Treyton Kilar, 6, was killed in a car crash by a drunk driver on Sep 2, 2010. While he isn’t around here with his friends and family, the community got together and made the Run for Trey. 

Every year since Trey died, family members, friends, community members and even strangers from all over the country have helped to provide support to make a field in Whitewater of his own to become a reality. 

“Our mission is not only to remember a boy whose life was taken far too soon, but also to use his memory to benefit both Walworth and Jefferson County communities as a whole,” said Molly Fuller, event organizer of Run For Trey.

Their goal was to build Trey’s life into the lives of other children and the community. 

Trey’s field provides a safe place for the children of the area and the county to come and enjoy baseball, just like Trey did.

“We have now built a top-notch concession stand, fund maintenance for the field, and we are funding scholarships, given in Trey’s name, to students in Jefferson and Walworth County,” Fuller explained.

This field provides a safe place for children and families to celebrate life, to spend and enjoy time together, and a place where children can turn their dreams into something big and learn that through hard work and vision, their dreams can become reality. 

“Although Treyton is now playing on the ‘real’ field of dreams in heaven, thousands of other children around the area have learned responsible life-long decision-making skills,” said an anonymous member. 

At the race, Run For Trey features an all terrain run/walk onto Perkins Stadium at UW-Whitewater, bounce houses, obstacle courses, balloons, raffles and great food to enjoy. 

Over the past five years Trey’s annual run has raised up to $25,000 in scholarships to be handed out to students in Walworth and Jefferson County area schools.

The benefit this field provides to the youth community teams, the visiting teams from around the region, and the students who benefit from Treyton’s Field of Dreams is great. 

The proceeds from the 13th Annual Run for Trey will be used to maintain the field through its funding of the multiple scholarships that are given in Treyton’s name. 

There were over 200 people running and walking in the race, ages ranging from 5 all the way up to 75 years old. 

The 13th annual Run for Trey race was held Sunday, Oct. 8 and began in Whitewater’s Starin Park, 504 W. Starin Rd. 

For more information, visit treysfield.org to learn how to donate to Trey’s Field of Dreams and other events in Trey’s honor.