About Trent Forrest

Landon Trent Forrest (born June 12, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for Saski Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Florida State Seminoles.

Forrest grew up in Chipley, Florida and attended Chipley High School. During his high school career, Forrest scored over 3,000 points. As a senior, he led Chipley to a state championship, scoring 26 points in the title game against Paxton High School. Forrest also participated in Amateur Athletic Union competition with the Alabama Challenge and Georgia Stars. He was ranked in the top 50 of his high school class. Forrest signed with Florida State because he fell in love with the vision of coach Leonard Hamilton. Forrest turned down offers from Miami (Florida), Georgia Tech, Tennessee, UCF and Wichita State.

Forrest averaged 4.9 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 1.2 steals per game as a freshman, playing backup point guard to Xavier Rathan-Mayes. As a sophomore, Forrest finished fifth on the team in scoring with 7.9 points per game and third in rebounding with 4.9 per game, helping Florida State reach the Elite Eight. During a game against Villanova on November 25, 2018, Forrest had the cartilage torn completely off the bone in his big toe, yet played through pain and did not miss a single game. During the 2019 NCAA Tournament, Forrest scored 20 points and had five rebounds in the Sweet 16 loss to Gonzaga and was named to the West Regional All-Tournament Team. As a junior, Forrest averaged 9.3 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game. He graduated from Florida State in December 2019 with a degree in sports management, and he earned the Skip Prosser Award for best scholar-athlete in the ACC since he carried a 3.43 GPA. At the conclusion of the regular season, Forrest was selected to the Second Team All-ACC and to the Defensive Team. He averaged 11.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game as a senior.