Hall of Fame
A native of Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands, Gavin Glinton is the second men’s soccer player inducted into the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame.
Glinton remains the only four-time All-American in Bradley Athletics and Missouri Valley Conference men’s soccer history, joining women’s basketball legend Jackie Stiles as the only four-year All-Americans in all sports in league history.
He also remains the only four-time, first-team All-MVC selection in Valley men’s soccer history.
Glinton is far and away Bradley soccer’s all-time leader in total points (133, second is 84) and goals (53, second is 32), and he ended his career as The Valley’s all-time leader in both categories and his 133 points and 53 goals both remain second in league history through 2012.
Glinton led the league with 15 goals as a freshman in 1998, lifting the Braves from a last-place league finish in 1997 to their first-ever Valley regular-season title.
He added 15 more goals in 2000 to lead the Braves to their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance.
In addition to leading the Braves to their first MVC regular-season title (1998) and first NCAA Tournament appearance (2000), Glinton led the Braves to a four-year overall record of 51-26-5 (.652), including a 21-12-1 (.632) MVC record.
Selected in the second round of the 2002 Major League Soccer SuperDraft by the LA Galaxy, Glinton played parts of four seasons in MLS with the Galaxy, Dallas and San Jose, and he played eight professional seasons around the world.
Glinton also earned six international CAPS playing for his native Turks & Caicos, including one in the island nation’s first-ever international victory during the 2006 Digicel Caribbean Cup.
He currently resides in Brentwood, Calif., where he works as the Program Coordinator for Impact Soccer Club.