New Salem-Almont Excessive Faculty senior Levi Becker has loved taking part in along with his associates on the varsity soccer staff since freshman 12 months.
Becker stated he and the opposite seniors stepped up after they turned captains and got down to obtain what they couldn’t final 12 months: turn into champions.
His staff ended up turning into the 9-man state champion after an ideal 12-0 season. Becker stated it was a full-circle second after how his earlier season ended.
“Final 12 months after I was a junior, we performed Cavalier at dwelling to go to state, and we misplaced in additional time by two. And this 12 months at state, we beat them in additional time by two,” he stated. “So that have was a variety of enjoyable, and we actually loved with the ability to get the win that we could not have final 12 months.”
The son of Darcy Becker, of New Salem, is that this week’s Teen of the Week. Thirty-two highschool seniors will probably be acknowledged by spring, at which period a Teen of the Yr will probably be chosen from the weekly winners to obtain a $5,000 scholarship sponsored by MDU Sources Group.
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Becker has made the All-Area soccer staff twice and was included on the 2022 All-State staff. He additionally was a senior captain of the varsity basketball staff, which he joined as a freshman.
Principal Brian Olson stated Becker is a faculty chief academically, athletically and socially. He stated he’s impressed with how Becker pushes others and himself to realize at excessive ranges.
“Levi appears to be a participant and member who will get the job carried out no matter who will get credit score,” Olson wrote in a letter of advice. “This versatility to morph between chief and member serves him effectively and permits him to assimilate simply into all of the teams our college has to supply.”
These teams embody Scholar Council, band, Nationwide Honor Society and FFA. Becker is the band and NHS president, and serves because the chapter sentinel for FFA.
He has earned a number of awards by means of FFA, together with a gold in dairy meals and farm enterprise administration. When he was a sophomore, his dairy meals staff took first at state and certified for the nationwide conference in Indianapolis. There, his staff positioned eleventh and earned a silver score.
Outdoors of college, Becker helps his dad and grandfather on the household farm the place they elevate beef and dairy cattle and develop crops. He often helps with calving, planting and seeding. He additionally enjoys volunteering at his church and serving to his group by means of FFA and NHS.
In terms of staying concerned, Becker stated he takes after his siblings who have been in a variety of the identical actions that he’s in now. He stated he tries to make them proud by being there for everybody who may want the help.
“My older siblings have been all the time concerned in so much. They usually have been the management at dwelling for me as a result of after I was younger, I misplaced my mother,” Becker stated. “So I needed to be that management for everybody in class like my household was for me.”
The straight A scholar maintains a 4.0 GPA and has taken 5 dual-credit lessons. Becker will put these credit to make use of on the College of Mary. He plans to observe in his siblings’ footsteps and earn a level in accounting. After graduating, he wish to reside and work in one other small city.