Trinity Female Athletes Dominating Male-Dominated Sports

By Abby Holland and Makenna Bentley

Victoria Trabysh, junior psychology major from Amarillo, Texas, found a passion for boxing after her senior year of high school. She found inspiration in her favorite professional female boxers Ava Knight, Mikaela Mayer and Claressa Shields, and dreamed of one day becoming a boxer like them.

“A lot of people think of combat sports, boxing in particular, as violent, but I don't see it as that at all,” says Trabysh. “I see it as a way to express yourself. In a lot of ways it gives me confidence.”

Trabysh has a rigorous training schedule. Going to the gym five to six times a week and training one to two hours each day. She is typically one of the few females to box at her Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) gym and does so with pride. “As hard as it is being one of the only girls, it also kind of motivates me,” she says.

Annie Wise: Varsity Basketball and Tennis Player

By Abby Holland

Sophomore Annie Wise always dreamed of playing her two favorite sports in college. Her dream came true at Trinity.

Wise is one of the few dual sport athletes at Trinity, playing for both Trinity’s women’s basketball and tennis team. “It’s really important to have a blessed unrest about who you are as an athlete and to understand that it’s really humbling to get to be apart of two teams,” she says.

Cameron Hill: Embracing Failure to Win

By Sam McWhorter

Cameron Hill is a husband, a father to two sons, 11 and 10, and a sneakily good pool player. Oh, and he’s also among the best active coaches in NCAA Division III women’s basketball.

He’s certainly in the conversation as far as regular season feats are concerned, with the best win rate (.812) per season in D3WBB history during his seven seasons with Trinity. Bring it up to him, and he finds a characteristically logical way to deflect: “Wins can be scheduled, if I’m being honest with you.”

Trinity Women’s Basketball Loses Heartbreaker to TLU in SCAC Championship

Trinity Women's Basketball Head Coach Cameron Hill addressing the players
 during the SCAC Championship game (photo by Joshua Moczygemba)

By Samuel McWhorter

There was an air of inevitability late in the fourth quarter for the Tigers, verging on a storybook second straight comeback win. And then they lost.

On Sunday, third-seeded Texas Lutheran University managed to hang on in their home gym for their first SCAC Championship since 2014 by a final score of 68-62. The first-seeded Tigers trailed by 15 points at one juncture, and they never seemed out of it.

Trinity Women’s Basketball Defeated Texas Lutheran University to Reach 20-1 Record

From left to right: Allison Staley (44), 
Grace Horn (12), Micah Weaver (25), 
and Abby Holland (15) defend TLU.
Photos by Elizabeth McEnrue

By Elizabeth McEnrue

Trinity students from all over campus were packed like sardines in the student section of Webster Gym at 4 p.m. on Saturday to watch the Trinity women’s basketball team play their rival, Texas Lutheran University (TLU). With a 19-1 record, the women looked calm and ready to play the only team to which they have lost this season.

“It’s funny,” said coach Cameron Hill ‘99, 40, about the packed stands. “Trinity students don’t typically come to our games, and we really appreciate having them.”

Hill also had some advice for the new fans. “When the other team’s at the foul line, they need to make noise. That’s how you participate as a fan. But I’m very satisfied with them showing up, so we’ll take baby steps. But next step, make noise.”