Purdue superfan Tyler Trent offered Boilermaker followers with the definition of perseverance in how he waged an inspiring battle towards most cancers. Six years later, the college gave one thing again to the Trent household.
After observe on Thursday, Purdue soccer coach Barry Odom had Trent’s youthful brother, Ethan, get up whereas the crew gathered round them.
“As I have a look at it, I have a look at the roster and I have a look at the best way that guys go compete, and guys that convey it on daily basis,” Odom stated earlier than asking Ethan Trent to face up. “Congratulations, you’re on scholarship.”
Odom then shook Ethan Trent’s hand because the crew whooped it up round him.
Earned it each single day.@EthanTrent05 is now on scholarship! 🚂⬆ pic.twitter.com/laZA1YcG6c
— Purdue Soccer (@BoilerFootball) April 10, 2025
Ethan Trent is a sophomore offensive lineman from Carmel, Ind. He appeared in three video games final yr.
Tyler Trent has remained a visual fixture on Purdue’s campus since his dying on Jan. 1, 2019, at age 20. The coed gate in Ross-Ade Stadium’s southeast finish zone is called for him and signage of his likeness seems all through the stadium. He was a Purdue pupil and served as an honorary crew captain regardless of his analysis with osteosarcoma, a uncommon bone most cancers. Tyler Trent nonetheless attended lessons within the fall of 2018 whereas present process weekly chemotherapy in Indianapolis, which is about 90 minutes east of West Lafayette, Ind.
On Oct. 20, 2018, often known as the “Tyler Trent Recreation,” the Boilermakers performed host to unbeaten Ohio State for a prime-time recreation. Regardless of his weakened state after most cancers unfold to his backbone, Tyler Trent attended the sport along with his household and predicted a Purdue win. The Boilermakers rolled previous the Buckeyes 49-20 with the stadium chanting his title.
ESPN gave Tyler Trent the Disney Spirit Award as school soccer’s most inspirational determine. The state of Indiana honored him with the Sagamore of the Wabash, which is the state’s highest civilian honor.
Two years after his dying, Purdue established the Tyler Trent Braveness and Resilience Award, which honors college students “who’ve overcome bodily adversity of their pursuit of upper schooling.”
(Picture of the plaque of Tyler Trent at Ross-Ade Stadium: Michael Hickey / Getty Photos)
