UCCS Athletics

2024-25: First Team South Central All-Region… RMAC Defensive Player of the Year… First Team All-RMAC… Started in all 28 games appeared in while playing 29.1 minutes per game… Led team in scoring at 14.7 points per game (8th in RMAC) on 68.7% shooting as well as 9.1 rebounds per game (1st in RMAC)… Was second in the conference in blocks as well at 1.6 per game… Recorded a season and team high 29 points on Dec 20 versus Bethany College. 

2023-24: Appeared in seven games, starting six of them… Averaged 7.7 points per game on 59.0% shooting from the field… Averaged 8.9 rebounds per game… Dished out 11 assists… Tallied 11 blocks and three steals… Hauled in a career high 19 rebounds in a win over Cameron to open the 23-24 season. Becker added a season high 17 points (including the game winning field goal), to go with three blocks and two steals.

2022-23: All-RMAC Honorable Mention… RMAC Defensive Player of the Week (11/28)… Started in 20 of his 21 appearances… Averaged 8.2 points per game on a team leading 66.7% field goal percentage… Averaged 8.8 rebounds per game (3^rd in RMAC) and was second in the RMAC in offensive rebounds per game (2.3)… Dished out a career best 32 assists… Added a team-high 23 blocks to go with 20 steals… Scored a career-high 20 points on 76.9% shooting from the field in a win at Hawaii Hilo on November 23^rd… Recorded four double-doubles… Grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds on February 25^th against New Mexico Highlands… Moves to 6^th in career rebounds in UCCS history with 509 and counting… Sits 2^nd in all-time blocks.

2021-22: RMAC Defensive Player of the Week (Jan. 10)… Appeared in 23 games, starting 21 of them… Averaged 6.5 points and 5.3 rebounds… Dished out 18 assists… Blocked 37 shots to average 1.6 per game (1^st in the RMAC)… Shot 54% from the field and 66.1% from the free throw line… Scored a career high 17 points on a perfect 7-for-7 shooting on Jan. 25 against New Mexico Highlands… Blocked a career high 6 shots (2^nd most in a game in program history) on Jan. 8 against Regis, earning RMAC Defensive Player of the Week honors. In the same game, grabbed a season high 13 rebounds­­­­­ for his lone double-double of the year (10 points and 13 rebounds).

2020-21: Started three of his seven appearances … Scored 37 points to average 5.3 points per game … Hauled in 50 rebounds to average 7.1 rebounds per game … Shot 52.2 percent from the field … Went 2-of-5 from three-point range … Shot 73.3 percent from the free throw line … Blocked a team high eight shots … Scored a season-high 13 points against CSU Pueblo on Dec. 10 … Grabbed a season-high 14 rebounds against Mines on Dec. 12.

2019-20: RMAC Defensive Player of the Week (Feb. 3) … Competed in 24 games … Averaged 6.5 points and 6.4 rebounds per game … Shot 62 percent from the field … Tallied 18 steals … Blocked a team high 32 shots … Hauled in 153 total rebounds and 54 offensive rebounds … Recorded two double-doubles against MSU Denver and New Mexico Highlands (12 points and 12 rebounds against MSUD, 14 points and 10 rebounds against NMHU) … Scored a season high 16 points against CSU-Pueblo on Feb. 1 … Recorded three blocks in four different games.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Attended the University of Evansville in 2018-19 ... Did not play

HIGH SCHOOL: 2018 graduate of Smoky Hill High School ... Averaged 11.5 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks his senior year (2017-18) ... 2018 and 2017 All-League First Team ... 2018 Athlete of the Year ... Smoky Hill qualified for the Sweet 16 in 2017 and the Elite 8 in 2018 ... 2018 Principles Honor Roll ... 2018 Citizenship Award ... Athlete of the Month

PERSONAL: Mother is Carleen Caponigro