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PAUL HAMES
INDUCTED 2016                                        

Hometown/High School:  Sarnia, Ontario, Canada/Northern Collegiate
Sport Played:  Soccer
Years at CSU:  1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987
Academic Major:  Special Education
Year Graduated:  1991

Year-by-Year Records of Sport Participated In:
1984:    11-6-2
1985:    9-9-1
1986:    12-6-1
1987:    9-10-1
All-Conference/Region Honors Earned:
  • Second Team All-Mideast in 1984 and 1987.
  • First Team All-Ohio in 1987.
  • Second Team All-Ohio in 1984.
  • First Team All-Conference in 1984, 1986 and 1987.

School Records Set:

  • Set then school records with 76 career games played and 74 career games started.

 Pertinent Statistics:

  • Currently ranks T-3rd at CSU with 76 career games and 74 career games started, 5th with 26 career assists T-5th with 11 game winning goals and T-9th with 80 career points.
  • Also ranks among CSU’s career leaders in goals (12th).
  • Is one of just three Vikings with at least 25 career goals as well as 25 career assists.
  • One of just six players in school history with at least 10 game-winning goals.
  • Is T-5th among Viking season leaders with five game-winning goals in 1984 &1987 and T-10th with 37 points in 1987.
  • Also had 11 assists in 1987 and is one of seven Vikings with at least 10 goals and 10 assists in a season.
  • Led the AMCU in scoring in 1987 with 37 points (22nd in the nation).
  • Second in the AMCU, and on the team, with 11 goals in 1984.
  • Led CSU with 13 goals in 1987.
  • Led CSU in assists in 1984  (6), 1986 (6) and 1987 (11).
  • Had a hand in all 5 goals as CSU topped Stetson 5-2 in 1987.  Scored a career high 3 goals and tied a career high with 2 assists.

 Miscellaneous:

  • Four-time Letterwinner in Soccer in 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987.
  • Member of CSU’s regular season conference championship teams in 1984 and 1986.
  • Played in the 1988 Budweiser Soccer Classic.
  • Only CSU player to lead the team in assists three times.
  • Named to the All-Tournament Teams at the 1985 Fresno State Gold Rush Classic and the 1987 Florida Cup Invitational.
  • Member of the 1988 Canadian Olympic Team.
  • First round pick of the NASL’s Vancouver Whitecaps in 1988.