20 Questions with a Saint: Mike Jaeger

Senior Mike Jaeger is currently leading the Saints with an average of 74.8 shots per round and was the team’s top finisher at the 2012 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships. Jaeger and the rest of the Saints men’s golf team opened the spring season in California as Jaeger finished tied for 12th at the NDNU Argonaut Invite.

What is your most embarrassing athletic moment?

My first golf tournament I ever played in I picked up the ball when it was six inches from the cup thinking it was a “gimme.”

If you could change one rule in your sport what would it be?

Stricter pace of play.

What is the one item you always take with you on the road?
iPod

What is your first memory you have playing your sport?

Getting tips from my grandpa when I was young.

What is one of your pre-match rituals or routines?
Listen to music on the driving range.

What one word best describes you in your opinion?

Competitive 

Who is your favorite professor you have had at SMU?

Dr. Thomas Woodruff psychology professor.  

Your autobiography is written, what is the title?

The Art of Club Throwing  

What is your favorite road trip to take?

Kona, Hawaii 

What is your most prized possession with no value?

The golf ball I made a hole-in-one with.

Who is the best prankster on the team?

Connor Miele 

What are the reasons you decided to come to SMU?

I like how close it was to home.

What it your best non-athletic talent?

Video games

How do you want people at SMU to remember you?

Hard working student-athlete. 

What is the hardest class you have taken at SMU

U. S. History 

What is your nickname?

Jaegs

What one major sporting event would you like to attend?  

The Masters

What is one song on your iPod that would surprise people? 

Rude Boy by Rihanna

What is one thing you wish you knew how to do? 

Play guitar.

Other than your own, what is your favorite Saints team to watch play? 

Men’s basketball

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