Senior Trey Locke was an offensive lineman on the Milton Football Team. He also does pole vault and runs the 400m, 4 x 400m relay and the 4 x 100m relay in Track and Field.
Trey was awarded the Second Team Defensive Linemen for the PHAC League in football for the 2023 season.
According to Trey, sports have always been a major part of his life. He has enjoyed pushing himself to become better, and his parents have always encouraged him throughout his sports career, he added.
In past years, Trey said that he played soccer, basketball and wrestled. He added wrestling was his main sport until his senior year. Trey said he still enjoys helping his former teammates before matches.
“Relationships I have built on the [wrestling] team are still very important to me regardless of my participation in the sport,” said Trey.
According to Trey, a major challenge he faced in football this year was when they were short on linemen, so he had to become an offensive lineman rather than a running back.
“I had to give up my number and my position elsewhere… I had to give up all my pride and the fact that I was a running back,” said Trey. “As a leader it was challenging because you have to just drop yourself for the benefit of the team.”
Volunteer Assistant Coach Michael O’Connor said he worked with Trey last football season. Coach O’Connor added that he believes Trey’s hard work and his leadership skills helped him become an “explosive athlete.” 
“His leadership, strength and will was a major reason we finished off Warrior Run in a dominating fashion,” said Coach O’Connor.
Trey said his favorite memory as an athlete was the “fun battle” and “satisfying victory” against the Mifflinburg football team on Oct. 14 of his junior year (2022).
“[We] saw all our hard work pay off,” he added. The final score of the “hard fought” game was 29-24, said Trey.
According to Trey, before every football game, the whole team will pray in the locker room. He added, before he goes on the field, he tries to find alone time to be still and quiet his mind before he must “move fast” while competing. 
Trey said that his relationship with God is his inspiration for sports. “My relationship with God has recently taken a turn for the best way possible,” he added.
Trey said he committed to the University of Pittsburgh to major in nursing. He added he will not be playing any sports in college. “Sports become a job when you get to a D1 level,” he said.
According to Trey, he may play club sports in college to still compete, have fun and push himself athletically, without losing his joy for sports. He added he does not want to lose sight of the fun aspect of doing sports because he enjoys them.
