Woman Relishes Role as Rush Arena Football Dance Captain
Mekial Singleton, who's been with the Rush for six years, says she fell in love football and dance in fourth grade. When she's not dancing, she helps out at John's Rib House in Lisle.
Mekial Singleton learned at a young age that if she wanted to accomplish her dreams, from entertaining arena football fans to one day tackling terrorism, she had to toughen up and work hard. In fourth grade, she attended her older brother John’s meet-the-football-players event at Downers Grove South High School. “I saw the Phillies on stage and I was star struck,” Singleton said of the school dance team and the moment she knew what she wanted to pursue. “I was very determined and diligent.” Singleton, who was born and raised in Bolingbrook and moved with her family to Plainfield in 2008, made the Phillies varsity team as a freshman and served as captain junior and senior years. After graduation in 2004, she heard a radio commercial that …
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