
Honoring Athletes, Coaches and
Benefactors whose outstanding performance has earned them the right to be enshrined in the Sussex County Sports Hall of Fame!
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The Sussex County Sports Hall of Fame
2005 Inductee
KRISTIAN
PEAT

1984 GRADUATE OF VERNON HIGH SCHOOL; NORTH CAROLINA
STATE 1984-1987; ELECTED FOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS A GOALKEEPER IN
SOCCER; IN HIGH SCHOOL, HE WAS ALL SCIL IN 1980, 1981, 1982 AND 1983;
STAR LEDGER ALL WEST JERSEY IN 1981, 1982 AND 1983; ALL STATE FIRST TEAM
COACHES ASSOCIATION 1982 AND 1983; PARADE ALL AMERICAN IN 1982 AND
ADIDAS ALL AMERICAN IN 1982 AND 1983
NATIONAL TEAM UNDER 18 STARTING GOALKEEPER FROM 1982 TO 1984; WON
OUTSTANDING GOALKEEPER AWARD AT GRANATKIN TOURNAMENT IN RUSSIA
AT NORTH CAROLINA STATE, WAS FOUR YEAR STARTING GOALKEEPER AND CAPTAIN
IN 1986 AND 1987; HELD RECORD FOR CAREER SAVES WITH 436; HOLDS RECORD
FOR MOST SAVES IN A SINGLE SEASON WITH 145 IN 1987
PLAYED PROFESSIONAL SOCCER FROM 1988 TO 1999 WITH ALBANY CAPITALS OF THE
AMERICAN SOCCER LEAGUE, LOS ANGELES LAZERS AND CLEVELAND CRUNCH OF THE
MEN’S INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE, LA UNITED OF THE WORLD UNITED SOCCER LEAGUE,
WICHITA WINGS OF THE NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FROM 1989 TO
1999 WHERE HE WAS AN ALL STAR IN 1992-1993; MISL ALL STAR 1990-1991;
RETIRED IN 1999
COACHING CAREER, 1999-2000 ASSISTANT MEN’S COACH AND WOMEN’S GOALIE
COACH AT UNIVERSITY OF DENVER; 2000-2003 ASSISTANT COACH/GOAL KEEPING,
WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL TEAM, THE ATLANTA BEAT; 2004 TO PRESENT, DIRECTOR
OF COACHING, ATLANTA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION
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