Former Trojan becomes WWE Champion

Former Trojan football player Bray Wyatt became the WWE Champion at a Sunday night pay-per-view event. (Credit: @WWEAustralia)

Former Trojan football player Bray Wyatt became the WWE Champion at a Sunday night pay-per-view event. (Credit: @WWEAustralia)

The new WWE Champion is a former Trojan.

World Wrestling Entertainment’s “Elimination Chamber” event on the WWE Network ended Sunday with Bray Wyatt being crowned the WWE Champion, marking his first world championship in professional wrestling.

But before he was “eating worlds” as Bray Wyatt, he was grinding on the field with the Troy Trojans…

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TROY alumna nominated for Military Spouse of the Year Award

Troy University graduate Leeanne Grunke has been nominated for the Military Spouse of the Year Award.

Troy University graduate Leeanne Grunke has been nominated for the Military Spouse of the Year Award.

A Troy University graduate has recently been nominated for the 2017 Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year (MSOY) award.

Leeanne Grunke, who graduated from TROY in 2005 with a business management degree, was one of 440 men and women who were nominated for the award.

The MSOY award was created in 2008 “to…

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Troy University alumnus Eric Crouch receives Milken Educator Award

Dr. Jane Foley, senior vice president of the Milken Educator Awards, presents award to Troy alumnus and fifth-grade teacher Eric Crouch.

Dr. Jane Foley, senior vice president of the Milken Educator Awards, presents award to Troy alumnus and fifth-grade teacher Eric Crouch.

Eric Crouch’s efforts to make learning fun and imaginative for fifth graders at Double Churches Elementary School in Columbus, Ga. have earned the Troy University alumnus national recognition.

Crouch recently was among the 35 educators nationwide, and the only one in the state of Georgia, to be honored with the Milken Educator Award. Created by…

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World War II-era alumni reunite on Homecoming weekend

TROY alumni from the 1940s reunited for a dinner on campus the day before Homecoming.

TROY alumni from the 1940s reunited for a dinner on campus the day before Homecoming.

The World War II-era Alumni Reunion this past Saturday sought to recreate the feel of the ‘40s for the graduates of what was then Troy State Teachers College.

The Troy University jazz ensemble played hits such as “It Had to Be You,” “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree,” and “Georgia on My Mind” in between…

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