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Joe Rogers
24  Joe Rogers
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Winter Haven, Fla.

High School:
Winter Haven

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 200

Position:
LHP

02/14/2012

John Denton Knights Insider: Media Day Provides Sounds of High Hopes for 2012

The UCF baseball team will take to the field on Friday night at 6:30 p.m.

01/31/2012

UCF's Rogers Earns Slot on NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List

This is the second-straight year Rogers has earned a spot on the list.

01/30/2012

John Denton Knights Insider: Q & A With Terry Rooney Part 2

Part Two of John Denton's Q & A with Terry Rooney

01/24/2012

UCF Opens 2012 at No. 21 in Baseball America's Preseason Top-25 Rankings

This is the first ranking in the preseason poll since 2001.

01/18/2012

UCF Baseball Fan Fest Presented by B2 Cafe a Great Success

The entire baseball team enjoyed meeting hundreds of fans.

2011
-Tied for second in UCF history with nine saves on the year
-Went 4-2 on the hill with a 4.79 ERA, striking out 38 and walking just 10 in 41.1 innings
-Appeared in 25 games, all from the pen
-Named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award Watch List during the preseason
-Struck out the final two batters for the save vs. UAB in the C-USA Championship (5/26)
-Nabbed the save with 1.1 innings and a strikeout at Stetson (5/17)
-Had three strikeouts and pitched the final 2.1 innings for the win at UAB (5/13)
-Received the win by tossing the final 3.2 innings, striking out four at FSU (5/7)
-Got the save in 1.1 scoreless innings vs. Houston (4/29)
-Worked the eighth, ninth and 10th innings for the win at Memphis (4/22)
-Struck out two in both the eighth and ninth innings to preserve the win over Florida (4/20)
-Blanked ECU (4/16) with a 2.0-inning save, striking out three and not walking a batter
-Picked up the win by sitting down all five batters he faced vs. Tulane (4/10) as UCF would score four in the ninth for the victory
-Allowed two runs on two hits in 4.0 innings of relief vs. USM (4/3)
-Saved both of UCF's wins at Rice (3/25, 27), going 1.1 innings in the opener and 2.1 frames in the series finale
-Pitched the final 2.0 innings without allowing a run for the save vs. Columbia (3/20)
-Got the save with 2.0 innings vs. Columbia (3/18), not allowing an earned run and striking out two
-Pitched a perfect ninth to secure his first save of 2011 vs. Maine (3/2)
-Went 1.1 scoreless innings to close out the win vs. Alabama (2/27)
-Tossed a scoreless inning with two strikeouts vs. Siena (2/20)

2010
-Named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
-Selected to the C-USA All-Freshman Team
-In his first year at the D-I level, amassed eight saves
-Went 4-2 on the hill with a team-best 4.50 ERA, making 23 appearances with three starts
-Struck out 43 in 48.0 innings, walking only 17
-Did not give up a run in his first five collegiate outings
-Held opponents to a .220 average with two outs
-Faced two batters and got three outs in a scoreless inning at Tulane (5/22)
-Hurled a perfect 10th for the win vs. JU (5/11)
-Saved the comeback win over Memphis (4/30) with 1.1 scoreless innings and two strikeouts
-Sat down all four batters he faced on 13 pitches for a save vs. B-CU (4/21)
-Needed five pitches to retire the only two batters he faced for the save vs. Rice (4/17)
-Struck out eight in two appearances at USM (4/9 and 4/11), and notched a 3.0-inning save in the series opener
-Hurled 6.1 innings of relief, striking out four in game two with UAB (4/3)
-Secured the save with a 1.1-inning outing with two strikeouts vs. B-CU (3/30)
-Nabbed the two-inning save at Houston (3/26)
-Worked 5.0 innings without allowing an earned run in a win over Presbyterian (3/21), surrendering just three hits and no walks
-Earned the win at Stetson with 2.1 innings of relief (3/17)
-Only gave up one earned run with four strikeouts in 2.1 innings in first start vs. Hartford (game two 3/13)
-Struck out the side in a perfect ninth vs. CMU (3/7)
-Delivered 2.0 scoreless innings with four strikeouts for the save vs. Duquesne (3/2)
-Flawless vs. Siena (2/27), pitching the 11th and 12th innings with four strikeouts for the win
-Successfully converted first save opportunity, striking out a pair vs. Savannah State (2/21)
-In UCF debut, hurled a perfect ninth inning with two strikeouts vs. Savannah State (2/20)

Prior to UCF
-Competed for coach David Saliba at Winter Haven High School and was a teammate of fellow UCF signee Austin Johnston
-Selected to the 2009 Florida Class 5A All-State Third Team
-Pitched in the 2009 Polk County East-West Senior All-Star Game
-Worked a no-hitter with 20 strikeouts in a win over Lake Gibson March 3, 2009, marking a school record for strikeouts in a game
-Was the winning pitcher in a regional semifinal victory over George Jenkins in the 2008 5A state tournament
-Struck out 40 in 32 innings and was 2-0, earning honorable mention all-county as a junior
-Member of the Chet Lemon's Juice 2008 AAU national championship team

Personal
-Born Feb. 18, 1991
-Son of Michael and Ruth Ann Rogers
-Has one sister, Brooke
-Undecided on a major

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