Title

Singleton, Chris

Description

en-CA Inducted January 2015

en-CA While attending Ridley College Secondary School, Chris became a starter in his first year playing on the junior varsity soccer team. That year, Ridley won a provincial title with Chris as an integral power forward. His second year on the junior varsity team, Chris was named team captain and received Most Valuable Player honours while being the league’s highest goal scorer. In his rookie season at the varsity level, Chris landed a starting position. Recognising a possible weakness in the defence, Chris volunteered to move from power forward to defense; the switch proved successful. Chris led the team in his rookie year to the league championship. With only two losses all season they continued their drive to win the Early Bird Tournament, Provincial Championship and became CAIS National silver medalists. The next year, an even stronger Chris was an integral part in bringing the Ridley team to National and Provincial Championships, while becoming the most winning soccer team in school history - a spectacular 18-1 season. During his final year at Ridley, Chris played as team captain. He led a mostly rookie team to a nearly undefeated season and an appearance in the National finals once again. Over a three year period Ridley soccer set an unprecedented record of 50-W, 7-L and 5-T. Loved by fellow players and coaches, Chris was and is always a leader on and off the field. He was known to represent true grit and passion. Besides achieving so much success in soccer, Chris participated on the varsity golf team with numerous victories, as well as the varsity hockey team. Ridley paved the way to a sports scholarship at Niagara University where Chris graduated with a B.A. in Business Sport Management.

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=415404

Type

Still Image

Medium

Digital image

Is Part Of

Niagara Falls Public Library Digital Collections

Subject

Niagara Falls Virtual Sports Wall of Fame

Awards

Portraits - Biographical

Sports - Recreation - Leisure

Provenance

City of Niagara Falls Sports Wall of Fame

Spatial Coverage

Canada - Ontario - Niagara Falls

Source

Niagara Falls (Ont.) Public Library

Date Created

2016-04-05

Date Modified

2016-04-05