2019-20 Troy Athletics Year in Review

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TROY UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Kay Ivey

Governor of Alabama President, ex-officio

President pro tempore Area 4

Vice President pro tempore Area 4

Lamar P. Higgins

Forrest Latta

John D. Harrison

Earl Johnson

Allen E. Owen III

Gerald O. Dial

Karen Carter

Roy H. Drinkard

Edwards F. Crowell

C. Charles Nailen

Area 2

Area 6

C. Gibson Vance

Area 2

Area 7

Area 3

At Large

Area 1

Area 5

At Large

DEAR TROJANS: This past year in Trojan athletics was filled with both excitement and disappointment.

We saw several of our teams—most notably women’s basketball—have excellent seasons cut short due to the pandemic. Our spring sports teams were showing outstanding potential before they were forced to the sidelines.

This report outlines in detail the progress we are making in intercollegiate athletics, from on-field performance to fundraising to student-athlete development. I am especially pleased to report several home attendance records were set in several sports last year.

As we look to the future, I am optimistic we will return to the field and the court this fall, and I am looking for great things from our programs. We have the right leadership and the committed student-athletes in place to enjoy one of our best years ever.

I have said it many times before that great universities stir great emotions, and this is so true when it comes to athletics. There’s nothing like coming together with fellow Trojans to support our teams. In that vein, your continued support is necessary if we are to continue the great strides we have made. I know we can count on you!

Go Trojans!

Sincerely,

Jack Hawkins, Jr., Ph.D. Chancellor

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Year in Review

TROJAN NATION: This year has been one of the most unprecedented in our lifetime as we have encountered many newfound challenges. Even in the midst of these times, Troy University Athletics has not only endured, but has thrived during this time period. I am proud to say that our student-athletes achieved records in the classroom over the course of the last year and truly embodied a commitment to the W4 approach of winning in the community, on the playing field, in the classroom and in the stands!

As we look to the future, I am incredibly excited to see all of our student-athletes back in action. Equally as important, all of us with Troy Athletics cannot wait to see YOU – our beloved and devoted fans – once again in the stands this year.

None of our past or future success would be possible without the great support from our University leadership, Board of Trustees and amazing fans. Now is the time for us to come together as One TROY and truly rise to the top of the Sun Belt Conference!

Brent Jones Director of Athletics

CONTENTS Board of Trustees 2 Letter from the Chancellor

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Letter from the Director of Athletics

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Head Coaches

8-9

Women’s Basketball

10-11

Volleyball

12-13

Soccer

14-15

Track & Field / Cross Country

16-17

Men’s Basketball

18-19

Football

20-21

Baseball / Softball

22

Men’s & Women’s Golf

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Men’s and Women’s Tennis

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Individual Accolades

25-27

All-Conference

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Trojans Trending Upwards

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Attendance Records

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Development

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Academic Success

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Trojans Making a Difference

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Virtual Tours

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Facility Improvements

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T-Roy’s Parade / FOODraiser

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Light It Blue

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TROY ATHLETICS HEAD COACHES

Year in Review 2019 - 2020

Rawia Elsisi Women’s Tennis

Marc Davis

Men’s Basketball

Cross Country

Men’s Golf

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Scott Cross

Elliott Blount

Bart Barnes

Randy Keck Women’s Golf

Track & Field

Nic Laracuente Cheer

TROY ATHLETICS HEAD COACHES

Beth Mullins

Football

Chanda Rigby

Women’s Basketball

Ged O’Connor

Softball

Mark Smartt Baseball

Soccer

Rolando Vargas Men’s Tennis

Year in Review

Chip Lindsey

Volleyball

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Josh Lauer

TROY ATHLETICS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

The 2019-20 season was one for the record books for the Troy women’s basketball team. With a 16-2 record in the Sun Belt Conference, the Trojans won their first-ever Sun Belt regular season championship and second conference title in program history The Trojans posted a 25-4 overall record, the best record in program history, on their way to earning the No. 1 overall seed in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. Troy’s 25 wins set a program record for wins in a season, surpassing the previous-high of 23 set during the 1996-97 season Following a loss at Duke at the end of November, the Trojans became nearly unbeatable. They rattled off nine straight wins between Dec. 1 and Jan. 8 and won 16 of their next 17 games. Troy’s nine-game winning streak also included a tournament championship in Las Vegas at the South Point Holiday Hoops Classic in late December The Trojans were well represented on the Sun Belt All-Conference Team. Japonica James earned first team honors while Alexus Dye was named to the second team and Jasmine Robinson to the third team. It was the first time in program history that Troy had more than two student-athletes selected to all-conference teams Two Trojans scored their 1,000th career point during the season. Seniors Kayla Robinson and Amber Rivers became the 23rd and 24th members of the 1,000-point club at Troy The senior class of Japonica James, Kayla Robinson, Kate Rodgers, Amber Rivers and Harriet Winchester became the winningest class in program history. The seniors won a total of 87 games in their illustrious careers, surpassing the previous-high of 83 set by the senior class from the 2018-19 season On Feb. 11 Troy began receiving votes in the USA Today Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, marking the second-consecutive season the Trojans received votes in a national poll. Troy was also ranked in the Mid-Major Top 25 for more than half the season and was ranked 13th in the final poll The Trojans were truly “Rebounding U” during the 2019-20 season as they led the country in every rebounding statistic; total rebounds (1,595), rebounds per game (55.0), rebounding margin (+15.4), offensive rebounds per game (22.2) and defensive rebounds per game (32.8). It marked the third straight season Troy lead the NCAA in rebounding average Troy finished inside the top 10 nationally in scoring average (80.2 ppg) while leading the Sun Belt in scoring for the eighth straight season The Trojans have posted an 87-37 record over the last four years

TROY ATHLETICS VOLLEYBALL

The Troy volleyball program finished 2019 with a 23-10 record and made its first-ever postseason appearance after accepting a bid to the National Invitational Volleyball Tournament (NIVC) The Trojans secured their first postseason win in program history with a sweep over North Carolina A&T in the first round of the NIVC; it was the first postseason win by a women’s sport at Troy in the Division I era (1993) Troy’s 12-win improvement from 2018 to 2019 tied for the sixth-best turnaround in the country The Trojans ended the regular season with an RPI ranking of No. 88 and reached an all-time program high of No. 71 at one point during the season. Troy ended the 2018 season with an RPI of No. 239; a gain of 151 spots year-over-year for end of season rankings Troy’s 23 wins were the third most in school history and the most since 1995 (27-11). The Trojans finished with a winning percentage of .697, which is the second best mark in program history. Troy tied the school record, which was set in 2012, with 10 Sun Belt Conference wins Amara Anderson and Cheyenne Hayes each garnered First Team All-Sun Belt honors in 2019 which marked the first time since Troy joined the Sun Belt in 2005 that a Trojan garnered first team honors, and just the second time since 2005 two Trojans received a Sun Belt postseason honor in the same year After being named to the second team in 2018, Cheyenne Hayes became the first Troy player since 2002-03 to earn conference recognition in back-to-back seasons Amara Anderson’s 1,348 assists were the 14th most in the nation while her 11.23 assists/set ranked 22nd nationally; both statistics led the Sun Belt Cheyenne Hayes’ 455 total kills in 2019 were the third most in a single-season in program history and the most in the modern 25-point rally era. Hayes became the third Trojan to record 400 kills in backto-back seasons and the first to do it in the modern 25-point rally era A Trojan received a Sun Belt weekly award nine times during the season, which is the most Troy has ever had in a single season. Amara Anderson, Cheyenne Hayes, Julia Brooks and Lacey Jeffcoat were all recognized by the league office

TROY ATHLETICS SOCCER

Troy scored 41 goals in 2019; the third most in school history The Trojans tallied an impressive 123 total points on the season; tied for the second best output in school history Troy’s 41 assists were the most in the Sun Belt Conference and the 17th most in the country; the Trojans averaged a Sun Belt best 2.16 assists per game In 2019, Troy soccer notched a program-record seven Sun Belt wins en route to a second place finish in the league Troy found the back of the net a Sun Belt best 24 times during conference play; the Trojans averaged 2.4 goals per game over 10 Sun Belt games The Trojans finished the season with a .737 winning percentage; the second best winning percentage in school history The Troy Soccer Complex was good to Troy in 2019, as the Trojans finished the season 7-0-1 at home and finished the regular season on a seven-match winning streak. It was just the second unbeaten home season in program history In front of the largest crowd of the season, the Trojans defeated SBC regular-season champion South Alabama for the second consecutive season, earning an impressive 2-0 victory The Trojans won 12 matches in 2019, the second most victories in school history Haleigh Mercer (Defensive Player of the Week) and Taytum Terrell (Player of the Week) were the first two Trojans to earn Sun Belt weekly honors since 2017 Four Trojans (Maddie Brune, Kiersten Edlund, Kate Eubanks and Haliegh Mercer) were named Sun Belt Conference honorees; the most since 2015 Kiersten Edlund set the program career and single-season record for assists. Edlund’s 12 assists led the Sun Belt Conference and were in the top-10 nationally

TROY ATHLETICS

TRACK & FIELD / CROSS COUNTRY

The women’s indoor squad finished second as a team with a program-record 89 total points at the 2020 Sun Belt Indoor Championships. The second place finish was the Trojans’ best finish in program history, while the 89 total team points are also a new school record, surpassing last season’s 81-point output Troy placed six athletes on the All-Sun Belt Indoor Team, the most of any team in the league. Gemma Finch was a first team selection while Tanner Guest was named a member of the second team. Rayne Duhart, Madison Kennedy, Precious Ogba and Macki Walsh were all third team selections Gemma Finch took home two gold medals (800m, DMR) and one silver medal (4x400m) at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships Tanner Guest captured the silver medal in the 800m at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships with a time of 2:14.75 Macki Walsh took bronze in the 5000m at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships with a time of 17:13.41.

Walsh also broke her own school record in the 3000m by nearly three seconds with a time of 9:57.60 Rayne Duhart cracked the podium at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships, taking bronze in the 60m dash with a personal-best time of 7.63 seconds After finishing seventh in the 400m preliminary race, Madison Kennedy shaved over a second off her time to earn bronze at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships with a time of 55.64 Precious Ogba earned a bronze medal at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships with a time of 24.30 seconds in the 200m The distance medley relay (Gemma Finch, Madison Kennedy, Edita Sklenska, Tanner Guest) took gold at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships with a time of 11:55.44, while the 4x400 relay (Precious Ogba, Madison Kennedy, Gemma Finch, Edita Sklenska) took silver with a time of 3:45.68 In Troy’s only outdoor event of the year, the Trojans won five different events and placed second in two different events highlighted by strong performances from Amaya Anderson (2:23.88) and Martin Bouldo (1:57.53) who each won the 800m

TROY ATHLETICS MEN’S BASKETBALL

Troy swept Georgia State for the second time in school history thanks to a 75-65 victory over the Panthers at Trojan Arena and an 84-78 win in Atlanta Trojan faithful packed Trojan Arena in 2019-20 as Troy set a new season benchmark with an average attendance of 2,508 fans per game. The figure was the highest single-game average in Trojan Arena history and the third-highest in the Sun Belt Conference In the season opener against UAB, Troy recorded its largest non-Power 5 single-game attendance (5,010) in Trojan Arena history The Trojans set a program Sun Belt Conference single-game attendance record when 4,523 fans packed Trojan Arena for a nationally televised match-up against South Alabama Troy was the only team in the Sun Belt Conference to record four victories against Georgia State, Little Rock and Texas State Troy defeated Texas State in San Marcos, it was Troy’s first win at Texas State The Trojans downed Sun Belt Conference regular-season champion Little Rock. The 76-71 victory was Little Rock’s first Sun Belt Conference loss of the season Ahead of the 2020-21 season, Scott Cross and the Trojans completed one of the best recruiting classes in school history. The 10-man class includes seven true freshmen and three players that played in junior college a season ago The class includes Sidney Lanier product Antwan Burnett, who became the program’s first four-star true freshman signee in school history. A standout both on the hardwood and the gridiron, Burnett scored more then 2,000 points for Sidney Lanier and finished as the Poets all-time leading scorer Troy added to its in-state haul when Duke Miles (Lee HS) and Kam Woods (Pinson Valley HS) also signed with the program. Two of the five 2019-20 Alabama Sports Writers Association’s Super Five selections, Miles and Woods, teamed up with Burnett in the Alabama/Mississippi All-Star Game leading Alabama to a decisive 118-97 victory

TROY ATHLETICS FOOTBALL

Carlton Martial was named to the Pro Football Focus All-America Second Team and was named the No. 35 player in all of college football by Pro Football Focus Carlton Martial became just the 12th player and first underclassman in the last 20 years at the FBS level to finish a season with at least 100 tackles, 15 tackles for loss and three interceptions Kaylon Geiger was named the Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year after he finished second in the league in receptions, yards and yards per game. His 77 receptions ranked as the third most in a season in Troy history while his 873 yards finished just shy of the top 10; he tied the school record after topping the 100-yard mark in five different games Troy hosted South Alabama in a nationally-televised game on ESPN2 and defeated the Jaguars to claim the “Battle for the Belt” for the second straight season Troy’s 36 wins over the last four seasons are the second most among all FBS schools in the state of Alabama and the sixth most among all Group of Five conferences Fifteen Trojans were named to the All-Sun Belt Team following the season including Kaleb Barker, Kaylon Geiger, Carlton Martial and Will Sunderland who were named to the first team Will Sunderland (Green Bay Packers) and Marcus Webb (Seattle Seahawks) signed undrafted NFL free agent contracts Quarterback Kaleb Barker tied the school record with five touchdown passes in Troy’s win at Texas State – he was named the Allstate Manning Star of the Week and was featured on ESPN The Trojans signed one of the top recruiting classes in school history with the addition of 17 three-star players Redshirt freshman A.J. Lewis set a Troy record for tight ends with three touchdown receptions on the season Troy’s 63-point outburst at Texas State was its highest scoring Sun Belt game in school history and the fifth highest scoring league game in SBC history Faced with an unprecedented spring semester, the Trojans posted the highest GPA in program history with 57 players earning a 3.0 or higher

TROY ATHLETICS BASEBALL & SOFTBALL

BASEBALL Levi Thomas was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the fourth round of the 2020 MLB Draft with the 109th overall selection Levi Thomas, Caleb Bartolero and William Sullivan garnered second, third and freshman Collegiate Baseball All-America honors, respectively Troy finished the shortened season as one of the nation’s hottest-hitting teams. Troy ranked fourth nationally in doubles, 14th in hits and 28th in runs. Caleb Bartolero, Drew Frederic and Rigsby Mosley ranked first, third and fourth, respectively, in the Sun Belt in hits Caleb Bartolero’s nine doubles were tied for the sixth most in the country.

He hit safely in every game and ended the year with a 17-game hit streak Signee Tekoah Roby was selected by the Texas Rangers in the third round of the 2020 MLB Draft

SOFTBALL The Troy softball team received the Sun Belt Conference Team GPA Award for the third consecutive year, garnering a league-leading 3.57 GPA Troy tossed a combined two-hitter to topple No.16 South Carolina marking the first time that the Trojans beat a ranked team on the road since downing No. 10 Florida State in 2015 Troy finished the season 26th in the NCAA RPI rankings Just 23 games into the season, Leanna Johnson tossed seven shutouts to etch her name into eighth place in the record book, her total led the country Troy finished the season ranked sixth nationally in fielding percentage (.980)

TROY ATHLETICS GOLF

MEN’S GOLF

Connor Futrell posted the second lowest stroke average in the Sun Belt with a 70.90 mark, and his 7-under 64 was the second lowest round in the Sun Belt this past season Connor Futrell was named to the Southeast All-Region Team and finished the year ranked 99th nationally according to GolfStat Connor Futrell shot a school record 64 (7-under) in the opening round of the season at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate Trojan golfers combined for 28 rounds under par and the Trojans shot six team rounds under par; by comparison, the Trojans combined for 20 rounds under par and two team rounds under par last season Will McFadden finished second on the Trojans’ squad with seven rounds under par, including a school record 7-under 64 in the final round of the Sam Hall Intercollegiate

WOMEN’S GOLF The Trojans won a Sun Belt leading three tournaments during the shortened season, which was the most by a Troy women’s golf team since the 2015-16 season Nicole Lorup finished second in the Sun Belt with a 72.56 stroke average and posted the lowest round of the year by a Sun Belt golfer with a 7-under 65. Her stroke average was the lowest in a single-season in school history Nicole Lorup’s two victories were the most by a Sun Belt golfer for the 2019-20 season Troy shot the second lowest round in school history with a 280 in the second round of the Town & Country Invitational, while the Trojans’ 875 at the USA Intercollegiate tied for the third-lowest 54-hole score in school history Elisabeth Preus posted the second-best stroke average by a freshman in the Sun Belt Conference with a 74.60 mark over 25 rounds, which ranks as the sixth lowest in Troy history overall

TROY ATHLETICS TENNIS

MEN’S TENNIS

Troy finished with an 11-4 record including a six-match winning streak to close out the shortened season The Trojans’ 11 wins were the second most in the Sun Belt Senior Oskar Michalek led the team, and the Sun Belt Conference, in total singles wins with 21, while freshman Carles Anton led the conference in winning percentage with a .864 win percentage (19-3) The Trojans were the only Sun Belt team to have four singles players with at least 15 victories; Oskar Michalek (21), Carles Anton (19), Pelayo Antuna (15) and Javier Llinares (15) Troy led the Sun Belt in singles victories at No. 1, 2 and 5. Pelayo Antuna posted eight wins at No. 1 singles, Oskar Michalek earned seven wins at No. 2 and Javier Llinares posted six wins at No. 5 singles The duo of Carles Anton and Pelayo Antuna was the top doubles pair in the conference with 14 wins. The pair won eight matches at No. 2 doubles and four at No. 3, both were the best in the conference at those positions

WOMEN’S TENNIS

The Trojans finished the shortened season with a 5-4 record Troy won both of its home matches at the Lunsford Tennis Complex Four student-athletes posted double-digit singles victories; Chunxi Guo (11), Anastasiia Khokhlova (10), Matea Mihaljevic (10) and Tijana Svitlica (10) Matea Mihaljevic’s seven victories at No. 1 singles were the third most in the Sun Belt Conference Troy had a season-best four-match winning streak between Feb. 9-29. In those four matches, it combined to only give up three total points with two shutouts

TROY ATHLETICS INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADES

Levi Thomas MLB Draft 4th Round San Diego Padres

Carlton Martial Pro Football Second Team All-American

Collegiate Baseball Second Team All-American

2020 Walter Camp First Team Preseason All-American

Gemma Finch 2 Gold Medals and 1 Silver Medal at Sun Belt Indoor Championship

TROY ATHLETICS INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADES

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Leanna Johnson NCAA Leader in Shutouts (7)

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Dell Pettus Pro Football Focus Freshmen All-American

Caleb Bartolero Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-American

TROY ATHLETICS INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADES

Kaylon Geiger Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year

Kiersten Edlund 5th in NCAA in Assists Per Game

William Sullivan Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American

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ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS

Amara Anderson Volleyball

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Rayne Duhart

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Kaleb Barker

Dylan Bradshaw

Maddie Brune

Will Choloh

Football

Football

Soccer

Football

Tack and Field

Women’s Basketball

Alexus Dye

Kiersten Edlund

Kate Eubanks

Gemma Finch

J.L. Gaston

Kaylon Geiger

Tanner Guest

Cheyenne Hayes

Japonica James

Football

Football

Soccer

Track & Field

Soccer

Volleyball

Track and Field

Women’s Basketball

TROY ATHLETICS

ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS

Kirk Kelley

Madison Kennedy

Carlton Martial

Khalil McClain

Haleigh Mercer

Precious Ogba

Dell Pettus

Jasmine Robinson

Austin Stidham

Tyler Sumpter

Track and Field

Football

Will Sunderland Football

Football

Women’s Basketball

Reggie Todd Football

Football

Macki Walsh Track and Field

Football

Soccer

Football

Marcus Webb Football

Due to the coronavirus pandemic and cancellation of the majority of the spring season, the Sun Belt Conference did not award all-conference teams in the following sports – baseball, softball, men’s golf, women’s golf, men’s tennis, women’s tennis and outdoor track & field.

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Track and Field

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TROY ATHLETICS TRENDING UPWARDS

175 Licensees

increase in number of licensed vendors by 14%

8% Increase in Licensing Revenue

400% Increase

basketball season tickets sold; highest mark in the nation

23,499 Fans Per Football Game second in the Sun Belt Conference

16.3 Million Impressions Troy Athletics Twitter Account

8% growth

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in 2020 for baseball season tickets

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5,075,198 page views for TroyTrojans.com

7% increase

2019 football season tickets sold

15% increase

in following for Troy Athletics Facebook page

26% increase

in following for Troy Athletics Instagram

10% increase page views for TroyTrojans.com

6 million impressions for TroyTrojansFB Twitter page

TROY ATHLETICS

WINNING IN THE STANDS

On top of capturing a conference championship, women’s basketball also rewrote the attendance record book with six of the top 10 highest attended games in program history

#1 - 2,539 vs. Fort Valley State

#6 - 2,120 vs. Arkansas State

#7 - 2,001 vs. Little Rock

#8 - 1,899 vs. UTA

#9 - 1,789 vs. Texas State

#10 - 1,783 vs. South Alabama

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Women’s basketball saw a 13 percent increase in average fans per game compared to the 2018 – 2019 season

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Football had two games rank in the top 10 of all-time attendance at the Vet in the 2019 season

#5 - 27,108 vs. Southern Miss

#6 - 26,437 vs. Arkansas State Volleyball saw an 11 percent increase in total fan attendance year-over-year from 2018 to 2019 2019 saw the highest attended volleyball match in program history with 2,346 fans during Homecoming Week when the Trojans hosted South Alabama Men’s basketball welcomed two of the largest crowds in Trojan Arena history

#2 - 5,010 vs. UAB

#3 - 4,523 vs. South Alabama

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WINNING IN THE CLASSROOM

Troy student-athletes enjoyed a record-setting year in the classroom during the 2019-20 academic year and especially during the unprecedented spring semester. Troy’s collective student-athlete population finished the spring semester with a 3.11 grade point average. Eleven of Troy’s 15 athletic programs finished with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher with eight of those programs posting GPAs of 3.5 or greater.

Additionally, the Troy softball and women’s golf team earned NCAA Public Recognition Awards for ranking in the top 10 percent among their peers in the latest NCAA APR report.

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WINNING IN THE COMMUNITY Troy student-athletes continued to serve the local community through various community service efforts. Led by the Troy StudentAthlete Advisory Committee, Trojans from all sports interacted with members of the community from young to old. Additionally, Troy’s student-athletes helped raise money for a number of different initiatives including the annual Bench Out Breast Cancer.

TROY ATHLETICS VIRTUAL SHOWS

Troy Athletics found a new way to engage with our fans during the COVID-19 pandemic with the introduction of virtual shows on Zoom to connect our staff, coaches and student-athletes to Trojan Nation. Troy’s weekly Trojan Talk radio show was reimagined and transformed into a virtual show using Zoom. The weekly Trojan Talks featured a cross panel of student-athletes and coaches and even specific theme weeks where fans had an opportunity to visit with head coaches and multiple student-athletes from football, baseball, men’s basketball & women’s basketball. The annual Trojan Tribute Awards Show was also moved to a virtual format this year as the show was broadcast live on Facebook & Twitter. Additionally, Troy’s annual Trojan Tour was moved to a virtual format in 2020 where more than 150 fans took part in an online webinar to hear the latest information on Troy Athletics from Athletic Director Brent Jones, a panel of student-athletes and coaches.

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TROY ATHLETICS

FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS

FOODraiser Teaming up with Hook’s BBQ, Troy Athletics offered fans a family meal pack that featured pulled pork, sides and desert. In addition to meals that were purchased for fans to enjoy with their families, nearly 100 family packs were purchased by fans to be donated across the Troy community. Those meals were distributed to frontline workers at Troy Regional Medical Center plus the Christian Love Center organized for meals to go to various families as part of their Day of Giving including those with disabilities, the elderly and families in need.

T-Roy’s Parade T-Roy hit the road this spring and summer to pay a special visit to fans in Troy and Dothan for the inaugural T-Roy’s Parade. Fitted in a Jeep from Premier Dodge, T-Roy visited numerous neighborhoods in both towns to share Trojan Spirit with fans of all ages!

Light it Blue Troy Athletics joined collegiate and professional teams from across the country on April 12 as part of the global #LightItBlue movement to support the men and women on the front lines of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Additionally, the video boards and ribbon boards at both The Vet and Trojan Arena displayed graphics to show our support for all the health care and essential workers on the front lines. Additionally, the Power T on the back of the North End Zone scoreboard was also changed to blue.

The #LightItBlue and #MakeItBlue movement began in the United Kingdom as they lit major landmarks throughout the country in salute to their healthcare providers. The goal of this effort is to create a global expression of support and gratitude to the healthcare and essential professionals who are saving lives and stabilizing our society.

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