estudiantes, they qualified for the 2021–22 EuroCup but were eliminated in play-off round 1 to Flammes Carolo Basket of Belgium by only three points in a two-leg match.

[20] Carter was voted best forward of the 2021–22 season of the Endesa Women's League and that year posted her career high 26 points and 8 assists in separate matches.