BIO: Chris Carroll was born in Brisbane (QLD) Carroll received a scholarship to attend the Australian Institute of Sport (Canberra) in 1990. He spent two years year there and played for the program’s state league team (1990, 1991).

NBL EXPERIENCE

Chris Carroll made his NBL debut with the Perth Wildcats at 20 years of age. He scored two points in his first game.

As a rookie, Carroll averaged 3.9 points, 1.1 rebounds, and 0.5 assists as the Wildcats finished in sixth place (12-12).

1993
In 1993, Carroll averaged 3.3 points, 1.2 rebounds, and 0.8 assists, playing a key role in the Wildcat’s second unit and helped the team finish in first place (21-5).

1994
1994 saw Perth return with almost their entire roster (all bar the retiring Steve Davis) after falling short against Melbourne in the previous year’s Grand Final. In a effort to build towards the future, however, up and coming talent in the form of AIS graduate Aaron Trahair and CJ Bruton, son of Wildcats’ legend Cal, were added to the roster.

Perth started the season by winning their first three games and sat atop the NBL ladder with a record of 7-2 after the first five rounds. Around the halfway mark of the season, Perth suffered losses to Brisbane (127–126), Hobart (93–92) and South East Melbourne (112–94), which saw them drop down to the middle of the ladder with a record of 10-5. Whilst many believed the Wildcats would rebound from the Grand Final loss and be among the league’s top team’s, they struggled to replicate last season’s form. Whilst they would show signs of brilliance, as they did in their beat down of Melbourne in Round 18 (131–108), they also lost to multiple team’s that weren’t even in the playoff picture, as they did the very next round, suffering a home loss to the Newcastle Falcons (83–92).

Scott Fisher (20.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 1.4 steals) led the team in scoring for the second year in a row, with the Wildcats’other key players Ricky Grace (18.7 points, 3.9 rebounds, 6.2 assists, and 1.5 steals), James Crawford (18.1 points, 8.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.0 steals, 1.3 blocks) and Andrew Vlahov (17.5 points, 9.8 rebounds, 4.7 assists, and 2.1 steals) putting up great numbers all season but Perth was unable to recapture the success of the previous season.

Rookies Trahair (5.4 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 2.0 assists) and Bruton (4.9 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 1.5 assists) showed enough to get fans excited about the future while continued to see limited playing time, appearing in only 3 games, averaging 1.7 points, 1 rebounds, and 0.7 assists.

Perth finished the season with a record equal to Sydney (16-10) but was given the higher playoff seed (sixth) thanks to a 2-0 head to head record against the Kings. In the quarterfinals, Perth would face South East Melbourne, who outclassed them in game one, winning by 31 points (113-82). With the series then returning to Melbourne, the Magic defeated them by 14 points (100-86) to end the Wildcats season prematurely.

Chris Carroll played three seasons the Perth Wildcats. He averaged 3.4 points, 1.1 rebounds, and 0.7 assists in 58 NBL games.