Troy Vandegraff dated Veronica Mars for a short time during her junior year, but their relationship didn’t last long because Troy involved an unwitting Veronica in a plot to smuggle steroids from Mexico into the US. Veronica managed to find out his intentions before he was able to successfully complete his plan and run away with his real girlfriend. She encounters him again a year later during a visit to Hearst College. He is accused of raping and shaving the head of a girl. Veronica ends up clearing Troy's name but doesn't find out who the rapist is until her freshman year as a student there.