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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20 Questions with Gracie Dyer

20 Questions with a Saints Athlete: Grace Dyer 

The freshman from Tacoma, Washington was recently named Saint Martin’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee president and is currently majoring in business. Dyer and the women's golf team open the season today with a tournament at Puget Sound and head to California this weekend. I had a chance to catch up with Grace this week before she hit the links.

What is your most embarrassing athletic moment?

I was walking in a tournament in high school, talking with other girls and I wasn’t paying attention and I tripped face down in a bunker.

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

There should be foot wedges allowed.

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

A lucky brush tee that I always keep in my bag. 

What is your first memory you have playing your sport?

When I was four I used to go to the course with my family and walk and every hole I didn’t complain my parents would give me an M&M. 

What is one of your pregame rituals or routines?

I listen to the same playlist on my iPod.

What one word best describes you in your opinion?

Straightforward  

Who is your favorite professor you have had at SMU?

Dr. Rex Casillas who teaches history.

What is one fear you have that people might not know about you?

Deathly afraid of rats.

What is your favorite road trip to take?

Going to Kona, Hawaii. I’ve already started the countdown for next year.  

What is your most prized possession with no value?

My stuffed Piglet 

Who is the best prankster on the team?

Head coach Bob Grisham 

What are the reasons you decided to come to SMU?

I really like the class sizes and the travel schedule as well as head coach Grisham.

What it your best non-athletic talent?

Remembering song lyrics.

How do you want people at SMU to remember you?

As the new SAAC president I want to have more positive athlete support. 

What is the hardest class you have taken at SMU?

Statistics 

What is your nickname?

Gracie

What is one major sporting event would you like to attend?  
The Masters Golf Tournament on the 14^th hole.

What is one song on your iPod that would surprise people? 
Phantom of the Opera

What is one thing you wish you knew how to do? 
Juggle the golf ball on the golf club.

Other than your own, what is your favorite Saints team to watch play? 
Men’s basketball

Check out Kyle's Korner tomorrow for 20 questions with an SMU men's golfer.

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