[5] Trousdell moved to the United States in 2002 to play college basketball for Southwest Baptist University.
[10] After playing for the Hawks in 2006 and winning a championship, Trousdell had a one-game stint in Switzerland with BC Boncourt.
He then had a four-game stint in Spain with CB Villa de Los Barrios.
[11] As a member of the Saints' second division team in 2008, he helped them win the CBL championship.
[12] Trousdell played for the inaugural Southland Sharks squad in 2010,[13] then returned to Hawke's Bay in 2011.