Player Spotlight: Brandon Rogers
Year: Junior
Hometown: Turlock, CA
Major: Liberal Studies with a minor in Secondary Education
Highlights:
- Lead the YSCC and USCAA in rebounding with 12.2 rebounds per game
- Averaged 19 points per game
- Dean’s List
- Rising Scholar
Coming off of an impressive first season in the Yankee Small College Conference, co-captain Brandon Rogers will continue to make an incredible impact on this Moose squad. "Brandon has a heart the size of the Grand Canyon, the leaping ability of Mt. Washington and the determination to lead UMA to the top of the YSCC," boasts Head Coach Jim Ford on his second year player. Rogers was selected by Coach Ford to lead this team as a co-captain with teammates Keith Chesley and Garrett Alley. Brandon will help show the incoming student-athletes the importance of academics and athletics.
Favorite class so far at UMA: Brandon has really enjoyed BIO 104; Introduction to Nutrition.
What he likes most about UMA: Brandon really likes the small knit community that UMA has to offer. He also loves the basketball program here.
Brandon’s mentor: “My parents and grandfather. They always are there for me, giving me wisdom in my day to day life.”