Trent Schlom is all Southern California. The Orange County native went to Orange Lutheran High School, Chapman University, and is the play-by-play broadcaster for the Big West’s ESPN3 games. Still in his early 20’s Schlom’s Big West broadcasts on ESPN3 are as good as any, and you can tell by listening to the conversation just how much preparation he puts into everything he does.

With the conference season kicking off this week with three games on ESPN3, I wanted to get Trent’s thoughts on the upcoming conference season, who the teams are to watch, and who might be a surprise in the Big West. We even got an inside look at how