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Countdown To Opening Day (1 Day): Jake Davies

Feb. 16, 2012

The Georgia Tech baseball team begins the 2012 season Friday, Feb. 17 when it opens play in the Rock Hill Coca-Cola Classic at Winthrop. Stay tuned to RamblinWreck.com and meet all 33 Yellow Jackets with the “Countdown to Opening Day” series.

Jake Davies
Twitter: @jake2davies4
1B/LHP | L-L | 6-0 | 225 | Senior | McDonough, Ga. (Eagle’s Landing Christian)

RW.com: Name three words that describe you…
Jake Davies: Competitive, Passionate, Fun-Loving

RW.com: Name one thing that fans don’t know about you…
JD: I aspire to be a chef

RW: If you could bring one thing from your hometown, what would it be?
JD: Momma’s home-coming

RW: What is the best piece of advice a coach has given you?
JD: You are only as good as your next at bat

RW: What was the most interesting thing you did this summer?
JD: Won Cape Cod League championship

RW: What is your dream job?
JD: Own my own business

RW: What was your ultimate sports center highlight…
JD: Win the College World Series

RW: What player do you pattern your game after?
JD: Kyle Davies

RW: What’s your nickname? Reasoning behind it?
JD: Big D and Cake… I don’t know why, they just happened

RW: What event has most shaped your life?
JD: My mother’s breast cancer

RW: Do you have any pregame superstitions?
JD: I don’t wash my socks… and I say a prayer when walking to the mound

RW: Interests outside of baseball…
JD: Reading, fishing, cooking

RW: Who is the most famous person you’ve ever met?
JD: Kyle Davies

RW: Name the most interesting place you’ve visited…
JD: Normandy, France

RW: Favorite Tech tradition
CW: The Buzz-weiser song

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