The University of Mississippi Athletics
2026 Track and Field Roster
Arvesta Troupe
- Year (Indoor/Outdoor):
- Sr. / Sr.
- Position:
- Jumps
- Hometown:
- Fulton, Miss.
- High school:
- Itawamba Agricultural
- Major:
- Multi-Disciplinary Studies
TFRRS Bio
2025 Outdoor (Junior)
NACAC Championships Qualifier (High Jump, 4th Place)
U.S. Finalist (High Jump, 4th Place)
U.S. Qualifier (High Jump)
NCAA Champion (High Jump)
First-Team All-American (High Jump, 3rd Place)
NCAA Qualifier (High Jump)
10 NCAA Points
NCAA East Region Qualifier (High Jump)
Second-Team All-SEC (High Jump, 2nd Place)
SEC Medalist (High Jump, Silver)
SEC Scorer (High Jump, 2nd Place)
8 SEC Points
Finished fourth at the NACAC Championships (2.21m/7-3) ... Finished fourth in the high jump at the U.S. Championships (2.22m/7-03.25) ... Won first NCAA high jump title in Ole Miss history, clearing an overall career-best 2.27m/7-05.25 for the victory, second-best ever by a Rebel ... First overall men's champion in the jumps at Ole Miss since Olympian Savante' Stringfellow won the long jump outdoors in 2001, first Rebel of either gender since Olympian Brittney Reese won the 2008 outdoor long jump ... Helped push the Rebel men into a tie for eighth nationally, tied for the best ever by an Ole Miss men's team, indoors or outdoors ... Won silver at the SEC Outdoor Championships at a then-PR of 2.26m/7-5 ... Cleared at least 2.18m/7-01.75 and did not finish worse than fourth in each of his seven outdoor meets across the collegiate season and the postseason national circuit.
2025 Indoor (Junior)
First-Team All-American (High Jump, 3rd Place)
NCAA Qualifier (High Jump)
6 NCAA Points
SEC Silver Medalist (High Jump)
Second-Team All-SEC (High Jump)
SEC Scorer (High Jump)
8 SEC Points
Finished third at the NCAA Indoor Championships at 2.19m/7-02.25 for First-Team All-America honors, his first career All-America nod ... Registered the highest finish by a Rebel in the event indoors since Ricky Robertson was the runner-up in 2011 and the first scorer since Robertson was sixth in 2013 ... Cleared an indoor career-best 2.22m/7-03.25 to earn silver at the SEC Indoor Championships, his first career medal indoors ... Cleared seven feet in five of six indoor meets, registered wins at Kentucky's Rod McCravy Memorial (2.20m/7-02.50) and the New Mexico Classic (2.21m/7-3).
2024 Outdoor (Sophomore)
NCAA East Region Qualifier (High Jump)
Second-Team All-SEC (High Jump, 3rd Place)
SEC Medalist (High Jump, Bronze)
SEC Scorer (High Jump, 3rd Place)
Jumped in seven meets for the Rebels … Qualified for the NCAA East Regional in the high jump, where he narrowly missed out on a national qualifying berth as the first person out in 13th place at 2.14m/7-00.25 … Earned first career SEC medal with a bronze finish in the high jump at 2.14m/7-00.25 … Won Georgia Tech's Yellow Jacket Invitational on a career-best 2.18m/7-01.75 to open the season, which finished the year ranked fifth in Ole Miss history outdoors … Also won the Joe Walker Invite at 2.09m/6-10.25 … Cleared seven feet four times total.
2024 Indoor (Sophomore)
Competed in four meets for the Rebels … Cleared a season-best 2.12m/6-11.50 in a sixth-place finish at the Razorback Invitational … Finished runner-up at the Tyson Invitational at 2.06m/6-9 … Finished season ranked eighth in Ole Miss history indoors.
2023 Outdoor (Freshman)
NCAA East Region Qualifier (High Jump)
SEC Scorer (High Jump, 5th Place)
Jumped in seven meets for the Rebels … Qualified for the NCAA East Regional in the high jump, finishing 34th at 1.99m/6-06.25 … Scored for the Rebels in the high jump at the SEC Outdoor Championships in fifth place at 2.09m/6-10.25 … Set a season-best of 2.10m/6-10.75 from his third-place finish at the LSU Invite on April 29 … Won the Ole Miss Classic at 2.00m/6-06.75 … Ended season ranked ninth in Ole Miss history outdoors.
2023 Indoor (Freshman)
SEC Scorer (High Jump, T-8th Place)
Competed in four total meets for the Rebels … Earned a quarter SEC point after tying for eighth in the high jump in his first conference meet at 2.05m/6-08.75 … Cleared a season-best 2.08m/6-09.75 in his Ole Miss debut, where he won the high jump at Vanderbilt's Commodore Challenge … Finished first indoor season ranked tied for 11th in Ole Miss history indoors.
High School
Earned six varsity letters across track & field, basketball, football and baseball … 2022 MHSAA 4A High Jump State Champion … 2021 MHSAA 4A High Jump Runner-Up … 2x MHSAA 4A North Half Champion in High Jump ... 2x All-Division.
Personal
Born June 5, 2004 to Sherlene and Elton Troupe … Full name is Arvesta Elton Troupe Jr. … Currently majoring in multi-disciplinary studies.
| CAREER HIGHLIGHTS |
| • 1x NCAA Champion • 2x First-Team All-American • 2x NCAA Qualifier • 16 NCAA Points • 3x NCAA East Region Qualifier • 3x Second-Team All-SEC • 3x SEC Medalist • 5x SEC Scorer • 26.25 SEC Points |
2025 Outdoor (Junior)
NACAC Championships Qualifier (High Jump, 4th Place)
U.S. Finalist (High Jump, 4th Place)
U.S. Qualifier (High Jump)
NCAA Champion (High Jump)
First-Team All-American (High Jump, 3rd Place)
NCAA Qualifier (High Jump)
10 NCAA Points
NCAA East Region Qualifier (High Jump)
Second-Team All-SEC (High Jump, 2nd Place)
SEC Medalist (High Jump, Silver)
SEC Scorer (High Jump, 2nd Place)
8 SEC Points
Finished fourth at the NACAC Championships (2.21m/7-3) ... Finished fourth in the high jump at the U.S. Championships (2.22m/7-03.25) ... Won first NCAA high jump title in Ole Miss history, clearing an overall career-best 2.27m/7-05.25 for the victory, second-best ever by a Rebel ... First overall men's champion in the jumps at Ole Miss since Olympian Savante' Stringfellow won the long jump outdoors in 2001, first Rebel of either gender since Olympian Brittney Reese won the 2008 outdoor long jump ... Helped push the Rebel men into a tie for eighth nationally, tied for the best ever by an Ole Miss men's team, indoors or outdoors ... Won silver at the SEC Outdoor Championships at a then-PR of 2.26m/7-5 ... Cleared at least 2.18m/7-01.75 and did not finish worse than fourth in each of his seven outdoor meets across the collegiate season and the postseason national circuit.
2025 Indoor (Junior)
First-Team All-American (High Jump, 3rd Place)
NCAA Qualifier (High Jump)
6 NCAA Points
SEC Silver Medalist (High Jump)
Second-Team All-SEC (High Jump)
SEC Scorer (High Jump)
8 SEC Points
Finished third at the NCAA Indoor Championships at 2.19m/7-02.25 for First-Team All-America honors, his first career All-America nod ... Registered the highest finish by a Rebel in the event indoors since Ricky Robertson was the runner-up in 2011 and the first scorer since Robertson was sixth in 2013 ... Cleared an indoor career-best 2.22m/7-03.25 to earn silver at the SEC Indoor Championships, his first career medal indoors ... Cleared seven feet in five of six indoor meets, registered wins at Kentucky's Rod McCravy Memorial (2.20m/7-02.50) and the New Mexico Classic (2.21m/7-3).
2024 Outdoor (Sophomore)
NCAA East Region Qualifier (High Jump)
Second-Team All-SEC (High Jump, 3rd Place)
SEC Medalist (High Jump, Bronze)
SEC Scorer (High Jump, 3rd Place)
Jumped in seven meets for the Rebels … Qualified for the NCAA East Regional in the high jump, where he narrowly missed out on a national qualifying berth as the first person out in 13th place at 2.14m/7-00.25 … Earned first career SEC medal with a bronze finish in the high jump at 2.14m/7-00.25 … Won Georgia Tech's Yellow Jacket Invitational on a career-best 2.18m/7-01.75 to open the season, which finished the year ranked fifth in Ole Miss history outdoors … Also won the Joe Walker Invite at 2.09m/6-10.25 … Cleared seven feet four times total.
2024 Indoor (Sophomore)
Competed in four meets for the Rebels … Cleared a season-best 2.12m/6-11.50 in a sixth-place finish at the Razorback Invitational … Finished runner-up at the Tyson Invitational at 2.06m/6-9 … Finished season ranked eighth in Ole Miss history indoors.
2023 Outdoor (Freshman)
NCAA East Region Qualifier (High Jump)
SEC Scorer (High Jump, 5th Place)
Jumped in seven meets for the Rebels … Qualified for the NCAA East Regional in the high jump, finishing 34th at 1.99m/6-06.25 … Scored for the Rebels in the high jump at the SEC Outdoor Championships in fifth place at 2.09m/6-10.25 … Set a season-best of 2.10m/6-10.75 from his third-place finish at the LSU Invite on April 29 … Won the Ole Miss Classic at 2.00m/6-06.75 … Ended season ranked ninth in Ole Miss history outdoors.
2023 Indoor (Freshman)
SEC Scorer (High Jump, T-8th Place)
Competed in four total meets for the Rebels … Earned a quarter SEC point after tying for eighth in the high jump in his first conference meet at 2.05m/6-08.75 … Cleared a season-best 2.08m/6-09.75 in his Ole Miss debut, where he won the high jump at Vanderbilt's Commodore Challenge … Finished first indoor season ranked tied for 11th in Ole Miss history indoors.
High School
Earned six varsity letters across track & field, basketball, football and baseball … 2022 MHSAA 4A High Jump State Champion … 2021 MHSAA 4A High Jump Runner-Up … 2x MHSAA 4A North Half Champion in High Jump ... 2x All-Division.
Personal
Born June 5, 2004 to Sherlene and Elton Troupe … Full name is Arvesta Elton Troupe Jr. … Currently majoring in multi-disciplinary studies.
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