Trey Sowers owns and operates Mathews Deadrise Charters and Chapel Creek Oyster Company located in Mathews County, Virginia.  Trey received his Geology degree from Virginia Tech and masters in Secondary Science Education. When he started a family with his wife, Stephanie, (also a Tech graduate and science teacher)  they decided that while she taught in the classroom, Trey would be a stay-at-home dad/business owner.

At first he built homes and loved it, but unfortunately, the markets were not in his favor at the time. So, he decided to take up oyster farming, crabbing and became a charter captain, which allowed him to stay at home with their three kids.