Western Carolina University

2025 (Freshman): Saw action in 10 of the team’s 12 games, pressed into the lineup after an injury to starter Christian Lowery at Wake Forest … Finished second on the Catamount squad with 59 total points scored ... Connected on 47 point-after-touchdown attempts to rank third in the SoCon … His 47 straight successful PATs included going 6-for-6 in three separate games – Samford (Sept. 20), at Campbell (Sept. 27), and at The Citadel (Oct. 18) … Connected on a single-game career-best seven PATs in the 52-7 rout of Furman (Oct. 11) ... Split the uprights on four field goals, nailing his first attempt on a 28-yarder against Elon (Sept. 13) … Kicked the game-winning, 34-yard field goal in the road victory at Wofford (Oct. 4) … Hit a career-long 44-yard boot to put the Catamounts on the board in the win over Furman (Oct. 11) … Named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman team on special teams by the league’s head coaches.

Prior to Western Carolina: Played for the Florida Class 2-A State Championship team … Named to the 2024 All-District 12 and District 12 All-Senior teams … Named the Brevard Sports Network co-Special Teams Player of the Year in 2023 … According to MaxPreps, had 83 kickoffs as a senior with 44 touchbacks, averaging 55.3  yards per kick … Punted just 12 times with an average of 41.2 yards including a 60 yarder and two downed inside the opponent 20 yard line … Finished 62-of-68 on PATs and hit 8-of-14 field goals including a long of 40 yards, accounting for 86 seasonal points … Credited with 78 combined touchbacks over his final two seasons as a prep … Scored 142 career points with 99 made PATs and 14 field goals.

Personal: His father, Nate Trout, was a kicker at Syracuse where he served as a team captain … Spent 10 years living in Waynesville, N.C., when he was younger.