Clarence “Tre” Armstrong, III, a 2026 Pisacano Scholar, is a fourth-year medical student at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. A native of New Castle, Delaware, Tre grew up immersed in sports and played collegiate baseball at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), where he earned a degree in nutritional biochemistry and metabolism with a minor in sports medicine. He remained at CWRU to complete a Master of Medical Physiology while continuing his baseball career and later serving as a coach. He also enjoys umpiring youth and collegiate baseball.

Over the past nine years at CWRU, Tre has become deeply engaged in the Cleveland community through service, mentorship, advocacy, and leadership. He has been active in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Team IMPACT, and the Black Latinx Athlete Coalition. At CWRU School of Medicine, he is involved with the Student National Medical Association (SNMA), Anatomy Camp, and the Exercise and Nutrition Research Group (ENRG). His passion for mentorship and public speaking has led him to participate in numerous panels, workshops, and community events, including health and wellness programming with Special Olympics Ohio. Through social media, Tre has also built a following of more than 15,000 across multiple platforms, using his platform to promote health, wellness, and greater diversity and representation in medicine.

Tre’s commitment to primary care has been strengthened through his participation in the Leroy Rodgers Preceptorship with the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians and continued work with Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals through community health fairs and pop-up clinics. Following his passion for holistic wellness, he co-founded The Breakfast Club, a morning workout initiative in partnership with The Word Church that promotes physical, spiritual, and emotional well-being. Through ENRG, his research explores the intersection of primary care and sports medicine by addressing nutrition, body image, performance, and overall wellness among collegiate athletes.

Tre’s passion for medicine was shaped by his own experiences with sports-related injuries and the physicians who supported him throughout his athletic career. He aspires to become a family medicine physician who advances diversity and representation in medicine while providing culturally responsive, athlete-centered care. His long-term goal is to serve as a head team physician for a major professional sports organization, integrating the principles of primary care and sports medicine to care for athletes as whole people.

Tre credits his journey to God, his family, mentors, teammates, and the communities that have supported and challenged him along the way. As a Pisacano Scholar, he hopes to continue developing as a leader who uses medicine, service, and mentorship to strengthen the communities he serves.