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2005-06 Men's Golf

Derek Rogers

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Houston, Texas
  • Highschool Memorial

Biography

2005-06: Competed in eight of Penn's nine events for the year ... The Quakers' top finisher in five tournaments, he had a 75.8 stroke average and a low round of 71 (at the Sea Trail Intercollegiate during the fall) ... Third among Penn players and t-17th overall at the Ivy League Championships (78-75-79--232) ... Carded 83-78--161 at the Princeton Invitational ... Tied for first among Penn players and t-8th overall with 72-75--147 to lead the Quakers to the team title at the George Washington Invitational ... Tied for 48th overall after shooting 72-77-79--228 at the Braveheart Classic ... Penn's top finisher in three of four fall events ... Tied for 21st overall and top Quaker at Big 5 Classic (73-79--152) ... Finished t-53rd (80-72--152) to help lead Quakers to team title at Yale's MacDonald Cup ... Top Quaker, and t-24th overall, at Sea Trail Intercollegiate (74-74-71--219) ... Best overall finish was t-18th at Navy Fall Invitational (74-75--149).

2004-05: Finished 10th at the Ivy League Championships after shooting a 224 (73-77-74) at Ballyowen Golf Club ... Penn's top finisher at the Princeton Invitational, carding a three-round score of 72-74-72--218 ... Penn's top finisher at the Peter Rossin Memorial Invitational at Washington & Jefferson College with a 75 ... Shot 235 at the UC Irvine Braveheart Classic ... Shot 72 against Saint Joseph's at the PGA West Norman Course in Palm Desert, Calif. ... Led the Quakers with a 10th-place finish at the Navy Fall Invitational after shooting 72-74--146 ... Tied for 17th after shooting 77-74-73--224 at the Cornell Invitational ... Shot 79-71-71--221 at the James Madison Invitational ... Tied for 11th at the Penn/Big 5 Classic at Philadelphia Cricket Club after carding 76-75--151.

2003-04: Finished the year with a 75.8 per round average ... Placed 25th in the Navy Fall Invitational with a score of 148 ... Carded a two-under-par 69 on the final day of the James Madison Invitational to lead the Quakers with a 213 (73-71-69) and a ninth-place finish ... Shot 77-75--152 to finish ninth at the Penn/Big 5 Classic, his second top-10 finish of the fall season ... Opened the spring season with a top-25 finish at the Treasure Coast WTC Hero's Classic, shooting 80-76--156 ... Fired an even-par 72 to open the Drew Upton Classic and followed up with a 75 and 78 in the subsequent rounds ... Closed out the year by earning All-Ivy honors, finishing tied for seventh at the Ivy League Championships thanks in part to a final-round 74.

2002-03: Made collegiate debut at the James Madison Invitational, finishing the three-day event with a 222 and 59th place after shooting an even-par 72 on the final day ... Carded a three-over-par round of 73 and a final score of 149 to finish 37th at the McLaughlin ... Finished the ECAC Men's Open Championship with a 158, placing him in 33rd ... Placed 12th at the Big 5 Classic with a two-round score of 155 ... Finished in 26th place in the Southern California Intercollegiate Championship with a final three-round score of 229 including a team-best round of 69 ... Helped Penn capture the Drew Upton Tiger Golf Classic at Towson with a two-round score of 156 ... Scored a two-round 155 at the Navy Invitational ... Placed a season-best eighth in his first Ivy Championship appearance with a three-round score of 230.

High School: Four-year letterwinner ... Four-time all-district honoree ... Named all-region as a freshman, junior and senior ... Won the individual district championship with a score of 144 as a senior ... Named Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a senior ... National Honor Society member.

Personal: Born Feb. 3, 1984 ... Son of Jeff and Sylvia Rogers ... Enrolled in Wharton.

Historical Player Information

  • 2002-03Freshman

  • 2003-04Sophomore

  • 2004-05Junior

  • 2005-06Senior