🏆 Celebrating Excellence: Troy ISD Student Resolutions! 🏆

We are bursting with Trojan Pride! Please join us in celebrating these incredibly talented, hard-working students from Troy High School and Raymond Mays Middle School for their outstanding recent achievements, district titles, state qualifications, and regional successes.

Check out the phenomenal list of accolades below! 👇

🌾 Troy High School FFA (State Qualifiers)

Our Career Development Event teams dominated the competition and are officially state-bound!

• Agriculture Communications (1st in District, 1st in Area, 1st in State! 🥇): Heading to Nationals in Indianapolis this October!
  • Valeria Avila
  • Owen DuPuis (High Individual Overall in Texas! 🏆)
  • Emma Gersbach (13th High Individual Overall)
  • Landry Hart (6th High Individual Overall)
• Food Science and Technology (2nd in District, 2nd in Area, 9th in State): Brady Hart, Peyton Lanier, Jody Thigpen, and Jacob Ward.
• Home Site Evaluation (1st in District, 1st in Area): Mathew Parker, Travis Teal, Jacob Ward, and Gage Workman (1st overall in Area! 🥇).
• Livestock Judging (1st in District, 3rd in Area): Emma Gersbach, Caden Hart, Brady Hart, Jody Thigpen, Peyton Lanier, Allie Villareal, and Chandler Kirkscey (1st overall in Area! 🥇).
• Floriculture (2nd in District, 4th in Area): Valeria Avila, Makinley Doskocil, Claribel Escobar, and Rhettlee Guin.
• Wool Judging (2nd in District, 2nd in Area): Ryan Bland, Baylee Crawford, Gracen McMurtry, and Lana Welch.
• Farm Business Management (2nd in District, 4th in Area): Owen DuPuis.

🎭 Troy High School One Act Play (Bi-District Qualifiers)

For the second year in a row, our OAP team won the District Competition with their performance of Angels of Bataan! A huge shoutout to the Most Outstanding Tech Crew honored at both District and Bi-District levels! Directed by John Bohlin.

• Cast & Crew Qualifiers: Brandon Bell, Reagan Buck, Eddie Cohen, Kaylee Dick, Kelsey Dick, Joey Garza, Breeanna Gonzales, Landry Hart, Rachel Hermosillo, Skylar Hopper, Whitley King, Jake Lowe, Ty Porter, Mia Sisk, and Cooper Strait.
• Individual Honors:
  • Ava Mims: District All-Star Cast & Bi-District All-Star Cast 🌟
  • Corbin Crump: District Outstanding Technician, District All-Star Tech, Bi-District All-Star Tech, & Bi-District Outstanding Tech 🛠️
  • Bailey Collins: District Honorable Mention All-Star Cast
  • Erin Lee: District Honorable Mention All-Star Cast
  • Jojo Sommerfeld: Bi-District Honorable Mention All-Star Cast
  • Anabeth Hermosillo, Charles Richesin, Elizabeth Rurup, & Lilith Vick: District Outstanding Tech Crew & Bi-District Outstanding Tech 🛠️

🏀 Troy High School Girls Basketball (Bi-District Finalists)

An incredible season on the court and in the classroom! Congratulations to the team and Coach Kaitlyn Laudig.

• Team Members & Honors:
  • Aubree Brashear: 1st Team All-District, Academic All-District, TGCA Academic All-State, THSCA 2nd Team Academic All-State, TABC Academic All-State, Waco Tribune-Herald Super Centex Honorable Mention, & Trojanette MVP! 🏆
  • Shae Collier: District Co-MVP, Academic All-District, TGCA Academic All-State, TABC All-Region, & Waco Tribune-Herald Super Centex 2nd Team! ⭐
  • Emma Gersbach: 2nd Team All-District, Academic All-District, TGCA Academic All-State, THSCA 1st Team Academic All-State, TABC Academic All-State, & Fox 44 Scholar Athlete of the Week! 🎓
  • Mia Sisk: 1st Team All-District, Academic All-District, TGCA Academic All-State, THSCA 2nd Team Academic All-State, TABC Academic All-State, & Super Centex Honorable Mention.
  • Alexis Pratt: Academic All-District, TGCA Academic All-State, THSCA Honorable Mention Academic All-State, & TABC Academic All-State.
  • Madelyn Welch: District 6th Man of the Year & Super Centex Honorable Mention.
  • Austin Mensch: 2nd Team All-District.
  • Gracen McMurtry: Honorable Mention All-District.
  • Baylee Crawford & Kelsi Farmer: Academic All-District.
  • Managers: Pavi Curtis (Bi-District Finalist) & Skylar Hopper (Academic All-District, THSCA HM Academic All-State, TABC Academic All-State).

📝 Troy High School UIL Academics

Our academic competitors brought their A-game to the District and Regional meets! 🧠

• Social Studies Team (District Champions & 6th at Regionals): Hailey Bane, Loralei Seawright, and Ryan Bland (1st individual at District / 10th at Regionals! 🥇). Coached by Kyle Pennington.
• News Writing: Caden Hansen (District Champ/Regional Qualifier 🥇) & Addie Ortiz (2nd place/Regional Qualifier 🥈). Coached by Terri McMurtry.
• Editorial Writing: Caden Hansen (2nd place/Regional Qualifier 🥈). Coached by Terri McMurtry.
• Headline Writing: Makinley Doskocil (2nd place/Regional Qualifier 🥈). Coached by Amber Guin.
• Chemistry for Science: Elijah Laabs (1st place/Regional Qualifier 🥇). Coached by Cynthia Guin.

🎾 Troy High School Tennis

Huge props to our tennis athletes and Coach Tucker Donohoe!

• Aubree Brashear: Girls Singles District Champion & Regional Qualifier! 🥇
• Jacob Allison: Boys Singles District Champion & Regional Qualifier! 🥇
• Julia McKissick: Girls Singles District 3rd Place.
• Shae Collier & Emma Ramirez: Girls Doubles District 4th Place.
• River Caruana & Grayson Sommerfeld: Boys Doubles District 4th Place.

⛳ Troy High School Golf

Great showings on the green under Coach Jeff Durbin!

• Girls Team (2nd at District, 15th at Regionals): Emma Gersbach, Ianna Hughes, Erin Lee, Mia Zaragoza, and Alexus Kinsley.
• Boys: Travis Teal – Regional Qualifier, finishing 35th at Regionals! 🏌️‍♂️

📚 Raymond Mays Middle School

Shoutout to our middle schoolers who crushed the Texas America250 Reading Challenge! While the state challenged Texans to log 2,500 minutes in a year, Mrs. Mace challenged them to do it in just 90 days. These rockstar students met that goal:

• Olivia Bohlin 📖
• Liliana Hostetler 📖
• Olivia Ware 📖