Getting to Know You: Madison Hunt
Madison Hunt— Kinesiology undergraduate student Q&A
Hometown: Federal Way, Washington
Year: Sophomore
Why did you choose kinesiology?
I actually came to WSU wanting to go into architecture and I took a semester of that and realized it wasn’t for me. So then I started researching different majors, and I always was kind of interested in the healthcare side of things. My mom, she was a dietitian and a personal trainer, so she knew about the health aspects and exercise aspects of it. I found kinesiology and it seemed like a perfect fit, and I knew when I started taking classes too, because I was a lot more interested in the stuff we were learning.
What’s your favorite thing about the kinesiology program?
My favorite thing would probably be the students and the teachers. They’re really supportive. I’ve noticed with the teachers in the kinesiology program that teach specific kinesiology classes, they really try to get to know their students and try to build relationships with them instead of just having them for a semester and then them not really recognizing you when you see them on campus. It’s really awesome that they care so much about their students, it’s kind of like a family. We help each other out, it’s not an us against them. It’s a great community.
What are your future plans as you go through the program?
I’m not completely set on it, but I’m pretty sure that I want to be a physician’s assistant, which after getting my undergrad I would have to work 2 years to get hands-on health experience and then I would apply and go to grad school.
What do you hope to get out of your career?
I realized that one of my main goals in life is to help people. I feel like that’s what I’ve been placed here to do. Specifically in being a physician’s assistant I hope to go into sports medicine, and I really like that because I’ve been involved in sports all throughout high school and middle school. That particular aspect interests me because of kinesiology. It’s kind of directed towards that. We learn a lot about the human body, health and diseases, but we also learn a lot about exercise, diet and living a healthy lifestyle, which I think would transfer over to that well. But the overall goal is to help people.
Favorites
Band: Boys Like Girls
Sport: Gymnastics (Watch) Volleyball (Play)
Athlete: Richard Sherman
Movie: Armageddon
Book: “Spellbound”
Pullman Restaurant: Birch and Barley