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Conerway Named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year

March 05, 2025

Good Morning Trojans. Record-setting season. Check. Champions. Check.

The 2025 resume for Tayton Conerway added one more line to it on Tuesday.

Conference Player of the Year. Check.

And believe us folks, he’s not ready to stop there.

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🔼 No One Better. There’s been plenty of adjectives used to describe the performance of Tayton Conerway this season.

Now, the dynamic playmaker can sum it up in one statement… Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year.

A senior from Burleson, Texas, Conerway is the first Troy player to win Sun Belt Player of the Year and the fifth player in program history to win a conference player of the year. Greg Davis is the most recent winner, having earned the Atlantic Sun honor in 2004. It's the second year in a row that Conerway has won an individual Sun Belt honor after being named the 2024 Sixth Man of the Year.

It also marks back-to-back seasons that a Trojan has been named to the All-Sun Belt First Team, after Christyon Eugene was named to it last season.

Conerway led the Trojans in scoring this season at 13.7 points while shooting 46.6 percent from the field. He also led Troy in assists (5.0) and was tied for second in rebounds (4.7). On defense, he led Troy with 91 steals, setting a new program record for the most steals in a season. It's also the fourth-most steals in a season in Sun Belt history, and the second most in the country this year.

🔼 In Good Company. Conerway wasn’t the only Trojan earning a spot amongst some of the best in the conference.

The Sun Belt leader in rebounds and double-doubles, Zay Dyer, also earned All-Sun Belt First Team accolades on the women’s side.

Dyer led the conference with 14 double-doubles to rank 20th in the nation – the next closest player was Sun Belt Player of the Year Peyton McDaniels with 12. In league play, Dyer also tied to lead the conference with eight.

The junior forward erupted to end the season with six straight games with 10-plus points, including a 23-point performance against South Alabama and 22 points on Arkansas State. Her 44.5 percent shooting placed her fourth in the SBC, totaling 23 double-digit scoring performances in 30 starts with six games at 20-plus.

🔼 They’rree Bacckkk. That’s right, the action isn’t just heating up at conference tournament, it’s also heating up on the gridiron.

On a beautiful Tuesday morning, the Trojans hit the football field for their first official practice of the spring season.

🗓️ SAVE THE DATES

In the chaos of the final few games of the Troy hoops season, it may have missed your social feed, but you better block off these dates now! The Trojan football season will be here before we know it.

This past Friday, the completed 2025 Troy football slate was unveiled and we promise, you don’t want to miss any of these showdowns.

In addition to great action on the field, Troy will celebrate its 25th anniversary of moving to the FBS level throughout the 2025 season, in addition to the 60th anniversary of the Sound of the South.

Today’s Trojan Top Performance, brought to you by Conecuh Sausage, is none other than the 2025 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, Tayton Conerway. He is just the fifth player in program HISTORY to earn a conference player of the year honor.

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🤔 TROY TRIVIA

Prior to Tayton Conerway being named the Sun Belt Player of the Year, who was the last Trojan win a player of the year honor?

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Wednesday, March 5th
⚾️ #19 Baseball at #20 Alabama @ 4pm | Listen l Live Stats
🥎 Softball at #17 Auburn @ 6pm l Listen l Live Stats

Friday, March 7th
⚾️ #19 Baseball at USC Upstate @ 2pm | Listen l Live Stats
🥎 Softball vs. UMass @ 5pm l Listen l Live Stats

Saturday, March 8th
🎾 Women’s Tennis at South Alabama @ 10am
⚾️ #19 Baseball at USC Upstate @ 1pm | Listen l Live Stats
🥎 Softball vs. UMass @ 1pm (DH) l Listen l Live Stats
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. TBD @ 2:30pm
(Sun Belt Conference Tournament - Pensacola, Fla.)
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. TBD @ 8pm
(Sun Belt Conference Tournament - Pensacola, Fla.)

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Greg Davis, the 2004 Atlantic Sun Player of the Year.

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