#8 Melanie Becker

HONORS
2019 IWLCA Honor Roll
2019 AAC Second Team
2019 AAC Weekly Honor Roll (4/2/19)
2019 AAC Weekly Honor Roll (4/30/19)
2017 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2016 First Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

CAREER HIGHS: 
Goals: 5 vs. William & Mary, (3/5/18)
Assists: 2 vs Kennesaw State (2/16/19)
Points: 6 vs. William & Mary, (3/5/18)
Draw Controls: 7 at ECU (3/31/19)
Caused Turnovers: 4 at Louisville (2/27/19)
Ground Balls: 4 vs Furman (2/24/19)

Senior (2019): 

• One of Vanderbilt’s three team captains
• She started all 16 games for the Commodores to start 63 consecutive games
• She posted 21 points on 17 goals and four assists, including one game-winning goal
• She was third on the team with 31 draw controls
• Also hauled in 23 ground balls and forced 16 caused turnovers
• Was twice named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll as well as earning a spot on the AAC second team

Junior (2018):

• One of Vanderbilt’s four team captains
• Started all 17 games as a midfielder in her junior season, posting 25 points on 20 goals and five assists
• Finished second on the team with 39 ground balls, fourth on the team in goals and draw controls and fifth in points, shots and caused turnovers… 20 goals is a new career-high, 25 points ties her career-high (2017)

Sophomore (2017): 

• Started all 15 games during her second season for the Commodores
• Tallied 16 goals, nine assists, 25 points, 19 ground balls, 24 draw controls and nine caused turnovers
• Third on the team in draw controls and assists and fourth in ground balls
• Scored a career-high three goals against Furman and Johns Hopkins
• Also won a career-high four draw controls against Johns Hopkins
• Named to the 2017 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.

Freshman (2016): 

• Started 15-of-16 games during her freshman campaign at midfield
• Totaled two goals, five assists, 22 ground balls, six draw controls and nine caused turnovers
• Second among Commodore freshmen in points with 11
• Second on the team in ground balls
• Earned first career start against Furman
• Scored first collegiate goal at home against Penn State
• Tallied her first collegiate points against Elon with two assists
• Season high in ground balls came at Marquette with five
• Named to 2016 First Year SEC Academic Honor Roll.

High School: 

• Four-year letterwinner and starter for coaches Deanna and KC Knobloch at Moorestown High School
• Named to US Lacrosse All-American first team in 2015 and also named US Lacrosse Academic All-American
• Helped Quakers win four New Jersey South Group 3 championships, four New Jersey Group 3 state championships and three Tournament of Champions titles
• Named to first team All-South Jersey
• Named to first team All-Burlington County… Selected to Philadelphia Inquirer All-South Jersey first team
• Served as captain her senior year in which she scored 44 goals, dished out 16 assists and collected 34 ground balls
• One of five Commodores to play high school lacrosse at Moorestown HS in New Jersey

Personal: 

• Melanie Becker
• Born May 14, 1997 in Livingston, N.J
• Daughter of Scott and Susan Becker
• Has two sisters, Meredith, and Meghan
• Father played basketball at Muhlenberg (Pa.) College and mother was synchronized swimmer at Villanova
• Majoring in Psychology