Good morning! WSFA sat down with Troy AD Brent Jones ahead of the Trojans’ start to the 2024-25 athletic year. In part one of the interview series, Jones talks about the trajectory of the football program and the factors that went into hiring head coach, Gerad Parker.

What else do we have brewing for you in today’s edition of One Troy Today?

🏈 Dive into the deep end of the Trojan football depth chart
🤝 HTSM and Troy Athletics partnership makes an impact
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Deep Dive. It’s time to get familiar with Trojan football as the team gets ready for the start of the 2024 season. Covering both sides of the ball, get to know some of the team’s safeties and tight ends who will be taking the field on Saturdays this season.

🛑 Safeties: Troy's safety room for the 2024 season is deep, with 14 players listed on the roster at the position. The Trojans might not lack depth in the position room; however, they lack experience with only five upperclassmen and six true freshmen.

💪 Tight Ends: Troy's 2024 tight end room is made up of two key upperclassmen, three returning underclassmen, two veteran transfers and two freshman recruits, headlined by senior Ethan Conner.

📚️ Read more about Troy’s safeties and tight ends

🔼 Hall of Greats. Former Trojan baseball outfielder Jody Singleton was inducted into the 30th class of the Wiregrass Sports Hall of Fame. Singleton starred for the Trojans from 1990-91 after a standout junior college career at Wallace-Dothan. During his Troy career, the right fielder hit for a .344 batting average with 96 hits, 21 doubles, one triple, 12 home runs and 77 RBIs. 

🔼 Garnered Attention. Troy catcher Jimmy Janicki is one of the newest members of the Trojans, and he's already generating some excitement ahead of his first season on campus. The Prep Baseball Report ranked its Top 100 class of 2024 prospects, and Janicki landed as the top-ranked incoming freshman in the Sun Belt Conference at No. 92 nationally. The standout catcher finished his accomplished high school career with back-to-back selections on the Illinois All-State First Team. 

🔼 Start Of Something New. With the goal of creating a hands-on DI experience, Troy Trojan Athletics has partnered with HSTM to design and implement a new master’s-level curriculum to give students experience inside the athletics department. The partnership will aim to place students pursuing sports management ahead of the pack upon graduation with real-life experience and practical application.

🗣️ “The School of Hospitality, Sport and Tourism Management is excited to again formally partner with the Troy University Athletics Department. The mission of our school and the master’s program is to prepare students to become future leaders in the industry and this partnership does just that.” -Robert Mathner, Associate Director and Professor

📚️ Read more about the partnership on Troy Today

🔼 Come On Out. Troy fans are invited to join T-Roy, Troy Cheerleaders and members of the Troy Athletics Staff at Eagle Eye Outfitters in Dothan on Saturday, August 24, from 12-4 p.m., where new Troy merchandise will be available for purchase. This event will mark the seventh consecutive year that Troy has partnered with Eagle Eye Outfitters to highlight great merchandise available for the fall season.

10 days until kickoff, Troy Football fans!

In the last eight seasons of Troy Football, the Trojans have had five seasons with 10+ wins. From 2016-2018, under head coach Neal Brown, the Trojans had three consecutive 10-win seasons which included a 3-0 bowl game record. Of course, the past two seasons have resulted in 23 wins and a pair of Sun Belt Conference titles. Now, Gerad Parker will look to keep the momentum going in his first year with the Trojans.

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🤔 TROY TRIVIA

Reunited and It Feels So Good. Today’s trivia question…which member of the Troy Football offensive coaching staff has worked with current starting quarterback Goose Crowder in the past?

Think you know your stuff? Scroll to the bottom to see the correct answer!

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Thursday, August 22
⚽️ Soccer @ Mercer @ 6 p.m. | Live Stats

Sunday, August 25
⚽️ Soccer @ Samford @ 3 p.m. | Live Stats

Saturday, August 31
🏈 Football vs. Nevada @ 6 p.m. | Tickets

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Sean Reagan!

Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks Coach Sean Reagan previously served as Quarterbacks Coach at West Virginia when Crowder was a student-athlete for the Mountaineers.

⚔️ Have a great Wednesday!