Carol Carlson was hired at Lower Columbia College in 1987 after a 13 year career at Astoria High School where she served as head secretary and assistant to the athletic director.
While at LCC, Carol was a driving force behind the success of the Red Devil athletic program serving as program manager under Gary Earnest, Mickey Riley and
Kirc Roland. Carlson also served a brief stint as the acting athletic director in 2001.
Carol was on the ground floor as the NWAC was born with the addition of the Oregon colleges. Her knowledge of the college athletic system was a great resource for NWAC Athletic Directors and Program Managers across the Northwest.
Carlson served as an education planner at LCC and her budget expertise was outstanding.
Carol was also the queen of the Stats Master. She was one of the first program managers to incorporate stats gathering into her job. She traveled with the team to keep accurate stats and many times was asked to serve as the official stats keeper for the host school and NWAC Championship events.
Carol retired in 2011 and was just the second non-athletic director to win the prestigious Dutch Triebwasser Award as the outstanding athletic administrator the same year. Carol was loved and respected by her student/athletes, coaches, supervisors and colleagues.
Carol was inducted into the NWAC Hall of Fame in 2016.
