Carlquist joins the Pride from Fishers High School in Fishers, Ind. where she was the head coah of their girls lacrosse program from 2021 until accepting the position at CU. While at Fishers, she would organize game day operations and coordinate volunteers, develop and execute practice plans, manage program game and pratice schedule, which included transportation and facility needs, and she would supervise fellow coaches and adjunct personnel.

During that time as a high school head coach, she also served as an assistant coach fo the women's lacrosse team at Anderson University in Anderson, Ind. where she would provide goalie coaching for players that received conference honors, assist with and implement game time decisions and adjustments, and would develop and run practice drills.

As a student-athelte, Carlquist was a member of the women's lacrosse team at the University of Indianapolis where she was a goalie for the Greyhounds from 2016 to 2019. While competing for UIndy, Carlquist received Rookie of the Year in the GLIAC Rookie of the Year as a freshman while also earning GLIAC and NCAA Division II Player oof the Week honors.