Nomination year: 2023

Nominated by: Timeka Garrison

Nomination Category: Athletes & Coaches

Sport: Basketball

Years Participated: 2008-2011

Career Summary:

Trent Boles established himself as one of the purest shooters in the history of Bulldog basketball during his career from 2008-2011.  On his way to becoming a member of the 1,000-point club, he garnered numerous accolades, and led his team to multiple championships, along with a state tournament berth.

As a sophomore, Boles served as a key reserve on a 27-7 Dawg team that won both the district and region championships to advance to Sub-state play.  Then as a junior in 2010, Boles took on a starting role, where he was part of a 24-5 team that won the District 7-A Championship over Pickett County, and, at one point in the season, held an 18-game win streak.  As a junior, Boles was named the regular-season District MVP and the District Tournament MVP.    

Boles’ senior season of 2011 was literally one for the local record books.  His body of work has only been overshadowed in the 24-year Rob Edwards era (2001-current day) by Tyreke Key and Grant Strong.  During a 25-9 season, Boles scored 696 points (6th all-time), connected on 94 three-pointers (1st all-time), recorded 92 steals (2nd all-time), made 8 three-pointers in a game (T-1st all-time), and scored 43 points in a game (8th all-time). 

Boles was also named 1st Team All District, after averaging 19.3 points per game, and was named Region Tournament MVP, after leading the Dawgs over Friendship Christian to their second region title in three years.  He then scored 34 in a sub-state win over Lookout Valley to send CCHS to only their second State Tournament under Edwards.  As a result of his stellar final campaign, Boles was granted the Upper Cumberland Player of the Year and All-State honors.

Nominator comment:

“Trent was a great shooter, and because of that he would have been a great player in any era of basketball.

“His stats and individual honors alone qualify him for the Clay County Sports Hall of Fame, but what’s more is the fact he played on great teams.  Thank you for considering him for this honor.”