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 25th and sixth Senior Spotlight of the 2021 calendar year features senior men's track athlete
Carson Gross (Arnold, Mo./Fox)
- What is your name? What sport(s) do you play? Carson Gross, Men's Track and Field.
- What is your major? Biology.
- 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 new science building and the great track and field coaching staff.
- What are your plans after graduation? I want to become a teacher and track and field coach.
- What has been your favorite class at Webster and why? Anatomy and Physiology, because I love the human body!
- What is your most memorable athletic moment at Webster? My most memorable athletic moment was the 4-x-400 meter relay race at North Central University my sophomore year when we broke the school record in the event.
- What is your most memorable/best academic experience at Webster? My best academic experience has been staying yup all night to finish several presentations throughout my career here at Webster.
- Outside of sports, what is your favorite hobby or activity? I like to fish.
- What is your favorite food? Movie? Book? TV show? My favorite food is wings, my favorite movie is Inception, my favorite book is Night by Elie Wiesel and my favorite television show is Dexter.
- What is your pet peeve? Loud chewing.
- Would you consider yourself a morning or a night person? I am a night person.
- What is your typical pre-game meal? Chicken Alfredo.
- What are your typical game day rituals? Listening to music and keeping to myself.
- What Webster University faculty or staff member has had the greatest impact on you and why? My track coach Nick Niehaus, because he is a great coach, who has helped me through a lot of hard times.
- What do you enjoy most and least about practice? Being with my teammates is the best and actually running is the worst.
- What advice would you give to underclassmen at Webster University? Make sure you stay on top of your schoolwork, so it does not stress you out for athletics.
- If you had to listen to one song on repeat forever, what would it be and why? Fade Away by Logic. I like that song because it is the first song of his I ever heard and he's my favorite artist.
- What is a funny story that you can tell about your coach or about your team that people might not know? Coach Niehaus thought he was better at Super Smash Brothers Ultimate than everyone, so we had a tournament at one of our overnight meets and now it is a tradition.
- What is something that people may not know about you, but should? I am very independent and do not like small talk and I come off as mean, but I am really not.
- If you could spend an hour with three people (past or present), who would you choose and why? The three people I would spend an hour with are Thierry Henry (Favorite Athlete), Will Ferrell (Favorite Actor) and Bo Burnham (Favorite Comedian).
