2013 (M) Soccer Roster
Roster
Bakke, Ben

Jersey Number 19
Ben Bakke
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Minneapolis, Minn.
- High School:
- Minnehaha Academy
Bio
PREP CAREER: Scored two goals in 25 starts with the Minnesota Thunder Academy over past two seasons under the direction of Jon Lowery and Rob Zahl ... Member of the U18 MTA Developmental Academy Team in 2012 ... Participated in club soccer as a starter since 2004 helping his teams to multiple accomplishments ...Club team finished third overall at nationals in 2011 after claiming a regional crown and state cup championship that same year ... His teams also won state cup titles in 2008 and 2007 ... Played three seasons of high school soccer at the Minnehaha Academy under the tutelage of Ben Linder before playing in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy as a senior ... Earned All-State honors as a junior and was named an Honorable Mention Player of the Year candidate by the St. Paul Pioneer Press ... Earned All-Conference honors in each of three seasons and claimed team MVP honors and won Best Midfielder accolades twice as team captain ... Won All-Conference honors in second season on the golf team as a sophomore at Minnehaha ... Qualified for Olympic Development Program but instead chose to learn and train abroad in Turkey and Brazil while playing in multiple exhibition games ... In 2007 trained with Fenerbahce and Galatasaray in Istanbul ... Two years later in Natal, Brazil trained with the ABC Club ... Made honor roll each year and was a member of the National Honor Society ... Volunteered with the Feed My Starving Children organization and at multiple homeless shelters across the Twin Cities since 2009 ... Junior board member of the Tony Sanneh Foundation in 2011-12 ... Worked in Chicago soup kitchens serving meals as part of a mission outreach trip.
PERSONAL: Son of Rob and Betsy Bakke ... Ben was born on August 4, 1994 ... Has two sisters Jona and Sara ... Father played collegiate soccer and mother was the captain of the cross country team at St. Olaf College ... Grandfather was an All-America collegiate football player drafted by the Chicago Bears ... Plans to major in medicine or business.
PERSONAL: Son of Rob and Betsy Bakke ... Ben was born on August 4, 1994 ... Has two sisters Jona and Sara ... Father played collegiate soccer and mother was the captain of the cross country team at St. Olaf College ... Grandfather was an All-America collegiate football player drafted by the Chicago Bears ... Plans to major in medicine or business.
Creighton Men's Soccer Highlights & Postgame vs Denver 9-5-25
Saturday, September 06
Creighton Media Availability 9.3.25 - Men's Soccer
Wednesday, September 03
Men's Soccer - Meet the Jays - Edward Morales
Tuesday, September 02
Men's Soccer - Meet the Jays - Omar Ramadan
Tuesday, September 02