2017-18 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Becker, Jordan

Jordan Becker
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Flower Mound
- Hometown:
- Flower Mound, Texas
Bio
2018: Academic All-Big Ten … Opened the season as the stroke of the varsity four at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational, (3/17-18), defeating boats from Miami, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Clemson … Pulled double-duty in Oak Ridge, also appearing in the second novice eight in the final day of racing … Fell to both Harvard/Radcliffe and Yale in the Big Ten/Ivy League Double Dual (3/24) … Edged by Harvard/Radcliffe and fell to Yale in the Big Ten/Ivy League Double Dual in the second varsity four (3/24) … Split the day of action at the Big Ten Double Dual (4/7), falling to Iowa before rebounding with an open-water win over Indiana in the second varsity four … Returned to the varsity four for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge (4/21), falling to Duke and Notre Dame … Raced to an eighth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships in the second varsity four (5/12).
2017: Opened the season in the second novice eight at the Oak Ridge Cardinal, finishing second to Notre Dame in a time of 7:09.409 and ahead of Kansas and Tennessee (3/11) ... On Sunday at Oak Ridge (3/12), was third behind Virginia and the Spartan novice eight, clocked in a time of 7:23.320, an open --water margin over fourth-place Tennessee ... Rowed in a pair of second novice eight races at Michigan (3/25), finishing the morning heat second behind Ohio State by less than a half a second, as OSU was clocked in 7:35.94 and MSU just 0.44 seconds back in 7:36.36. Michigan was open water behind the two other crews... In the afternoon, the Spartans recorded a heat-winning time of 7:31.94, open water over the rest of the field -- the Buckeyes timed in at 7:42.09, and Michigan about a half a length back in a time of 7:44.49 ... In a Big Ten Double Dual at Indiana (4/1), raced Iowa twice; the morning session was timed as a 7:15.18 pace for the Spartans, and MSU increased the margin to more than 14 seconds in the afternoon session (7:19.30), with Iowa behind in a time of 7:33.72 ... Hosting a Big Ten Double Dual on Lake Ovid (4/8), rowed to a pair of commanding wins on the day in the novice eight, clocked in 6:46.35 in the morning, about a half a length of open water ahead of UW (6:52.35); MSU then had a 28-second margin over Minnesota in the afternoon ( 6:50.24 - 7:18.44)... In the novice eight, raced twice on the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass. (4/22-23) against several Boston-area crews. In the Saturday race, posted a time of 7:28.862, bested by Northeastern (7:13.269) but holding an open-water lead at the finish over UMass (7:52.381). The Spartans and Huskies were in a dogfight as they made their way down the course, but the Spartans caught a crab ... Fell to Radcliffe (7:04.3) in the Sunday race, with MSU second in 7:13.0. Boston College had two entries in the event, which finished in 7:27.2 and 7:31.7... Had a rough day in the novice eight at the Big Ten Championships (5/14), as the Spartans caught an ejection crab in the final 500 that dictated an eighth-place finish.
Prior to MSU: Attended Flower Mound High School in Flower Mound, Texas... Lettered in basketball and earned the "Lady Jag Award" which is equivalent to the Team Leader Award.
Personal: Born on August 24, 1998 in Birth Harbor City, California... Daughter of Christian and Carmen Becker... Sister to Rian and Grant... Father, Christian Becker, rowed for Purdue and won the Sira Champions, Dad Vails and Cal Cup by the time he graduated in 1990... Hobbies include photography, film, traveling and hiking... Majoring in business.
2017: Opened the season in the second novice eight at the Oak Ridge Cardinal, finishing second to Notre Dame in a time of 7:09.409 and ahead of Kansas and Tennessee (3/11) ... On Sunday at Oak Ridge (3/12), was third behind Virginia and the Spartan novice eight, clocked in a time of 7:23.320, an open --water margin over fourth-place Tennessee ... Rowed in a pair of second novice eight races at Michigan (3/25), finishing the morning heat second behind Ohio State by less than a half a second, as OSU was clocked in 7:35.94 and MSU just 0.44 seconds back in 7:36.36. Michigan was open water behind the two other crews... In the afternoon, the Spartans recorded a heat-winning time of 7:31.94, open water over the rest of the field -- the Buckeyes timed in at 7:42.09, and Michigan about a half a length back in a time of 7:44.49 ... In a Big Ten Double Dual at Indiana (4/1), raced Iowa twice; the morning session was timed as a 7:15.18 pace for the Spartans, and MSU increased the margin to more than 14 seconds in the afternoon session (7:19.30), with Iowa behind in a time of 7:33.72 ... Hosting a Big Ten Double Dual on Lake Ovid (4/8), rowed to a pair of commanding wins on the day in the novice eight, clocked in 6:46.35 in the morning, about a half a length of open water ahead of UW (6:52.35); MSU then had a 28-second margin over Minnesota in the afternoon ( 6:50.24 - 7:18.44)... In the novice eight, raced twice on the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass. (4/22-23) against several Boston-area crews. In the Saturday race, posted a time of 7:28.862, bested by Northeastern (7:13.269) but holding an open-water lead at the finish over UMass (7:52.381). The Spartans and Huskies were in a dogfight as they made their way down the course, but the Spartans caught a crab ... Fell to Radcliffe (7:04.3) in the Sunday race, with MSU second in 7:13.0. Boston College had two entries in the event, which finished in 7:27.2 and 7:31.7... Had a rough day in the novice eight at the Big Ten Championships (5/14), as the Spartans caught an ejection crab in the final 500 that dictated an eighth-place finish.
Prior to MSU: Attended Flower Mound High School in Flower Mound, Texas... Lettered in basketball and earned the "Lady Jag Award" which is equivalent to the Team Leader Award.
Personal: Born on August 24, 1998 in Birth Harbor City, California... Daughter of Christian and Carmen Becker... Sister to Rian and Grant... Father, Christian Becker, rowed for Purdue and won the Sira Champions, Dad Vails and Cal Cup by the time he graduated in 1990... Hobbies include photography, film, traveling and hiking... Majoring in business.
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