- Hope this helps you get to know our family a little better...
- *Note: Parents of any current employee... PLEASE email us the most embarrassing baby pic you have!

Official Disclaimer: The opinions of our employees do not necessarily, or probably don't, reflect the views of Rick's Cafe

Joe Dan Baker
Email: jkjdbaker@bellsouth.net
Hometown: Starkville
Age/Birthday: September 8th
Major/Occupation: BSIS/barback/bartender
Hobbies & Interests: sports
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Favorite Movie: Talladega Nights 
Favorite Food: steak, baked potato, with a salad 
I like people who: enjoy life
I don’t like people who: I don't have a problem with anybody 
Ambitions: To be successful and something one day 
Favorite Band: Led Zeppelin / Galactic / North MS Allstars
Personal Quote on Life: "you're wasting time if you're not having a good time"
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Nichole Ball
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Austin Dean
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Jake Freemon
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Cassandra Goldacker
Email: ceg163@msstate.edu
Hometown: San Diego, California
Birthday: October 12th, 1989
Major/Occupation: Animal and Dairy Science/ Pre-vet, Bartender
Hobbies & Interests:  Sports, animals, cooking, outdoors, movies, arts and crafts
Last Book Read: The Time Travelers Wife
Favorite Movie: Friends With Benefits, Ger Him To The Greek, Saving Private Ryan, Coyote Ugly, No Strings Attached, Step Brothers, We Bought a Zoo, Marley and Me, Fightclub, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc 
Favorite Food:   Mexican, Seafood, Steak, baked potatoes, oreos, junk food
I like people who:  are drama free, are themselves, like to have a good time
I don’t like people who:   Call you only when you need something, talk about people behind their back, cause drama
Favorite Band: Foo Fighters, The Cranberries, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Brantley Gilbert, Luke Bryan, Adele, Avril Lagvine, Foster The People, etc
Personal Quote on Life:  "Im selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you cant handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell dont deserve me at my best." -Marilyn Monroe
Anything Else You Want to Say: I am representing Mississippi State for the Girls of the SEC 2011 in PLAYBOY! I love my dog Coco! Go Dawgs!


 
Jeff Jones
Email Address: jeffjonesmsu@hotmail.com
Hometown: Panama City, FL 
Age/Birthday: 1/7
Major/Occupation: BSIS
Hobbies & Interests: Happy Hour
Last Book Read: Encyclopedia 
Favorite Movie: Hoosiers 
Favorite Food: Blue Plate 
I like people who: drink
I don’t like people who: don't drink
Ambitions: to be an NFL Quarterback 
Favorite Band: Zac Brown Band
Personal Quote on Life: "Yes"
Anything Else You Want to Say: "Thanks for your continued support of Rick's Cafe Americain"



Laura King
Email: lmk96@msstate.edu
Hometown: Ackerman, MS
Birthday: September 27
Major/Occupation: bartender / social work
Hobbies & Interests: anything outdoors 
Last Book Read: Breaking Free 
Favorite Movie: Outlaw Josey Wales 
Favorite Food:  whatever is in front of me at the moment 
I like people who:  are themselves 
I don’t like people who:  fake
Ambitions: live life to the fullest 
Favorite Band: Zac Brown, Eric Church
Personal Quote on Life: I'd rather regret something I did than regret something I didn't do. 
Anything Else You Want to Say: No matter how bad things are they could be worse so smile.
 

Jon Michael McFadden
Email: jonmichaelmcfadden@me.com
Hometown: Cookeville, Tennessee
Birthday: 7.22.1979
Major/Occupation: BA Political Science MSU, Physics/Doorman, Bar Back, Server
Hobbies & Interests: Food and Beverage, Mixology, Marketing, Social Media, Philosophy, Politics, Photography, Latin, Greek, Astronomy, Geology, Cosmology, Aviation, connoisseur of red wines and Words with Friends and Scrabble, avid golfer and runner... oh yeah, and Daniel, for the record I do like sports.
Last Book Read: Atlas Shrugged
Favorite Movie: Cool Hand Luke
Favorite Food: Chicken Pad Thai

I like people who:
(a) have an accurate and thorough appreciation of the fact that they, indeed, are not the center of the universe.
(b) have a valid state issued ID
(c) earn me 5 bones by giving me an ID that is over 60 days expired, or that is altered, fake, or not the person in the picture.

I do not like people who:
(a) go through life thinking that they are, indeed, the center of the universe and therefore are ENTITLED to everything whilst lacking the slightest shred of accountability or honor.
(b) do not have their aforementioned valid state issued ID and cash in hand when the get to the door and then stare at me blankly.
Don't worry, if you are in this category, many times you then fall into "I like people who" (c).

Favorite Band(s): Dave Matthews Band, Widespread Panic, John Butler Trio, Yonder Mountain String Band, Galactic, North Mississippi Allstars, P. Groove, Spearhead, Michael Franti, Keller Williams, Bob Weir...
Personal Quotation on Life: "Strange evolution that people have come to believe that we are its' greatest achievement, when really we're just a collection of cells overrating ourselves, god I'm avoiding the truth..."
David J. Matthews
Anything Else You Want to Say: Ron Paul 2012!





Jordan Metcalfe
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Carolina Mitchell
Email: cmm473@msstate.edu
Hometown: vancleave ms
Birthday: nov. 18
Major/Occupation: broadcast communications
Hobbies & Interests: football, sleeping, baseball,
Last Book Read: Friday Night Lights
Favorite Movie: Friday Night Lights
Favorite Food: chicken
I like people who: make me laugh
I don t like people who: are full of themselves
Favorite Band: Taylor Swift, yes she counts!!
Personal Quote on Life: "There is a time for silence. There is a time waiting your turn. But if you how you feel, and you so clearly
know what you need to say, you'll know it. I don't think you said wait, I think you should speak now."--Taylor Swift
Anything Else You Want to Say: Hail State!!



Daniel Morlino
Email: djm226@msstate.edu
Hometown: Carrolton, MS 
Birthday: October 24 
Major/Occupation: History 
Hobbies & Interests: football, soccer 
Last Book Read: one for history class 
Favorite Movie: Gone in 60 Seconds 
Favorite Food:  steak 
I like people who: are easy going 
I don’t like people who: don't like sports 
Ambitions: make money 
Favorite Band: rock music 
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Eric Peeples
Email: jep123@msstate.edu
Hometown: Starkville
Birthday: March 30
Major/Occupation: MBA / Banker
Hobbies & Interests:  Scuba Diving & MSU Athlectics
Last Book Read:  The Dirt
Favorite Movie:   Fools Gold
Favorite Food:   Sushi
I like people who: don't take life too serious & know how to have a good time  
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Favorite Band: to be the best I can no matter the destination
Personal Quote on Life: "Remember sho you are and whose you are"

Anything Else You Want to Say: "Hail State"


Beth Poganski
Email: bpoganski@gmail.com
Hometown: St. Cloud, MN
Birthday: April 9, 1987
Major/Occupation: water quality/captain planet/bartender
Hobbies & Interests: people watching
Last Book Read: My car manual- the back windshield wiper was on for days. . .
Favorite Movie: . . . game of thrones
Favorite Food: anything. . . with buffalo sauce
I like people who: like to dance like idiots
I don’t like people who: feel entitled to shit
Favorite Band: oar/ passion pit/ james Morrison/ Jason aldean
Personal Quote on Life: better make it count

Haleigh Pritchett
Hometown: Vicksburg, MS
Age/Birthday: Dec. 28
Major/Occupation: Cosmetology, Business/Waitress
Hobbies & Interests: traveling, football, movies!
Last Book Read: Twilight Saga
Favorite Movie: Forrest Gump, Harry and The Hendersons, Step Brothers
I like people who: like to have fun
I don't like people who: think they are better than others
Favorite Band: Kings of Leon, Lil Wayne, Jamie Davis, anything really!
Personal Quote on Life: Everything is always ok in the end. If it's not, then it's not the end.



 

 
Jason W. Upton

Wesley Wright
Email: wwesley83@yahoo.com
Hometown: Louisville, MS
Age/Birthday: January 30th
Major/Occupation: Phys/Edu
Hobbies & Interests: sports, music, being around friends & family
Last Book Read: Yellow Pages 
Favorite Movie: Boondock Saints / Snatch 
Favorite Food: steak or pizza 
I like people who: are the same person EVERYTIME you see them 
I don’t like people who: call only when they need something 
Ambitions: to coach football and have a family of my own 
Favorite Band: Allman Brothers / Lil Wayne
Personal Quote on Life: stay true to yourself and enjoy your life
Anything Else You Want to Say: I like turtles.... Go Dawgs.


 
 
Rick Welch
Email: rick@rickscafe.net
Hometown: Toomsuba, MS (Meridian)
Age/Birthday: March 8th
Major/Occupation: Industrial Engineering MSU / Self-Employed
Hobbies & Interests:  piano, boating, fishing, the river, English Springer Spaniel Rescue
Last Book Read:  The Short Stories of Mark Twain
Favorite Movie:  Shawshank Redemption
Favorite Food: seafood
Favorite Band: Billy Joel / Bruce Hornsby / Kenny Chesney / ZBB / Dash Rip Rock & many more!
Personal Quote on Life: "Success follows the relentless pursuit of simple objectives" - Ian Martin
Anything Else You Want to Say: "In a conversation do you listen or wait to talk?" - Pulp Fiction

Abbey Welch
April 30, 1999 - July 12, 2010