UMD Athletics

BEFORE UMD:

AT HOUSTON CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY:

2024-25 (Senior): 

• Appeared in all 32 games and led the team with 29 starts 
• Averaged 29.5 minutes per game
• Averaged 4.4 points while pulling down a team-best 5.8 rebounds per game
• Led the team with 39 steals for a 1.2 average per game.

AT EMPORIA STATE: Didn’t play in 2023-24 due to injury … was named to the MIAA All-Defensive team as a junior… started all 32 games playing 26.5 minutes per … averaged 5.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.2 blocked shots … was second in rebounds and first in blocked shots on the squad … scored season-high 14 points at Missouri Western … grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds in the national tournament against Minnesota-Duluth … during sophomore campaign, started 15 games while playing in all 29 for right at 20 minutes per night … scored season-high 14 points versus Arkansas Tech and posted season-best eight rebounds against Pittsburg State … averaged 3.2 points and 4.2 rebounds while blocking a team high 26 shots … Ranger College (2020-21) … Saw action in 26 games with 14 starts for the Rangers, helping them to the NJCAA Division 1 Final Four … averaged 7.5 points and 7.8 points during the tournament, starting all four games … had a season-high 17 points against Western Texas and notched a season-high 12 rebounds against Cochise … on the season, averaged 3.7 points and 4.0 rebounds while shooting 57% from the field …

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Chippewa Falls High, where he was the 23rd-ranked player in Wisconsin as a senior … named the County Player of the Year … was the second-leading scorer and led the team in rebounds and blocked shots … played club with World Hoops Elite …

PERSONAL: Son of Bret Rogers and Wendi Schmidt … graduated from Emporia State with a degree in Criminal Justice.