Hall of Fame
TROY COLLIER
Hometown: Phoenix, Ariz.
Sports: Men's Basketball
Years: 1963-1964
Troy Collier spent two seasons at Utah State after transferring from Phoenix Junior College. During his Aggie career, Collier was a member of back-to-back NCAA Tournament teams in 1963 and 1964 as he still ranks 27th all-time in school history with 1,109 career points and 14th all-time at USU with 654 career rebounds. Collier scored 616 points during his senior season, which still ranks 11th all-time in school history, while his scoring average of 21.2 points per game ranks 17th all-time. Collier also grabbed 357 rebounds as a senior, which ranks fourth all-time in Aggie history, while his average of 12.3 rebounds per game that season still ranks ninth. Collier also had 15 double-doubles during his senior season to rank tied for ninth all-time at USU and had a career-high 24 rebounds against Michigan State during his junior season, a mark that still ranks fifth all-time in school history. Collier finished his collegiate career averaging 19.8 points and 11.7 rebounds per game, which still ranks sixth and fourth all-time in school history, respectively. Following his collegiate career, Collier was selected in the sixth round of the 1964 National Basketball Association Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers and spent three years touring the world with the Harlem Globetrotters. In 2005, Collier retired after 35 years as Associate Dean of Students at the University of South Florida.
