Gina Troyer Archives - 黑料正能量 News /now/news/tag/gina-troyer/ News from the 黑料正能量 community. Tue, 08 Oct 2024 20:49:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 Hall of Honor: Gina Campbell Troyer /now/news/2024/hall-of-honor-gina-campbell-troyer/ /now/news/2024/hall-of-honor-gina-campbell-troyer/#comments Wed, 09 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0000 /now/news/?p=57714 Gina Troyer 鈥93, a liberal arts major with a special education certification and a minor in coaching, was hesitant about playing sports in college after feeling a 鈥渓ittle burned out鈥 from playing volleyball, basketball and softball in high school. However, after initially enrolling at Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown, Virginia, she transferred to Bridgewater College to play softball and then to Eastern Mennonite College where she played volleyball and basketball for four years and softball for three.

As a Royal, Troyer was a three-time All-ODAC First Team honoree and a two-time all-Region middle hitter. During her sophomore year, 黑料正能量 women鈥檚 volleyball won the ODAC championship, defeating Bridgewater in a thrilling five-set championship match. At the time of her graduation in 1993, Troyer held 黑料正能量 career records for kills (969) and blocks (347) and now sits third all-time on both of those lists. As an 黑料正能量 basketball forward, Troyer graduated fourth all-time in career rebounds with 648. She played first base on the 1990 softball team that won the ODAC championship, is fourth all-time in the Royals鈥 record book for stolen bases in a season (1990) with 24, and earned a spot on the All-ODAC Second Team in 1992.

Troyer said she 鈥渉ad a great experience playing sports鈥 at 黑料正能量 with teammates that were her closest friends and a coaching staff that was 鈥渟o supportive.鈥 Troyer retired in June 2023 after teaching special education for 30 years at Turner Ashby High School (Bridgewater) where she coached girls鈥 varsity volleyball for 24 years and junior varsity softball for four years. 

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