Connect with us

Softball

BECKER SIGNS INTENT TO PLAY FOR CARROLL COLLEGE

PRESS RELEASE – Simon Sanchez High School 2021 graduate and Sharks’ soccer team goalkeeper Ian Musashi Becker looks to elevate his game at the intercollegiate level after signing a letter of intent to play for Carroll College in Helena, Montana.

Becker signed a letter of intent to play intercollegiate men’s soccer for the Saints beginning this fall season during a presentation event at the Guam Football Association National Training Center, organized by his youth club, Community First/Days Inn Dededo Soccer Club. Carroll College competes in the Cascade Collegiate Conference of the NAIA.

“I want to, first of all, recognize Coach Douglas Mello from Carroll College for this opportunity – he was the first college coach who approached me during a Hawaii soccer ID camp and gave me my first offer to play at the collegiate level,” Ian Becker said through a written statement. “Also, I’d like to thank all coaches here in Guam who provided me opportunities through classes, programs, and matches – Coaches Lawrence Batangan, Pascual Artero, Kelley Barnhart and Jon Barnhart from Dededo Soccer Club, Dr. Ron Canos from Simon Sanchez High School, Ron Obias from Barrigada FC, Jack Kido from NAPA Rovers FC, Brett Maluwelmeng from FBLG Middle School and Quality Distributors FC, Sang Hoon Kim and Karl Dodd from the Guam National Program, coaches from the Guam Goalkeeping Program and previous academies, Dominic Gadia from the Guam U20 Manhoben team, and especially Ross Awa who worked with me since I first entered the GFA Goalkeeping Program in 2017. Without all their support and assistance in preparing me for this next level, this opportunity would not have been possible.

Ian Becker, a 2021 graduate of Simon Sanchez High School, signs a letter of intent to play men’s intercollegiate soccer for the Carroll College Saints beginning this fall season during a signing event at the Guam Football Association National Training Center Lecture Hall, organized by Community First/Days Inn Dededo Soccer Club Friday afternoon. Carroll College, in Helena, Montana, competes in the Cascade Collegiate Conference of the NAIA.

“I would also like to thank GFA President Tino San Gil for providing opportunities for player development through grants and classes – without his assistance, having opportunities to be coached by the likes of Coach Yoshio Kato of the Japan Football Association (during the AFC Level 1 Goalkeeping Coaching Certificate Course) would not have been possible,” Becker added.

Becker started playing youth soccer with Dededo Soccer Club at the U12 level and began focusing on the specialized goalkeeping position in eighth grade at F.B. Leon Guerrero Middle School. Becker’s middle school coach, Brett Maluwelmeng, is a former Guam Men’s National Team goalkeeper.  

Becker also played for the NAPA Rovers FC for one season and another with Barrigada FC in the U16 division of the Triple J Auto Group Robbie Webber Youth League. When he turned 16, he moved up to play for the NAPA Rovers FC in the Amateur Division of the Budweiser Soccer League, Guam’s premier men’s soccer league.

Becker reached out to numerous colleges and universities with athletic programs in the NCAA Div. II and III and NAIA Div. I and Div. II levels and received varying offers of athletic scholarships. Becker ultimately selected Carroll College because of its soccer program and academic reputation, he said. 

Becker is the son of Dededo Soccer Club Vice President Robert Becker and his wife Ema. Ian Becker has two brothers and a sister: Shane, Mason, and Leila. Ian Becker plans to major in Environmental Science. 

PHOTO GALLERY BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

Ad

GPS Sports Calendar

May

June 2023

July
SU
MO
TU
WE
TH
FR
SA
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
Events for May

31st

No Events
Events for June

1st

No Events
Events for June

2nd

No Events
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Events for June

3rd

No Events
Events for June

4th

No Events
Events for June

5th

No Events
Events for June

6th

No Events
Events for June

7th

No Events
Events for June

8th

No Events
Events for June

9th

No Events
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Events for June

10th

No Events
Events for June

11th

No Events
Events for June

12th

No Events
Events for June

13th

No Events
Events for June

14th

No Events
Events for June

16th

Events for June

17th

18
19
20
21
22
23
24
Events for June

18th

Events for June

18th

No Events
Events for June

19th

No Events
Events for June

20th

No Events
Events for June

21st

No Events
Events for June

22nd

No Events
Events for June

23rd

No Events
25
26
27
28
29
30
1
Events for June

25th

Events for June

25th

No Events
Events for June

26th

No Events
Events for June

27th

No Events
Events for June

28th

No Events
Events for June

29th

No Events

COMING SOON …

GUAM SPORTS ON HOLD DUE TO SUPER TYPHOON MAWAR

QUICK HITS

Bishop Obispos beat Mt. Carmel for the IIAAG Middle School Girls Basketball championship 37-25.
—————————————-
The Benavente Roadrunners crushed the Agueda Pirates 17-1 to win the 76 PONY Middle School Baseball League. Rodney San Nicolas was a beat, striking out 13 batters in a complete game while going 4-for-4 at the plate, including a homer and 4 RBI.

 

More in Softball