In his first event of the year, Dake competed at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin, considered by many pundits as the most competitive tournament on Earth outside from the World Championships and the Summer Olympics. After defeating Junior World Champion Alan Zaseev and Asian Games Gold medalist Rashid Kurbanov, he was comfortably defeated by two–time tournament champion Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov, claiming the silver medal. However, he came back to the top of the podium at the World Cup, where he was able to dominate '14 World Championship runner–up from Japan Sosuke Takatani and eventual 2019 U23 World Champion from Georgia Tariel Gaprindashvili, before defeating returning Olympic bronze medalist from Azerbaijan Jabrayil Hasanov en route to a team title. Later in the month, Dake claimed his second US National title, defeating the Ukrainian Memorial champion Alex Dieringer in the finale. After tech'ing '11 Pan American Games gold medalist from Cuba Liván López at Beat the Streets, Dake made his first US World Team at Final X: State College, when he defeated reigning NCAA champion and '17 Junior World Championship runner–up Zahid Valencia twice in a row. To warm up, Dake claimed the prestigious Yasar Dogu International when he defeated two–time European Continental champion Jabrayil Hasanov, '07 Junior World Championship runner–up Ayhan Sucu and '10 University World Championship runner–up Ibrahim Yusubov.