Hall of Fame
At an early age Becky put down her softball glove and picked up a lacrosse stick, a decision that put her on a successful career path.
That switch had some push behind it from her parents, especially her mother, Fran (nee Ingalsbe) who was a 1976 Towson graduate and former four-year Tiger lacrosse player under Maggie Faulkner. Fran went on to distinguish herself as an official and serve as the Executive Director of the Baltimore Board of Officials for women’s sports. She was one of a handful of Americans internationally qualified to officiate World Cup lacrosse games in the US and abroad. Becky’s father, Dave, was Becky’s first coach.
“When your dad is the coach you get the ball a lot,” said Becky who, even as a sixth grader, had no trouble finding the goal. By the time she reached Liberty High School she was a prolific scorer. She closed out her interscholastic career as Carroll County’s all-time leading scorer with 249 goals and 130 assists. In her senior year she was named Carroll County’s Athlete of the Year and a high school All-American.
Heavily recruited Becky extracted some gasps when she settled on Towson, becoming the first lacrosse daughter to follow her mother in a Tiger uniform. “The coach, Linda Ohrin, did a great job of selling the program,” Becky said. “The players I met were so welcoming, it felt like home.”
Over her four years as a Tiger, Becky became one of the most decorated lacrosse players of all-time. The recognition she received started immediately when she was named the Colonial Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year in 2003. A physical education major, she was honored as the 2005 and 2006 CAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women’s lacrosse. She was named 1st team All-CAA in 2004 and 2005 and 2nd team in 2003. She was the 2005 Doc Minnegan Scholarship Award recipient, Towson’s Senior Female Athlete of the Year in 2006, the Tigers’ Female Rookie Athlete of the Year in 2003 and the TAF Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2006. In 2010, Becky joined Hillary Fratzke as the only two Tigers named to the CAA’s prestigious Women’s Lacrosse 25th Anniversary Team.
Becky led Towson in goals scored in 2003 (39) and 2004 (45), in assists in 2004 (19), 2005 (31) and 2006 (21) and in points in 2003 (48) and 2004 (64). She ranked among the all-time leaders at Towson with 178 career goals, 79 assists, 257 points and 135 ground balls. She paced Towson to a 13-6 record in 2005 that included a pivotal first CAA championship and the Tigers first ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament. She was named a third team All-American by the IWLCA.
At the time of her induction she was teaching physical education at Century High School and coaching its girls’ lacrosse and volleyball teams. Her squads won three state lacrosse titles (2009, 2010, 2012) and one in volleyball in 2011 when she was named the Baltimore Sun’s Volleyball Coach of the Year. Over 50 of her former lacrosse players had gone on to play collegiately.
She was also inducted into the Carroll County Sports Hall of Fame in 2019.
