Westminster, Colo. – Brian Crookham has been inducted into the Colorado Soccer Association Hall of Fame. Saturday night, he spoke as part of his induction at the CSA Annual General Meeting and Award Banquet. This comes after Crookham received the MLS NEXT Pro Executive of the Year Award this past December. The Colorado Rapids’ Director of Player Personnel has spent over 30 years working hard, finding good people, and putting them in a position to succeed.

“My success is in the agency of others,” Crookham agreed with Burgundy Wave on Saturday. It’s led to him to where he is today and it’s helped the Rapids Development Academy and Colorado Rapids 2 succeed on and off the field.

Crooks came to Colorado 30 years ago in what he called the biggest risk and bet on himself of his life. The Jenks, Oklahoma native left a full-time teaching position...