Beckham Brown Sibiski is Kirby’s younger brother, the head girls’ soccer coach at Williamsport High School, and a former First-Team All-American midfielder for Lock Haven University. Known for his playmaking vision and leadership, he recorded 27 career assists for LHU — including 12 assists and 7 goals in his final season as team captain.
Kirby considers Beckham one of the most important figures in his life. The two were inseparable growing up, often joined at the hip with their parents. Kirby once said, “Beck is my oldest friend. I’ve spent more time with him than any other person. He’s the Dick to my Leroy — if he’s in trouble, I’m in trouble.”
Background
Born on August 25, 1999 to Shannon Kyle Brown Sibiski and Gerald “Skip” Joseph Sibiski, Beckham grew up in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, in a household where soccer was practically a family language. Like his older brother Kirby, he spent much of his childhood on the field — practicing in the yard, traveling to tournaments, and playing for local and regional clubs.
The brothers shared several teams over the years, including a season together on the Kutztown High School boys’ team and Hooligans, an indoor and Wildwood Beach Blast squad made up of Kirby’s friends from FC Revolution. Their chemistry on the field mirrored their bond off it — intuitive, competitive, and loyal. Along with Kirby and their grandparents, Leroy and Jackie, Beckham was a regular fixture at Tuesday Night Dinners.
After graduating from Kutztown Area High School, Beckham committed to Lock Haven University, where he quickly made an impact. As a freshman, he started all 18 games and scored two game-winning goals. His sophomore season saw him notch 8 goals and 6 assists, followed by 2 goals and 7 assists in 2019.
When the 2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19, Beckham completed his undergraduate degree but chose to stay for a Master’s program in order to play one final year. The decision paid off: in his final season, he led the team as captain and earned numerous accolades, including:
- Started all 19 games
- 12 assists and 7 goals
- United Soccer Coaches (USC) First-Team All-American
- USC National Scholar Player of the Year
- Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) Second-Team All-American
- Second-Team CoSIDA Academic All-American
- USC Scholar All-America
- USC and D2CCA First-Team All-Atlantic Region
- Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East Player of the Year and First-Team All-Conference
Influence on Kirby
Kirby and Beckham spent much of their childhood inventing games and worlds of their own:
- Boat Game: They wrestled on their parents’ bed—the “boat”—trying to throw each other overboard. The floor was the ocean, and their mother’s large brown pillow served as a drifting island.
- Ball Game: Seated on the floor, they volleyed a ball back and forth across an imaginary line, turning a living room into their own tennis court.
- Living Room Soccer: They played until a single, ill-fated kick shattered a mirror their mother had specifically warned them about. Kirby ran outside and hid before accepting his fate.
- Living Room Basketball: During March Madness, they nailed mini hoops into doorframes and invented their own tournaments.
- Pro Wrestling: Inspired by WWF, they staged elaborate matches despite the televised warning: “Please, don’t try this at home.”
Kirby later admitted to “bending the rules” as older brothers often do—declaring himself referee, champion, or both. If he went too far, Beckham went to their mother. Their scraps were brief and harmless, equal parts affection and rivalry.
One Halloween, Beckham dressed as a princess—something Kirby teased him for at the time but now calls “completely radical in retrospect.” In high school, Beckham wore a T-shirt with the blue-and-yellow equal-sign logo of the Human Rights Campaign, a quiet act of courage in conservative Kutztown.
As they grew older, their temperaments diverged: Kirby remained introverted, while Beckham became a natural extrovert—the kind who could talk to anyone. During Kirby’s senior year, Beckham befriended girls from Kirby’s grade and got both brothers invited to their first parties. “If it weren’t for my brother,” Kirby later said, “I’d probably have remained a social hermit and lived a very boring life.”
Even after college, Kirby often leaned on Beckham for social grounding, finding comfort in the laughter of his brother’s friends, who welcomed him easily. Kirby remained good friends with Nick “Bosshog” Lapp, Beckham’s best friend, all throughout high school and college. Kirby also befriended Jake Aston, who he noted “was like Beckham’s little brother after I went away to college.”
The brothers’ bond persisted through every transition—different cities, relationships, and careers. Today, Beckham teaches math and serves as head coach of the Williamsport High School Girls’ Soccer Team.
He and Kirby see each other several times a year and talk often. The pair can often be spotted with their father in Ocean City, MD once a summer. Beckham recently became known for his karaoke covers of Creed songs. His girlfriend is Mary Ballat, a social worker and second-hand fashion/simple living influencer.