Hall of Fame
One of the most decorated track & field athletes in Illinois State history, Goy became the second individual in school history to be named an NCAA champion, when he claimed the 2002 indoor mile title (3:59.43), setting a school record with the championship time.
Throughout his career as a member of the ISU track & field and cross country teams, he earned the 2002 NCAA indoor mile title, three All-American accolades, won 12 Missouri Valley Championships in the 800m, 1500m, mile, 3000m and cross country, received three Verizon All-American honors, two Academic Athlete of the Year awards, was the 2002 State Farm Scholar Athlete of the Year, and in 2003, received the Dr. Charlotte West Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award.
Goy, a native of Rheinsberg, Germany, holds the MVC championship indoor mile record with a time of 4:02.10 in 2001, and he holds the top-two fastest times in the indoor mile at ISU with 3:59.43 (2002) and 3:59.61 (2001).
A two-time Drake Relays champion in the 1,500-meter run, he also ran the first leg for the 1999 Illinois State distance medley relay team which finished second at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Additionally, he recorded the second-fastest 3,000-meter run in school history with 8:02.46 (2002) and was a member of the distance medley relay that holds the school record of 9:33.52.
Goy garnered the 2001 and 2002 Milt Weisbecker Illinois State Male Athlete of the Year Award and the Doug Collins Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year recognition, was the MVC’s Cross Country Athlete of the Year in 2002, the league’s Most Valuable Track Athlete in 2001-02 and the MVC’s Most Outstanding Track Athlete in 2000-01.
Goy, who currently manages the Behavioral Science Lab (of which he is co-founder) and serves as Vice President on the Gazelle Foundation Board in the Austin, Texas, area, was inducted into the Illinois State Athletics Percy Hall of Fame in 2010 and was selected to the Valley’s All-Centennial Track and Field and Cross Country teams, announced in 2007.