Nick Becker | |
Birth Name: | Nick Adrian Becker |
Birth Place: | Fullerton, California, U.S. |
Height: | 193 cm |
College: | University of Southern California |
Position: | Outside hitter |
Teamnumber: | 3 |
Nationalyears: | 1991–1992 |
Medaltemplates-Title: | Medal record |
Nick Adrian Becker (born July 30, 1968, in Fullerton, California) is an American former volleyball player who played with the United States national volleyball team and won a bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.[1] [2] He was valued on the team as a great passer.
Becker went to Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California, where he played soccer in his senior year and made the All-Southern Section as a half-back. He graduated from Mater Dei in 1986.
Becker played college volleyball with the University of Southern California (USC) as a walk-on, and helped the Trojans win NCAA Championship titles in 1988 and 1990.[3] He graduated from USC in 1991 with a degree in economics, and then joined the national volleyball team.