Celebrating a Life

After Travis Roy was paralyzed from the neck down in his first BU hockey game in 1995, he went on to establish the Travis Roy Foundation, which helps those with similar injuries and has donated millions in grants for spinal cord research. On October 29, the one-year anniversary of his death, BU honored Roy (COM’00, Hon.’16) at Agganis Arena. The hockey team wore special jerseys with Roy’s name and number during pregame warmups, and a pregame ceremony featured a video tribute and a 24-second moment of silence. Additional video tributes played throughout the evening. Pictured are Albie O’Connell (CAS’99), men’s hockey head coach (from left), Jack Parker (Questrom’68, Hon.’97), former head coach, Travis’ parents, Brenda and Lee Roy, Jay Pandolfo (CAS’96), associate head coach, and Drew Marrochello, assistant VP and athletics director. Photo by Chris Lyons