Dominican University Athletics

Trendel came to Dominican in 2003 to serve as the Sports Information Director and enjoyed a 17-year career, managing and promoting the Stars' athletic department. During his time with the Stars' athletics teams, Trendel developed two new websites while bringing fans closer to Dominican's varsity athletic teams with live video streaming and live stats of most home events. In 2006, Trendel was promoted to assistant to the director of athletics while retaining his sports information responsibilities.