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 41st and 21st Senior Spotlight of the 2021 calendar year features fifth-year senior baseball pitcher
Cooper Hake (Lincoln, Ill./IU-South Bend).
- What is your name? What sport(s) do you play? Cooper Hake, Baseball.
- What is your major? General Management/Sports Management.
- How many years have you been a student at Webster? Two years.
- What attracted you to attend school and compete in athletics at Webster University? The success of the baseball program and the small, but nice campus.
- What are your plans after graduation? Coach baseball.
- What has been your favorite class at Webster and why? Human Resource Management. I actually enjoyed going to the class.
- What is your most memorable athletic moment at Webster? Having former NBA player Chris Herron come to Webster during the 2019-20 school year.
- What is your most memorable/best academic experience at Webster? Passing all my classes.
- Outside of sports, what is your favorite hobby or activity? Golfing.
- What is your favorite food? Movie? Book? TV show?
Favorite food: Chick-fil-A sandwich
Favorite movie: Grown-Ups
Favorite book: The Lightning Thief
Favorite TV show: One Piece
- What is your pet peeve? Chewing gum really load or waking up when I don't need to be up.
- Would you consider yourself a morning or a night person? Night person.
- What is your typical pre-game meal? Breakfast Crunch wrap from Taco Bell.
- What are your typical game day rituals? Listening to music.
- What Webster University faculty or staff member has had the greatest impact on you and why? Webster strength and conditioning coach Matt Saitz. He is getting me in better shape and always has a positive outlook on everything.
- What do you enjoy most and least about practice? I enjoy being around my teammates and I do not enjoy the running.
- What advice would you give to underclassmen at Webster University? Hand out your swipes to the upperclassmen.
- If you had to listen to one song on repeat forever, what would it be and why? Go Flex by Post Malone.
- What is a funny story that you can tell about your coach or about your team that people might not know? Pitchers are better athletes.
- What is something that people may not know about you, but should? I like basketball more than baseball.
- If you could spend an hour with three people (past or present), who would you choose and why? I would choose Post Malone, Adam Sandler and LeBron James.
