2024: Owned a 4-1 record with a 3.38 ERA through three starts and 10 appearances ... Allowed 14 runs (12 earned) on 29 hits and nine walks. He tallied 28 strikeouts in 32 innings and opponents hit .240 against him ... Got the win on Feb. 25 against Rutgers as the Monarchs battled back for a 9-5 victory over the Scarlet Knights. He gave up five runs on six hits and two walks while fanning three in a five-inning start ... Set a season high with eight strikeouts in a no decision versus South Alabama on March 29. He allowed two unearned runs on four hits in 3.2 innings ... Got wins in three straight appearances to cap off his season: April 14 versus James Madison, April 21 at Marshall and April 28 against ULM ... Was named to the Sun Belt Baseball Podcast Pitching Staff of the Week after retiring 11 Marshall batters in a row, helping ODU win the rubber match over the Herd.
2023: Pitched in 24 games with an ERA of 4.12 for the 2023 season … In 19 innings pitched, allowed 16 hits, nine earned runs and threw 22 strikeouts … Opponents hit .229 off of him … Recorded four strikeouts, with zero runs and zero hits in a game against Texas State on April 29 … Had thirteen games with zero runs and hits allowed.
2022 (Tacoma CC): In 11 appearances, including 10 starts, recorded a 1.80 ERA in 60.0 innings … Had 62 strikeouts against 242 batters.
Personal: Full name is Trent Stephen Buchanan … Son of Stephen and Lisa Buchanan … Seven siblings; Allie, Trevor, Troy, Ty, Emma, Tucker, Tate … Father played baseball at Oakland City University … Prays before every game … Favorite Team: Chicago Cubs … Favorite athlete: Kyle Hendricksb ... Majoring in leadership.
Why ODU?: “I had heard good things about them and they were interested.”