Luckily, there was a vacant seat at Coach John Baxter's front row table. He let me sit there in between taking pictures. I think that it might have been Coach Helton's seat.
Here is a description of the Capital One Cup.
The Capital One Cup is awarded annually to each of the best men's and women's Division I college athletics programs in the country. Points toward the Capital One Cup are earned and tracked throughout the year based on final standings of NCAA Championships and final official coaches' polls. One winning men's and one winning women's program will be crowned after the completion of the final NCAA spring championships. Capital One will award a combined $400,000 in student-athlete scholarships and the Capital One Cup trophy to the winning schools at the ESPY awards in July.
Our Women of Troy were awarded $200,000 in student-athlete scholarships.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Luckily, when I walked back to the stage to take more pictures, the chair was still empty.
Coach Helton had his assistant coaches introduce their respective players.
As you can tell, Trojan Candy was alternating between players on and off the stage. I glanced and saw my grandsons getting another autograph where the players exit the stage.
What a rousing program!
The third part of my Salute to Troy article will be about the "post" Program events. What a night, so far!