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by Tom Powell South Elkhart, INWhen many people around the country picture Notre Dame, the film Rudy comes to mind. But for a young man, from a small town in Texas, Rudy was more than just a movie. {{more}}
“It was a way of life,” says Trey’s sister Alyssa.
Trey’s mom Michele says her son watched the film more than 100 times. “About eight, nine-years-old, he started watching the movie,” she says. “He was obsessed with it. He would watch it over and over.” Fox 28: South Bend, Elkhart IN News, Weather, Sports
Joe Williams still beams with pride when he talks about Trey. “He could quote different parts of the move, especially the one where Sean Astin is in the locker room and starts saying the famous quote from Knute Rockne,” Joe remembers.
Trey had two dreams. One was to go to college and come back to teach and coach at his former high school. The other was to attend a Notre Dame game. On December 20, 2014 Trey’s mom says her son was thrown more than 70 feet from a pickup truck during a car crash. She says Trey died instantly. “You always think you have tomorrow,” she says. “He and his dad planned to go (to Notre Dame) this fall.”
Now a family, one that hates to ask for help, is doing so out of love for Trey. They hope to enter a stadium where Rudy inspired so many, especially a young football player who showed the same type of heart on the football field back in Kennedale, Texas.
The family is looking to travel to South Bend to watch the Irish play Wake Forest on November 14th, but circumstances after Trey’s death have made it difficult to purchase tickets. “I would feel like I’d be fulfilling his dream, his passion,” Michele says.
