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 Brenda
(Ferris) Becker ’81
Field Hockey All-American
Hometown: New Castle, DE
High School: William Penn
Field hockey historians will remember Brenda (Ferris)
Becker as the best collegiate player in the United States during
the 1979 campaign.
A four-year varsity player for the Division I Golden Rams, it goes
without saying Becker was instrumental in helping West Chester
win three of its four AIAW National Championships from 1976-78.
As a senior midfielder in 1979, Becker was named an All-American
and received the Broderick Award as the “Best College Field
Hockey Player in the United States.”
Very few student-athletes ever earn a chance to play in a national
championship game, but during the 1978-79 academic year Becker
pulled off the improbable by earning two national crowns. After
winning the AIAW National Championship in field hockey in the fall
of 1978, Becker led West Chester to the first collegiate National
Championship ever competed in the sport of women’s lacrosse
in 1979.
Becker’s career took on national stature when she was selected
the youngest member of the United States Field Hockey team that
qualified for the Olympics and finished fourth in the World Cup.
She also captained the first U.S. Under-21 squad that beat Canada
in international play and was a three-time participant in field
hockey at the National Sports Festival. Her team won a Gold Medal.
The New Castle, DE, native has been a prominent figure on the Delaware
sports scene. Becker earned two Diamond State Games Field Hockey
Championships - one as a player, the other as a coach - and helped
lead her softball team to a state crown at the First State Games
in 2001. In 1999, she was named a Second Team Softball All-American
as her club finished second in the country.
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