support staff Eryk Jackson Athletic Equipment Manager Eryk Jackson is in his first season as the athletic equipment manager at Troy. Jackson joined the Troy staff after one season (2012-13) as the athletic equipment intern at UAB; he worked with UAB’s football, baseball and women’s soccer programs. Jackson was a football student manager for four years at South Carolina State where he received his bachelor’s degree in sport management in 2012. The Rahway, N.J., native is an accomplished cook and upon his high school graduation he received a certificate in culinary arts from Union County Vocational Technical High School. Jackson lettered in track & field at Rahway High School.
Alyson Gramley Assistant Athletic Trainer Alyson Gramley is beginning her 10th season as an athletic trainer for Troy University and her sixth season working directly with the football program. She also served as the athletic trainer for the volleyball team from 2005-07 and with the football program since 2008. She has worked with the men’s basketball program since the 2004-05 season. Additionally, Gramley spent the 2006-07 academic year assigned to the Alabama Sports Medicine Outreach Program, a program that is a joint effort between Troy and Dr. James Andrews’ orthopedic group designed to assist area high schools. Gramley earned her bachelor’s degree in athletic training from Troy in 1999, then spent time teaching science at Pike Liberal Arts in Troy and Dixie Academy in Louisville, Ala. Following her teaching stint, she returned to Troy as a graduate assistant in the athletic training department. While there she worked on her master’s degree in education, which she earned in 2004. Gramley and her daughter, Meredith, 15, reside in Troy.
Judy Morgan Football Secretary Judy Morgan begins her 14th season as the football assistant to head coach Larry Blakeney and the Troy University football program. She has been with the athletic department for 17 years, spending her first three years as the department’s administrative secretary. Morgan’s primary responsibilities include coordinating all events for Blakeney, working with assistant coaches in their recruiting efforts and maintaining the program’s information database. She also coordinates the Trojan All-Stars, the official hostesses of the football program.
A life-long resident of Pike and Coffee counties, Morgan is a graduate of Zion Chapel High School and attended Wallace Business College. Morgan will enter her 20th year of employment at Troy University in Nov. 2013. She also worked in the Department of Environmental Science and the Records Office. Morgan resides in Troy, Ala., and is the proud mom of a son, Michael Morgan.
Adam Prendergast Director of Media Relations Adam Prendergast is in second season as the director of media relations for the Troy football program. Prendergast joined the Troy staff in Jan. 2012 following four and a half years as the director of media relations at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. A native of State College, Pa., Prendergast graduated from Auburn University in 2003 with a degree in mass communications. During his undergraduate years at Auburn, he worked with Auburn’s athletics media relations department in many facets. After graduating from Auburn, Prendergast served as the sports information intern at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala., for one year. Following his stint at Samford, Prendergast began working at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala., a member of the NAIA, in the summer of 2004. Prendergast then spent two years as the assistant director of media services at Campbell University in Buies Creek, N.C. He is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) where he served on the Academic All-America Committee, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and the Football Writers Association of America. Prendergast wrote feature stories for the award-winning Auburn Football Illustrated game program and the award-winning Samford Football Game Program. He has been published in the Birmingham News, Birmingham PostHerald, Auburn-Opelika News and The Over the Mountain Journal. He is married to the former Kelley Smith of Birmingham, Ala. The couple has two children, Ethan (3) and Emma Kate (1).
Jamaal Smith Video Coordinator Jamaal Smith is in his sixth season in the Department of Athletics and the football program at Troy University. A native of Atlanta, he is better known around the department as “Smooth”, where he earned the name as a receiver for the Trojans from 2001-05. After receiving his degree in risk management and insurance in 2005, he spent two years out of athletics before returning to Troy in 2007 as a graduate assistant. He completed his master’s in sport management in Dec. 2009. He has worked with receivers and running backs during his time at Troy, and along with his duties as video coordinator is charged with assisting the staff in recruiting, academic monitoring and other daily activities.
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