Getting to Know You: Alex Cox
Alex Cox — Kinesiology undergraduate student Q&A
Hometown: Chehalis, Washington
Year: Junior
Why did you choose to study kinesiology?
Out of high school I wanted to be a P.E. teacher just because I’ve always been active and always liked playing sports and stuff like that, and I liked helping people. But then one of my friends actually mentioned to me if I ever thought about physical therapy, and I hadn’t really, but then I did a little research on it and thought about it, and I was like yeah, I can probably do this. So I think my sophomore year was when I started to change course, last year actually, and started taking more physical therapy based classes. So I’m applying for the kinesiology major this month to get into the program next semester. Since I’m a transfer student it’s kind of a little more difficult which is why I think I had to add that extra year.
Did someone help spark that initial interest in P.E.?
Since I played football, basketball and baseball all four years of high school I was always in weight classes so my last semester of senior year I actually got to take a P.E. class. We’ve got really good P.E. teachers at our school, and we would just play games and do competitions and stuff, which is stuff I love doing. Our teacher was really awesome, he knew how to connect with every person there, like no matter what your personality was he could be your friend. He actually played the sports with us and the competitions and stuff which I thought was really cool, and made it a lot more fun. My thought process going into physical education was, what could be better than just playing all day when I’m with a bunch of high school kids? And so he really got me interested in going into this field.
So what do you think about the kinesiology program here?
I took pretty much all kines classes last semester, and I really like it. My favorite class last semester was anatomy with Dr. Morgan, he’s a really cool guy. He just makes learning about the information fun and he’s a really personable guy. He knows your name. If you go up to talk to him he’ll learn your name, know who you are. He’s a really good guy to have in the program, I think.
Favorites
Food: Mom’s homemade chicken enchiladas
Sport: Football and baseball
Athlete: Earl Thomas – Safety for the Seahawks
Book: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Song: “Outskirts of Heaven” – Craig Campbell