Justine Tiger, a Boltonian who now attends Shaker High School in Latham, dribbles a ball past an opponent during a game in October. A standout athlete for both Bolton Central and Shaker High, Justine signed a National Letter of Intent Feb. 1 to play soccer for Carolina Coastal University, a Division I school.
BOLTON LANDING — Teenager Justine Tiger, a part-time Bolton resident and former Bolton Central student, signed a commitment Feb. 1 to play Women’s Soccer for Coastal Carolina University, a Big South Conference Division I school. She will begin her academic and sports pursuits there this August .
Though Justine has attended Shaker High in Latham since 2009, she is and remains a Bolton Landing resident, as is her family. Justine was born in Glens Falls and spent her first 15 years in Bolton.
In 2009, her last year attending Bolton High, she played on the Varsity Soccer and Varsity Basketball teams as a Freshman.
For the latter squad, she was starting point guard in 9th grade, after playing on Varsity a year earlier.
During 2009, she was named to the All-Star Soccer team of the Mountain & Valley Athletic Conference as a Freshman. She won a similar award the year before for BCS as an 8th grade Varsity player, when she was one of the top scorers. Justine was considered a key element in her team placing first in Section VII Northern Division for both 2008 and 2009.
At Shaker high, she has been the high scorer for the school’s Girls Soccer team during her Sophomore and Junior years.
Justine plans to to major in Marketing and Communications at Coastal Carolina.
While eyeing a career in Marketing, she is aiming to attain a spot on the U.S. World Cup Soccer team.
Justine, the daughter of John and Tracy Tiger, started her soccer career as a 3-year-old, when her parents enrolled her in a summer soccer camp conducted by the Glens Falls YMCA.
In elementary school, she competed in co-ed recreational league soccer. As a sixth grader, she was invited to play on a Premier team based at the Clifton Park Sportsplex.
These younger years, she recalled, really advanced her skills. During these early years, Justine got serious about training, and she set her sights on competing on a Division I college soccer program. She started practicing with the BCS Varsity soccer squad in 7th grade.
Justine was recruited by Coastal Carolina —and awarded a full scholarship — after scouts saw her play last year in a tournament held in Virginia.
Earlier this week, Justine exhibited enthusiasm over delving into college-level soccer.
“I’m so excited, I can’t wait,” she said.
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