What was the nickname for the first TROY athletes
The Troy Trojans are the sports teams of Troy University. They began playing in the NCAA 's Division I-A in 2001, became a football only member of the Sun Belt Conference in 2004, and joined that conference for all other sports in 2005.Troy University's athletics nickname was the Red Wave until the early 1970s when the student body voted to change the name to Trojans.Prior to becoming a member of NCAA Division One athletics in 1993, Troy University was a member of the Gulf South Conference of the NCAA Division II ranks.roy has won national championships at the NAIA level in 1968 and at the NCAA Division II level in 1984 and 1987. Troy University football began playing in the NCAA's Division I-A in 2001, became a football only member of the Sun Belt Conference in 2004, and joined that conference for all other sports in 2005.