WEBSTER GROVES – Throughout the remainder of the 2020-21 school year, the Webster University Athletics Department will feature Gorlok senior student-athletes. The senior student-athletes were asked 21 questions about their time at Webster, which will help everyone get the chance to know them as individuals and how much they've grown during their time as a Gorlok student-athlete.
The Senior Spotlight feature is scheduled to run every Monday and Friday until all the senior student-athletes have been profiled.
Our 18th Senior Spotlight features senior men's soccer midfielder
Joacquin Soto (Flagstaff, Ariz./Flagstaff)
- What is your name? What sport(s) do you play? Joacquin Soto, Men's Soccer.
- What is your major? I am a double major in Business and Photography.
- How many years have you been a student at Webster? This is my fourth year at Webster.
- What attracted you to attend school and compete in athletics at Webster University? The small class sizes and the team was welcoming.
- What are your plans after graduation? I want to start my own photography business.
- What has been your favorite class at Webster and why? Julie Smith's Intro to Media Literacy and Media Production. Julie's class was my very first class at Webster and she was always in a positive mood and really cared for her students.
- What is your most memorable athletic moment at Webster? Scoring a goal against Principia my freshman year.
- What is your most memorable/best academic experience at Webster? Learning how to use a film camera.
- Outside of sports, what is your favorite hobby or activity? This might be cheesy, but hanging out with friends and starting my own YouTube channel with them.
- What is your favorite food? Movie? Book? TV show? My mom's enchiladas are my favorite food, I can have them all day. My favorite book is probably the Hunger Games series and my favorite tv show I can't give because I have a lot of favorites.
- What is your pet peeve? Being late, I hate being late.
- Would you consider yourself a morning or a night person? I am a morning person. I would rather wake up and do everything in the morning.
- What is your typical pre-game meal? Breakfast - Two egg sandwiches, hash browns and sausage patties with banana-strawberry shake. Then an hour before the game, I eat a protein bar.
- What is your typical game day ritual? The night before, I watch Ronaldinho videos. After I wake up, I cook my game day meal, take a shower, and then relax and watch soccer videos all day.
- What Webster University faculty or staff member has had the greatest impact on you and why? Julie Smith has had a big impact on how I saw college. She had a positive attitude every class, would be there if I needed help, was a fun teacher and really cared for how I did in class. I still talk to her every I see her and catch up.
- What do you enjoy most and least about practice? I enjoy playing 11 vs. 11 full field or possession drills, those are my favorite and my least favorite days are N/A.
- What advice would you give to underclassmen at Webster University? Four years goes by fast, 3 months per season, so you really need to put the work in the rest of the year and really enjoy the time with your teammates, you only get four or less years with them so cherish those moments forever.
- If you had to listen to one song on repeat forever, what would it be and why? I have three, it has to be one of those three - Loyal remix by PartyNextDoor featuring Drake and Bad Bunny, Fire and Desire by Drake and/or Si Veo a Tu Mamá by Bad Bunny.
- What is a funny story that you can tell about your coach or about your team that people might not know? Aamahn (Murvin) flopped in our game in high school for a penalty kick and won off of that. (Aamahn didn't take the PK though)
- What is something that people may not know about you, but should? N/A
- If you could spend an hour with three people (past or present), who would you choose and why? 1.) Aamahn Murvin - because we never stop laughing when we are together; 2.) Ronaldinho, because he is my favorite soccer player of all time and 3.) Kevin Hart, because he is a funny dude and his mindset is different two-in-one.
