By Ken Hansard
Last year, Rose Hill senior forward Trey Bias led the Rockets’ soccer team to a 13-5-1 record. They ended their season in the state quarterfinals, losing to Trinity Academy on a heartbreaking penalty kick. Fast forward to today. The Rockets return a strong nucleus from that club and have started this season like a team on a mission. They currently stand at 4-0-0 in league play (AVCTL Division III) and are firmly seated in first place in league standings. They are 9-1 overall and will roll into their next game on an eight-game winning streak.
That all is in no small part because of the efforts of Bias. Last year, Bias netted 28 goals and complemented that with four assists, accomplishments which helped him to earn recognition as First-Team All-League and Second-Team All-State. He was also named to the Wichita area All-Metro Second-Team.
As a senior and primary playmaker for the team, Bias naturally finds himself in a leadership role for the Rockets. When asked about his goals for his final season on the high school pitch, Trey responded, “I am looking forward to making a deep run in the playoffs and hopefully bringing home some hardware. I just want to help the team win in any way I can.”
As for the fast start to the season, Bias attributes that to the off-season work that he and his teammates put in, “We scrimmaged a lot because nothing beats game-like situations. The more we play, the better we get with linking up and scoring goals. Also, most of us hit the weight room, which helped us become better athletes in general.”
Even though the Rockets have found early success, and although the end goal is to finish the season with a deep playoff run, Bias knows that he and his teammates need to maintain focus on the here and now, “We are taking one game at a time, and the results are showing. We just keep trying to find ways that we can improve and beat teams.”
Bias grew up around athletics, and he says that competition is pretty much in his blood, “My family is very sports oriented, so it was just in my DNA to gravitate towards sports.”
When not competing on the pitch for the Rockets, Bias also competes in track. He was the 200-meter Regional Champion last year and also qualified for state in the 100 meters and with the 4×100 team.
Trey is also a standout in the classroom, boasting a solid 3.5 G.P.A. and scoring an impressive 27 on the ACT. Following graduation, Trey plans to run track collegiately and would like to major in either Computer Science or Finance.
