High School: Competed in football, wrestling, and rowing at Thomas Jefferson High School...played offensive and defensive line in football for head coach Timothy Ruogel...named to Northern Virginia Athletic Honor Roll...earned Liberty District honorable mention honors at offensive tackle and defensive end as a senior...rowing team won state title in 2006...heavyweight in wrestling...won district title, was second at regionals, and competed at the state championships as a senior...National Honor Society student...Latin Honor Society.
At Delaware: First-year member of squad as a walk-on...adds support to the Blue Hen offensive line unit...one of the team's tallest players at 6-6.
Personal: Matthew Scott "Matt" Becker...born April 5, 1991 in Seattle, Wash....son of Dennis and Karen Becker...engineering major at Delaware...oldest of three children...father attended the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and competed in rowing...mother is a photographer...late uncle, John Spahr, played quarterback at Delaware in 1982-83.
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