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Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers
Outstanding Athlete
2013 Hall of Fame

The athletic career of Todd Rogers is the stuff of dreams: All-CIF in two sports at San Marcos High, CIF champion in volleyball, two-time college All-American at UCSB, pro beach volleyball domestic tour champion, international beach volleyball world tour champion, world champion and Olympic gold medalist.

Nicknamed “the Professor” for how he breaks down the game and his crafty play, Rogers ranks second all-time in team earnings, is fourth in career earnings, third in all-time team wins (65) and sixth in career wins (78).

With partner Phil Dalhausser, Rogers won a gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 and placed ninth in the 2012 Games in London.

Rogers and Dalhausser formed one of the greatest teams of all-time. In their seven-year partnership (2006-2012), they won 65 titles together, 22 on the international FIVB World Tour and 43 on the domestic AVP Tour. In 2007, they became the first American team to win the FIVB World Championship. In 2009, they set a single season record with nine World Tour titles. Between 2010-11, they won a record-setting 40 straight matches.

Rogers holds the distinction of being the only AVP player to have won at least one title every year from 2004-10. He was the tour’s Rookie of the Year in 1997 and a five-time Defensive Player of the Year.

He won the AVP’s Most Valuable Player award in 2006 and was named USA Volleyball’s Male Beach Volleyball Player of the Year in 2007.

His FIVB Tour awards include two-time Best Defensive Player and Most Inspirational Player.

Rogers was a soccer and volleyball standout at San Marcos High. He was a two-time All-CIF and All-Channel League honoree in soccer and team MVP as a senior.

In volleyball, he was the setter on a Royals team that won the CIF Division 1 Championship in 1991.

At UCSB, he played soccer and volleyball during his freshman year before focusing on volleyball. He earned All-American honors in 1995 and 1996.

He coached volleyball after graduation, working as an assistant with the boys’ team at Laguna Blanca School and with the UCSB mens’ team.