Carter Hamlin is 17 years old and a designer on the Pep O Plant staff. This is his senior year, but his first year on staff. In his free time he likes to hang out with friends, lift weights, watch movies and play videogames. When he isn’t in the journalism room he can be found rowing on the Plant Crew Team. He wants to stay in-state for college, but he particularly wants to go to the University of Florida and is interested in studying mechanical engineering. He has lived in Tampa his entire life and enjoys going to the beach with his friends.