Trent came to the Adanacs early in June from the Maple Ridge Burrards in a multi-player trade in which both teams came away stronger.

Born in Richmond, Trent first played lacrosse at age 10 for the Delta Islanders where he also played Junior “A”, scoring 61 goals and 69 assists for 130 points and 186 PiM in 53 games and leading his team in scoring with 69 points in 2003, good enough for 7th best scoring stats in the league that year.

He was drafted 8th overall by Maple Ridge in 2004 and has been a very reliable two-way player ever since with good stick skills on transition and offense and the mobility, size and enthusiasm of a hard-checking defenseman. Trent’s WLA stats through 2006 include 51 goals and 85 assists for 136 points and 135 PiM in 69 games.

Trent was drafted by the Calgary Roughnecks in 2002 but did not play in the NLL until he suited up for two games in 2005 for Minnesota. Last year he joined current Adanac teammates Dan Stroup and Jason Wulder (as well as Jimmy “Donnie” Quinlan who is taking the summer off lacrosse to be married) to play for the Edmonton Rush in a primarily defensive role. His NLL stats include 5 goals, 1 assist and 66 PiM in 12 games.

Trent’s other sports interests include golf and bocce; he says he also enjoys “working out and laying on white, sandy beaches”. He is part owner (with his father and his father’s childhood buddy Dino) of Columbus Construction and Restoration where he serves as Manager and is in charge of employee relations and job estimates and does work completion and general construction tasks.

He enjoys spending time with his girlfriend Renée whom he likes to treat to his fine cooking skills. Trent says, “I’m the world’s best at the BBQ and I make a mean meal – New York steaks, Alaskan king crab, fettuccini Alfredo and a Caesar salad.” His favourite movies are the inspirational “Remember the Titans” and “Rudy” as well as “Almost Famous” while his favourite novel is The Pursuit of Excellence. His favourite music is “anything on the radio”.

Asked for a funny story he says, “In my first practice after the trade I was getting taped and was late for practice. We were working on face-offs and RJ (Coach Rod Jensen) told me to go. I was clueless as to what we were doing and asked Scott Whitley which way I was going. He sent me the wrong way so there I was, late at my first practice applying a full-court press to Rich Catton who was on my own team. Safe to say I owe Whitley one.”

Trent says the people most influential in his lacrosse career have been his parents Kirk and Ronna and his sister Krista who encouraged him to do his best whatever the situation; childhood coach Dave Lemire who stressed conditioning, Rod Jensen who also coached him in Junior A and “gave me the confidence to do whatever I needed to win games”, Burrards Head Coach Darren Fridge who “taught me how doing the little things all add up to one giant thing on the floor and who was my assistant coach in Edmonton”, Maple Ridge standout Kyle Goundrey and Burrards teammate Rob Williams who “taught me as a player to adapt my game to whatever situation I’m put in, be it a game or training camp”.