Month: February 2015

New SGA officers

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Cassie Gibbs News Editor The Student Government Association executive board is composed of five positions: president, vice president of campus activities, vice president of legislative affairs, clerk, and secretary. Heath Barton won the presidency. Here are the other winners of the 2015 executive elections: Patrick Rodgers—VPCA Rodgers, a sophomore global business major from Dothan, ran unopposed as vice president of campus affairs. His platforms were Unity, Activeness and Fairness. Rodgers said that  he hopes the SGA will help students develop more Trojan Pride. He said that if “we can get…

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Women’s basketball clenches Sun Belt seed

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Wally Pendergrass Staff Writer The Troy women’s basketball team extended its winning streak to five games, knocking off conference leader UALR, while junior guard Ashley Beverly-Kelley earned both conference and national awards. Beverly-Kelley was named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week and was also named National Mid-Major Player of the Week by CollegeSportsMadness.com, on Monday, Feb. 24. Beverly-Kelley averaged 34.5 points per game during the week, including dropping 46 points on Georgia Southern. Her 46 points are the most by any player in Division I this season. The Trojans…

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Men’s basketball snaps Georgia Southern’s win streak

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Michael Shipma Staff Writer Troy’s men’s basketball team split its last two games from last weekend as it continued its road success this season with a win over the Sun Belt’s top-seeded team, Georgia Southern, 65-62, but lost at home to UALR by a score of 63-58. The Trojans (10-16, 5-12 Sun Belt) dropped to last place in the conference standings after the loss, and will be hard pressed to earn the eighth seed in the standings to qualify for the tournament. Already on a three-game losing streak, Troy traveled…

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Meet the new SGA president

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Alyse Nelson Features Editor While ballots for SGA elections were cast yesterday, Heath Barton didn’t have to worry, as his position was already secured after running unopposed for president. Barton, a junior risk management insurance major from Opp, said that despite a lack of competition, he still would have been the best choice for the post, as his three main goals for the presidency aim to increase retention rates and help Troy “strive toward excellence.” In detail, his goals for the next year are accountability to administration, pride for Troy…

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Softball team wins four out of five at Trojan Invitational

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Ty Ammons Staff Writer   The Trojan softball team had an amazing 4-1 home series this past weekend at the Trojan Invitational. The team won its first game 6-5 against the University of Connecticut Huskies on Friday, Feb. 20. The starting pitchers were junior Sara Mock for Troy and sophomore Kayla Doty for the Huskies. The Huskies got the first run of the game in the top of the third inning off a home run from sophomore first baseman Dominique Pinto. Troy responded, scoring two runs in the bottom of…

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