Troy Evans
Bio
Troy was named All-GMC 1st team, All-Cincinnati 1st team, and All-Ohio 1st
team as a defensive back while serving as a co-captain on Lakota's 1995
OHSAA playoff team. In that same 1995 season, Troy set team receiving
records and was also named All-GMC offensive 2nd team as a wide receiver.
As a basketball player, Troy was named All-GMC 2nd team in 1995 and All-GMC
1st team in 1996. He still holds the Lakota consecutive free throws made
record of 33.
Troy was inducted into the Lakota Hall of Fame in 2002.
Troy was a four-year letterman and two-year starter at outside linebacker for the University of Cincinnati . As a senior, he was a second-team All-Conference USA selection and posted 4.5 sacks and 107 tackles. As a junior, he made 96 tackles. He graduated from Cincinnati in 2000 with a business finance degree.
Troy went on to play as an undrafted free agent for ten years in the NFL with Los Angeles (formerly St. Louis), Houston, and New Orleans. He was a team captain of the 2010 Super Bowl Champions, the New Orleans Saints.
Following football, Troy founded MMT Properties, which buys and manages properties in the Metro Detroit area. In 2011, he created LBS Busing, which provides school bus transportation to communities that have failed levies or lost their busing programs. Troy is also a senior consultant at Healthcare Contracting Services. Troy was named in LEAD Cincinnati's Great Leaders Under 40's Class of 2015. He is currently the president of Medkinect, aspiring to transform the medical market.
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ATHLETE: Drew Brees
PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM: New Orleans Saints
SPORTS MOVIE: Rocky IV
PODCAST: In The Dark
SOCIAL MEDIA @troyevans54
QUOTE THAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU:
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.
IF YOU KNEW THEN WHAT YOU KNOW NOW…WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THE HIGH SCHOOL TROY? / THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING A THUNDERBIRD WAS:
Build the foundation of your work ethic and attitude now because that foundation is what you build off in the future. Also, pay attention to and treat everyone with respect. Going to such a big high school, you will be shocked how many of these people come back into your life.
CURRENT JOB: President and owner of a medical supply and distribution company named Medkinect. They provide and market products and services to large physician groups and hospitals nationally.