Daily Pilot Athlete of the Month

Name: Kevin Becker

Born: Aug. 25, 1981

Hometown: Costa Mesa

Height: 6-foot

Weight: 150

Sport: Men’s water polo

Position: Driver

Coach: Chris Oeding

Favorite food: “Anything that bleeds”

Favorite movie: “Goodfellas”

Best athletic moment: Scoring the winning goal my freshman year at

Newport Harbor High as a goalie to beat CdM, the day before my best

friend Gray Lunde died.”

Athlete of the Month: As a freshman at Orange Coast College, Becker leads

the Pirates’ offensive attack with 67 goals for the season...this season,

OCC is 21-7-2 overall and poised to win its third-straight Orange Empire

Conference title.