Trey Burnett was hired in August 2023 as the director of sports information and operations at Butler Community College.

In his role, Burnett serves as the primary media contact for all 11 Grizzly sports. He handles statistics, game operation, website maintenance, social media, graphic design, news releases and record keeping among other things for Butler Athletics.

Prior to Butler, Burnett spent nearly two years as a graduate assistant for athletics communications at Tarleton State University, an NCAA Division 1 university in Stephenville, Texas. At Tarleton State, he served as the primary media contact and social media manager for the Texan baseball and volleyball programs as well as taking over soccer, track and field and women’s basketball at various times throughout his tenure. Burnett increased the Tarleton Baseball Twitter account (@TarletonBase) to over 10,000 followers from 5,000 at the start of his tenure, a 100% growth rate. He wrote all team related content for the above-mentioned sports that was published on TarletonSports.com as well as publishing weekly game notes for volleyball and baseball. Other duties included taking and editing photos for website and social media use as well as working extensively in the Adobe suite creating graphics and editing video among other projects.

Burnett spent a year and a half in the Sam Houston State University sports information office as a student assistant from 2020-21 while obtaining his undergraduate degree. In that role, he provided in game updates to official Bearkat social media accounts for nearly every sport, including the 2020 national championship winning Bearkat football team. He also helped maintain gobearkats.com and helped with statistics for basketball games at Johnson Coliseum.
 
Burnett also spent a summer in Springdale, Arkansas, in 2021 as a media relations intern for the Northwest Arkansas Naturals (Kansas City Royals Double-A Affiliate). While there, he input official stats for select home games, assisted the marketing department with events on game days to help bolster fan experience and helped compile information for the media guide.
 
A Lake Jackson, Texas, native, Burnett received his bachelor’s degree in public relations from Sam Houston State University in 2022. He received a Master of Science degree in Sports Administration from Tarleton State in 2023.