Trey Henderson
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Nolan "Trey" Henderson is an American football
defensive end
turned full-time hammer thrower. He is currently a senior for the University of Southern California
Trojans. Henderson is the first player from Canada to be offered a football scholarship to USC. He went to Vancouver College high school in Vancouver, British Columbia. In high school, he played a number of positions both on the offensive and defensive side of the ball. Henderson injured his knees during his freshman season as a Trojan, and opted to change sports from football to track. He was former star in track and field at his high school. In track, Trey set the Canadian youth record in the hammer with a throw of 221-0 (67.36m) and was the 2005 BC Junior champion, BC Juvenile champion and Canadian Junior silver medalist. His career bests in hammer are 210-4 (64.12)in college and 221-0 in high school.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
defensive end
Defensive end
Defensive end is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football.This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations have substantially changed how the position is played over the years...
turned full-time hammer thrower. He is currently a senior for the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
Trojans. Henderson is the first player from Canada to be offered a football scholarship to USC. He went to Vancouver College high school in Vancouver, British Columbia. In high school, he played a number of positions both on the offensive and defensive side of the ball. Henderson injured his knees during his freshman season as a Trojan, and opted to change sports from football to track. He was former star in track and field at his high school. In track, Trey set the Canadian youth record in the hammer with a throw of 221-0 (67.36m) and was the 2005 BC Junior champion, BC Juvenile champion and Canadian Junior silver medalist. His career bests in hammer are 210-4 (64.12)in college and 221-0 in high school.