Ohio Wesleyan University Athletics

Meet the Bishops:  Jake Hecker

Sport:  Men's Basketball

Majors:  Pre-medicine/pre-dentistry and biology

Class Year:  2020

Why did you choose Ohio Wesleyan?
I chose OWU for the strong science program and I saw how close the basketball team was.  Everyone was incredibly open and accepting to me when I came on my visit in the fall of my senior year of high school.  The basketball team has a winning tradition here at OWU and I wanted to be a part of it.

Why did you choose your majors?
I decided to be a pre-medicine major because I want to be a doctor.  I've always been fascinated with the human body and how it works so it made sense to me to pursue a science degree.

Why do you like your position?
Because I can stretch the floor.  Right now I'm playing a combination of power forward and center despite being undersized. I tend to be smaller but faster than my defender so I am able to spread the floor for our team with my shooting and driving.

If you could have a super power, what would it be?
I'd want to be able to teleport so I don't ever have to deal with traveling. I live in Michigan and making the 3-hour drive to get home can be very annoying so I'd love to be able to just teleport wherever I wanted to go.

What is your favorite place to eat in Delaware, and what is your go-to dish there?
Son of Thurman and I always get the Kansas City Chefs burger.


by Alexis Roberts '19