Cool Cat: Quintin Carlson
Interview by Mike Powers
You may think Quintin Carlson, senior Physical Education and Student Health major, could be everywhere at once with the amount of hobbies and interests he has taken on. From being on the worship team with Resonate Church, to other hobbies such as baseball, drumming, hunting and photography, Carlson likes to stay active and connected. Here is why you want to know this Cool Cat.
What’s your favorite childhood memory?
All my memories kind of come from playing baseball. I think the one that stands out to me the most is when I was 10 years old, I was playing on my little league All-star team. I was actually in the championship for district two. I pitched a whole entire game on my birthday, and we ended up winning [the championship]. My dad, who was one of the coaches at the time, said if we won the district 2 tournament that he would jump into the harbor and he kept that deal, which is kind of funny.
What are some of your hobbies beyond baseball?
Music is a pretty big hobby of mine. I’ve been playing the drums since I was 7 years old. I’m part of Resonate Church here at Central and I’m on the worship team. That’s kind of where I started to progress more as a drummer because I actually got to play with people. Growing up, I never really got a chance to play with people. It’s a whole other experience.
What are some of your personal goals?
With my faith, trying to be somebody that can love people well, like Jesus does in the Bible, and to serve people well. If people have questions, I would want to be able to teach it well. I also want to be able to understand my own faith. I want to be able to do my best, and love and serve people and have strong relationships.
What are some of your career goals?
I want to be able to impact wherever I’m at. I want to be in the lives of students, or student athletes. [I want] to be able to help guide them through life, however that looks. Just being there. Also, as far as the teaching aspect, because we’re in such a technology-based age, it worries me that younger generations are going to be stuck behind a screen. I just hope kids can find hobbies outside, like fishing, archery, or disc golf. Especially finding a group of people who love that too, it gets us away from our screens.
What is a fun fact about yourself?
I like photography. I’ve done a lot of landscape photography and I want to start taking pictures of people, and have certain subjects. I want to be able to actually take photos of animals in nature, but I don’t have the right equipment to be able to do that from a fair distance where they won’t be distracted by me.
Quote to live by:
“Love thy neighbor as thyself.” Matthew 22:39
Why should people know you?
People should know me because I want to know them. I want to know how I can love and serve you, be there for you and listen. I feel like people, especially right now, feel isolated and stuck. I know I’m not the answer, I’m not somebody’s savior, I’m no hero, but I would want people to feel like they have somebody who can listen to what they have to say.
Where can people find you hanging out?
Well, when the weather’s nice I’d be at the skatepark. There’s Kiwanis Park, where they have all those baseball fields. People’s Pond—Irene Rinehart Park is what I think it’s actually called by the locals. There’s some small fishing spots where they have farm trout. Generally, you’ll see me just hanging around with friends… Oh—and Hayday. That is probably my favorite coffee shop in Ellensburg. I love the people that work there, they’re really cool people.
