Chartiers Valley High School Soccer Hall of Fame

After a solid freshman season with the Slippery Rock men’s soccer team, Chartiers Valley grad Sean Tinney was prepared to take the next step. Then, he got a double dose of the unexpected. First came a coaching change. Kevin Wilhelm stepped in as interim coach after previous coach Steve Small, who recruited Tinney, stepped down less than two months before the start of the 2018 season. Tinney barely had time to get accustomed to Wilhelm when his season ended in the second match because of an injury. Against Lake Erie, while sliding to make a tackle, he suffered a slight tear in his right MCL and a femoral bone bruise. So as the 2019 season nears, Tinney has hit the reset button. “I’ve never had an injury like that before where I’ve had to sit out for an extended period of time,” he said. There were two pieces of good news regarding the injury: No surgery was required, and Tinney was able to take a medical redshirt. He will open 2019 season with three years of soccer eligib