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2009: Troy returns for his second season as a starting outside hitter (he might also see time at opposite hitter) and could rank among the top players in the collegiate game as just a sophomore in 2009 ... He made the All-Tournament team at the pre-season Can-Am Challenge ...
2008: As just a first-year freshman, he started all of 2008 at outside hitter and had a dramatic impact ... Overall while starting all 29 matches, he led USC in aces (35), was second in kills (430) and third in digs (144) .. He also had 65 blocks and hit .287 ... He was in double kill figures 25 times (including twice with 32 kills) and had 5-plus digs 15 times ... He was named MPSF Co-Player of the Week on March 24 for his 2-match performance versus Hawaii (64 kills, .368 hitting percentage, 23 digs, 7 blocks and 2 aces) ... He was named to the 2008 Hall of Fame Classic All-Tournament team after posting 33 kills (hitting .328), 9 digs, 5 blocks and 2 aces in the 2-match tourney... He made the 2008 Asics/Volleyball Magazine All-American honorable mention and All-MPSF third team ... He was tied for 19th nationally in aces (0.34, ninth in the MPSF) and was 19th in points (4.83) ...
HIGH SCHOOL: He helped his St. Louis (Mo.) University High team to the 2007 Missouri Class 4 State Volleyball championship ... He was named the 2007 Volleyball Magazine All-American first team, Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 list and St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro Player of the Year while posting 171 kills, 22 blocks and 117 digs as a senior despite missing the early part of the season with a broken foot ... He made the 2006 St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro first team as a junior ...
PERSONAL: He was on the 2008 USA Volleyball Junior National team that won a bronze medal at the 2008 NORCECA Junior Championships ... He was a member of the 2007 U.S. Boys' Youth National Team that competed in the FIVB Boys' Youth World Championships ... He was named the MVP of the 18 Open division at the 2007 USA Junior Olympic Boys' Volleyball Championships as he led his St. Louis High Performance 18 Orange club team to the national title ... He was a starter on the 2006 USA Volleyball Boys' Youth National Team that won a silver medal at the NORCECA World Championship qualifier in the Dominican Republic ... His brother, Phinney, was an offensive tackle at Missouri ... He is a physics major at USC with a B average (3.35 GPA) ... Birthdate is Feb. 24, 1989.
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2008 (Fr.)...
104
29
430
178
878
.287
11
35
91
51
144
9
56
9
Career singlematch highs: 32 kills (Hawaii twice, 2008), 12 digs (Hawaii, 2008), 5 blocks (UCLA and Hawaii, 2008)
