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News | November 20, 2025
Every year since 2000, TROY has chosen a house soccer recreation as its Army Appreciation Sport. This yr’s recreation is about for 3 p.m. on Saturday.
Troy College can pay tribute to the nation’s army and veterans on Saturday, Nov. 22 when the Trojans play host to Solar Belt Convention-foe Georgia State at Veterans Memorial Stadium for the Army Appreciation Sport. Kickoff for the sport is about for 3 p.m.
TROY Athletics, together with Conecuh Sausage, Hook’s BBQ, Coca-Cola, Horn Beverage and the Pensacola Alumni Chapter, will host a free tailgate for all army members working from midday till 2 p.m. in Tailgate Terrace.
Army members (lively, reserve or retired) can request Group Hero tickets for themselves and their households by contacting Katie Prchlik by way of electronic mail – kprchlik@troy.edu.
Pregame actions will embody a flyover that includes plane from Fort Rucker as The Sound of the South performs The Nationwide Anthem. Flight crews collaborating within the flyover can be acknowledged on the sector throughout the third quarter of the sport. The Trojans will take the sector with patriotic themed uniforms.
The sport will function a particular Salute to Army halftime present, together with the “Stroll of Heroes” throughout which lively obligation and army veterans will course of throughout the sector as their service tune is carried out by The Sound of the South marching band. Halftime fireworks, made attainable by means of a grant from Lockheed Martin, will present an additional salute to army personnel current.
Different in-game shows on the sector and on the video board can be included all through the sport to honor the nation’s army, together with a video presentation of a wreath laying on the Veterans monument on the stadium’s concourse and recognition of the POW/MIA Chair of Honor. Unveiled in 2019, the POW/MIA Chair of Honor serves as a everlasting memorial to all of those that paid the last word sacrifice in army service. The chair stays empty at every house recreation as a reminder of that sacrifice.
TROY’s service to the army dates to the Nineteen Fifties, and the College’s dedication to serving the women and men of the US army has continued to develop by means of the years by means of efforts corresponding to TROY for Troops facilities, which search to fulfill the distinctive wants of service women and men and their dependents, the Army and Household Scholarship and annual recognitions throughout Army Appreciation and Army Household Appreciation months.
Mrs. Janice Hawkins, Troy College’s First Woman, leads the TROY for Troops committee that was fashioned to point out appreciation and supply help for army members affiliated with the TROY household. Along with offering care packages for troops, TROY for Troops t-shirts, and a TROY for Troops Service coin, the committee helps the efforts of the TROY for Troops scholarship and plans actions and shows for the annual Army Appreciation soccer recreation, which has been held annually since 2000.
Tickets for the sport can be found at www.TroyTrojans.com/tickets or by calling 334-670-3681 upfront of the sport.
Andy Ellis is the Director of Communications at Troy College.
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