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Charles Singletary Jr., son of LaRonda Jae Ray, is rewriting his story by turning his hoop dreams into a reality. The 29-year-old was arrested at Pershing Avenue in 2014 when he was 19 years old and spent 10 years in prison.
A montage video posted by College Basketball Report showcased Singletary’s game in the Kingdom League Cincinnati. He has now joined Miami University Hamilton to pursue his dream of playing college basketball.
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The Kingdom League Cincinnati stems from Columbus' Kingdom League. The 2024 Cincinnati version is an extension of the Kingdom League which promotes local heroes on and off the court to inspire the coming generation. The program also holds several youth camps to celebrate the basketball tradition in Columbus as the league expands.
Charles Singletary Jr. is set to be part of the select roster that could face a traveling team from Columbus every Saturday. The select roster will then travel to Columbus the next day for a game in the Columbus Summer League.
Charles Singletary Jr. has a chance to draw eyeballs to his story
Singletary Jr. is said to be in talks over joining Michael Piatt’s roster for the Hamilton Campus of Miami University in Ohio. Piatt’s team has a reputation for playing tough and smooth basketball. The Miami Hamilton is a member school of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association and regularly provides student-athletes an opportunity to compete at the collegiate level.
They are one of the top programs in the USCAA and can give Charles Singletary Jr. a genuine shot at playing on a national stage, earning All-American honors, and even competing for National Championships.
Why was Charles Singletary Jr. arrested?
Singletary Jr. was arrested on account of robbery and shooting while being involved in a drug deal. He was planning to sell $80 worth of marijuana to a 15-year-old boy and a 21-year-old. Singletary then flashed a handgun and shot one of them in the leg before fleeing the scene.
The officials reported struggling while arresting Charles Singletary Jr, leading to a count of resisting arrest alongside aggravated robbery and two felonious assault counts in January 2014.
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