After graduation, Dake competed at the 2013 US World Team Trials in an attempt of representing the US at the 2013 World Championships, but after defeating Trent Paulson, David Taylor and Andrew Howe, he was unable to win the best–of–three finale, falling to the defending Olympic and World Champion Jordan Burroughs, who would go on to once again claim the World Championship later on. Competing at the Heydar Aliyev Golden Grand Prix in Azerbaijan, Dake severely injured his hand, but still topped two–time World Champion from Russia Denis Tsargush and returning Olympian Ali Shabanau, before losing twice to place fifth. Due to his injury, Dake was unable to continue competing for the rest of 2013, and only came back in February 2014 at his championship performance from the Granma Cup, but after more injuries and infections, he sat out until November 2014, where he won a single match.