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2019 Softball Roster

Aaron C Packard/USD

23 Jessica Rogers

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Southwest HS
  • Hometown Lincoln, Neb.

Biography

2019
First-team all-Summit honoree for the third consecutive season … finished a fantastic four-year career with the third-most home runs (34) and fifth-most RBIs (129) … started 56 of 61 games including 40 starts at catcher and 16 as designated player … hit .271 (42-for-155) with eight doubles, nine home runs and 38 RBIs … also drew 20 free passes for an on-base percentage of .343 … hit .388 with a team-high three homers and totaled 14 RBIs in Summit League play … hit .354 with seven homers and a team-leading 26 RBIs over the second half of the season … became the seventh player in program history to reach 100 career RBIs in a 2-0 win against 2018 NCAA Tournament participant Albany (2/22) … was 3-for-6 with two home runs in a doubleheader sweep of North Dakota (4/13), then came back with a 3-for-3 effort with two doubles as USD won again (4/14) … the performance earner her Summit Player of the Week honors (4/15) … came right back with a 3-for-6 effort and a homer in a doubleheader sweep of UMKC (4/16) … had four hits including a first-inning grand slam (third of her career) and a two-run double in a win against South Dakota State that clinched a first-round bye and the No. 2 seed for South Dakota (5/3) … the home run was her 32nd, placing her alone in third place all-time on USD’s list … was 5-for-8 in the three games against the Jacks and took the final Summit Player of the Year award, the sixth of her career … hit a three-run homer in the first inning of USD’s 10-1 win against North Dakota State in the winner’s bracket of the Summit League Tournament (5/10) … was named to the Summit League’s All-Tournament Team after going 4-for-12 with two home runs and four RBIs during the tournament ... NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete … made the Summit League honor roll.
 
2018
NFCA All-Region honoree … earned first-team all-Summit League honors for the second consecutive season … one of nine players named to the academic all-Summit League team … voted Offensive Player of the Year by her teammates … was the runner-up for Summit League Player of the Year … tied a Summit record by receiving four Player of the Week awards during the season … played in 54 of 55 games and made 49 starts including 42 at catcher and seven at first base … blasted 15 home runs, the second-most in program history and the seventh-most in Summit history … hit .376 with a team-high 45 RBIs, second-most in the Summit and ninth-most in program history … hit .415 with six home runs and 18 RBIs in 14 Summit League games …  led the Summit with a .927 slugging percentage in league play and with a .759 slugging percentage overall, third-highest in program history … led the nation with 11 home runs in the month of March and her 32 RBIs in that month ranked second nationally … led the Midwest Region in homers and all catchers in the region in batting average and RBIs, numbers that ranked sixth and fourth, respectively, amongst all players in the region … scored 29 runs, laced seven doubles and added a triple … defensively, threw out 12 would-be base stealers and also had a pickoff … had 13 multi-hit games including four games with two home runs … led the team with 13 multi-RBI games including five RBIs in a win against Omaha (3/22) … had two grand slams … was 4-for-4 with a game-winning double and two RBIs in a win against San Diego (3/9) … made the Summit League honor roll.

2017
First team all-Summit League honoree after batting .404 (25-for-59) in Summit League play and a team-high .346 (54-for-156) overall … finished third in the Summit’s batting title chase … one of five Coyotes who played in and started all 54 games, including 51 starts at catcher, two starts as designated player, and one start in right field … had nine doubles, one triple and four home runs … drove in 28 runs and scored 21 times … had 16 multi-hit games including a 4-for-5 effort with four RBIs against Bethune-Cookman (3/4), and a 4-for-5 mark with two doubles in a Summit League Tournament win against Omaha (5/10) … hit .429 (24-for-56) during the final 17 games of the season with eight extra base hits and 12 RBIs … threw out nine on the bases and picked off two more … finished a home run shy of the cycle in leading the Coyotes past Texas Tech in Colorado (5/6) … made the Summit League honor roll.

2016
Played in 50 of 53 games and earned 44 starts, including 41 at catcher … hit .239 (32-for-134) with six home runs, 18 RBIs and 18 runs scored … also had nine doubles … hit in the three spot 26 times … started as the designated player in the season opener against Long Beach State (2/12) … first collegiate hit was a home run in game two against nationally-ranked Washington (2/13) … had six multi-hit games, including a 3-for-4 effort with four RBIs against South Dakota State (5/6) … drew 12 walks and had an on-base percentage of .315 – fourth-highest on the team … slugged .440, which was third-highest on the team … hit .292 in Summit League play … made the Summit League honor roll.

Prep
Hit an incredible .706 during her junior year at Gering High School and struck out once in 101 at bats ... transferred to Lincoln Southwest High School prior to senior year ... batted .474 with seven home runs and 43 RBIs for the Silver Hawks this past season ... named first-team Super State ... hit three home runs in one game during her senior year to set a Class A record ... also played basketball in high school ... has played softball for both the Torrington Twisters and Quakes Gold AAU teams ... was named to the National Junior Honor Society in 2011 ... three-time honoree on the Principal's Honor Roll.

Personal
Daughter of Lance and Shari Rogers ... criminal justice major.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2016Freshman

    UT
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    2017Sophomore

    C
    5'9"
    23
  • 23

    2018Junior

    C
    5'9"
    23
  • 23

    2019Senior

    C
    5'9"
    23