2016-17: Ranked second on NU's top scores list in platform diving and third in both 1-meter and 3-meter diving ... Took second place at the TYR Invitational in platform diving with a 249.35 ... Finished 17th in platform diving at the Big Ten Championships with a career-best 297.70 ... Finished 34th in 3-meter and 33rd in 1-meter diving at the Big Ten Championships ... Finished third in platform diving against Iowa ... Recorded a career-best score of 262.95 in 1-meter diving at TYR ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2015-16: Ranked third on NU’s top scores list in platform diving and fourth in both 1-meter and 3-meter diving… Took fifth place at the TYR Invitational in platform diving with his best score of the year…Scored nine points for his ninth place finish in 3-meter diving at TYR…Scored five points for his 12th place finish in 1-meter diving at TYR…Competed in all three diving events at the Big Ten Championships, taking 28th in platform, 31st in 1-meter, and 33rd in 3-meter…Recorded a career best score of 242.25 at the Big Ten Triple Duals in 1-meter diving…Recorded a career best score of 247.35 in 3-meter diving against Wisconsin.
High School: In just one year of diving after transitioning to the sport in March of 2014 from gymnastics, already has achieved a high school all-America qualifying score ... Competed 11 years with Extreme Gymnastics, qualifying for nationals three times ... Four-time all-star via top-6 finishes at the state championships ... Qualified for state and regional competitions in every year he competed ... National Honor Society member, A Honor Roll and two-time first-team Scholastic All-American.
Personal: Born Damian M Becker ... Son of Audrey and Dean Becker ... Sister, Alexa, plays volleyball at Willamette ... Chose Northwestern over California ... Plans to major in engineering.
2015-16: Ranked third on NU’s top scores list in platform diving and fourth in both 1-meter and 3-meter diving… Took fifth place at the TYR Invitational in platform diving with his best score of the year…Scored nine points for his ninth place finish in 3-meter diving at TYR…Scored five points for his 12th place finish in 1-meter diving at TYR…Competed in all three diving events at the Big Ten Championships, taking 28th in platform, 31st in 1-meter, and 33rd in 3-meter…Recorded a career best score of 242.25 at the Big Ten Triple Duals in 1-meter diving…Recorded a career best score of 247.35 in 3-meter diving against Wisconsin.
High School: In just one year of diving after transitioning to the sport in March of 2014 from gymnastics, already has achieved a high school all-America qualifying score ... Competed 11 years with Extreme Gymnastics, qualifying for nationals three times ... Four-time all-star via top-6 finishes at the state championships ... Qualified for state and regional competitions in every year he competed ... National Honor Society member, A Honor Roll and two-time first-team Scholastic All-American.
Personal: Born Damian M Becker ... Son of Audrey and Dean Becker ... Sister, Alexa, plays volleyball at Willamette ... Chose Northwestern over California ... Plans to major in engineering.