Troy Hands Out Top Awards at Fifth Annual Trojan Tribute

TROY, Alabama – Troy student-athletes, administrators and coaches joined together Wednesday night in Trojan Arena to recognize the best Troy Athletics has to offer both on the field and in the classroom at the fifth annual Trojan Tribute.

Awards were handed out in 17 different categories ranging from strength & conditioning honors, to top grade-point-averages and #OneTROY Team of the Year. The awards, which were based on the 2018 calendar year (Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Winter 2018-19), were voted on by members of Troy's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and the Trojan Tribute Senior Voting Committee.

The premier individual award of the evening, the Trojan Way Leadership Award, was presented to softball senior Stephanie Snyder. Top academic honors went to Madeline Porter (softball), Kiara Barrett (Volleyball) and Daniel Glick (track & field), while softball earned the Female Team GPA Award and cross country took home Male Team GPA honors.

The Troy women's indoor track & field team took home #OneTROY Team of the Year honors after they claimed three gold medals and finished third at the championship with 81 points – the highest finish and point total in program history.

Male Athlete of the Year honors were split between Joey Denison and Damion Willis, while Sky'Lynn Holmes took home Female Athlete of the Year honors.

Denison earned three different All-America honors following the 2018 season in which he set a new school single-season RBI record with 81, while leading the conference and ranking second nationally in the category. The senior recorded 91 hits – seventh in the country – which is the fourth-most by any player in school history.

Willis led the conference in catches of 40-plus yards and 30-plus yards; ranked ninth nationally with his seven 40-plus yard receptions and 16^th with 10 30-plus yard catches. Despite missing two-and-a-half games, led the Sun Belt with 10 touchdown receptions and by averaging 79.6 yards per game

Holmes finished her career as one of the top rebounders in Troy's Division I history. In just 57 career games, Holmes ranks second with 8.9 rebounds per game and 10^th with 505 total rebounds. She was also named Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Year and All-Sun Belt Second Team in 2019

2019 Trojan Tribute Awards

Sorrell Award – Highest Female Graduating GPA
Madeline Porter (Softball)
Kiara Barrett (Volleyball)

Clements Award -- Highest Male Graduating GPA
Daniel Glick (Track and Field)

Highest Male Team GPA
Men's Cross Country

Highest Female Team GPA
Softball

Male Strength & Conditioning Award
Michael Alvernaz (Track and Field)

Female Strength & Conditioning Award
Amahni Upshaw (Basketball)

Strength of Character Award – This award is given to a student-athlete who embodies the Trojan spirit of strength and resiliency
Maddie Brune (Soccer)

Male Newcomer of the Year – Best performance by a first-year male student-athlete (freshman or transfer)
Rigsby Mosley (Baseball)

Female Newcomer of the Year – Best performance by a first-year female student-athlete (freshman or transfer)
Precious Ogba (Track)
Amara Anderson (Volleyball)

Male Heart of a Warrior – This award is given to a male student-athlete who has overcome hardships but still has been successful academically and athletically
Bobby Spitulski (Baseball)

Female Heart of a Warrior – This award is given to a female student-athlete who has overcome hardships but still has been successful academically and athletically
Pei "Penny" Ju Hsieh (Women's Tennis)

Male Athlete of the Year – Most outstanding athletic performance by a male student-athlete
Joey Denison (Baseball)
Damion Willis (Football)

Female Athlete of the Year – Most outstanding athletic performance by a female student-athlete
Sky-Lynn Holmes (Basketball)

Athletics Staff Member of the Year
Leah Brundidge – Director of Compliance

Jadarius Garner Total Trojan Award – This award is given to an individual who is excelling both on and off the field
Deontae Crumitie (Football)

#OneTROY Team Award – Team with the best performance
Women's Indoor Track & Field

Trojan Way Leadership Award - The highest honor of the night is given to the student-athlete who is the epitome of a Troy student-athlete and is the TRUE definition a student-athlete leader not only at Troy but in our community
Stephanie Snyder (Softball)

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