Doug Rogers

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Volunteer Assistant

Doug Rogers enters his 12th season as a Dixie State softball assistant coach. Rogers will continue to throw batting practice and help with the everyday operations of the softball program.

The 2019 season saw the Trailblazers post a 42-13 overall record and make their 11th consecutive NCAA Division II Regional appearance. Dixie State finished its debut season in the Rocky Mountain Athletic conference with a 31-9 record, taking the No. 3 seed into the conference tournament. DSU notched a 5-1 record at the tournament to claim its first-ever tournament championships. The Trailblazers posted three wins, including two victories over No. 1 seed and host Colorado Mesa, on championship Saturday to claim the title and advance to the NCAA Division II South Central Regionals in Commerce, Texas.

The 2018 season started off with a school record 20 straight wins to open the season.  With an overall record of 42-10 DSU matched the third highest win total in school history.  With a PacWest conference record of 24-8, DSU set school records in walks drawn (214),and fewest errors in a season (47).  The Trailblazers also hit led the PacWest in overall team batting average for a fifth consecutive year and seventh year overall since joining the conference.

Qualifying for the NCAA Regionals for a West Region leading tenth consecutive time, DSU again swept the NCAA Regional 1 on the road, this year held at Concordia Irvine.  They defeated Cal State San Bernardino 5-4 and Concordia Irvine twice, 3-2 on Friday and 4-3 on Saturday to advance to the NCAA Super Regionals for the fourth time in five years.  Dixie State hosted NCAA Super Regionals  against top ranked Chico State.  DSU fell to Chico State 6-0 on the first day.  The Trailblazers then responded to defeat Chico in game two 5-2, but dropped the West Region championship game by a score of 4-3 to put an end to a great season.

2017 was another strong year for Dixie State softball. With an overall record of 42-14 DSU posted the third highest win total in school history. Finishing second in the PacWest with a 24-8 conference record, DSU set school records in walks drawn (197), walks given up (98) and stolen bases (135). Qualifying for the NCAA Regionals for a West Region leading ninth consecutive time, DSU swept the NCAA Regional 1 held at CSU Monterey Bey defeating Sonoma State 5-4, Western Washington 5-0 and Sonoma State 7-4 to advance to the NCAA Super Regionals for the third time in four years. DSU fell to top ranked Humboldt State 3-2 in 8 innings on the first day. DSU dropped game two of the Super Regional 8-6 to Humboldt to end their 2017 post season run.

Replacing seven seniors for the 2016 season proved to be quite a challenge but one that DSU took on with an excellent mix of incoming talent and experienced players who had been in the CWS each of the two previous seasons. DSU finished second n the PacWest with a 24-8 conference record, hit a conference best .335 as a team and rounded out the year with the fifth highest win total in the DII era, with a 36-15 overall record. The 2016 team also earned their eighth consecutive trip to the NCAA Regionals.

2015 was another record setting season for Dixie State. A slow 6-5 start, followed by an incredible 46-3 finish, earned DSU a program best 52-8 overall record. DSU powered to a PacWest Conference best 31-1 record for a third consecutive conference title. As a team, Dixie State led the PacWest conference in team batting average, ERA and fielding percentage.

Earning the right to host both the NCAA West Regional and Super Regional rounds on their home field, DSU went undefeated through both weekends to earn their second consecutive NCAA Division II West Region championship and earned their third overall trip to the NCAA Division II College World Series in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Dixie State started the CWS impressively, winning 1-0 over Cal (Pa.) in the first round, 2-0 over Adelphi in the second round, and 10-6 over Cal (Pa.) in the semi final round to earn the program’s first (and Dixie State Athletic department’s first) trip to the national championship game. After winning its first eight 2015 postseason games the impressive run would end in disappointment, as Dixie State fell to North Georgia 5-0 in the national title game.

The 2014 season was a historic season, in fact the best season in Dixie State’s softball history up to that point. They went 51-10, won a second consecutive PacWest conference championship and earned a sixth consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament. Hosting and winning the West Region championship earned DSU its second trip to the NCAA Division II National Championships in Salem, Virginia. A 2-2 record at the national tournament earned Dixie State its highest finish in school history with a 3^rd place finish.   A 2-1 semi-final loss to No. 1 West Texas A&M ended their season, but they set records for wins in a season (51) and consecutive wins (27). They also posted the highest batting average in the NCAA at .365.

In 2013, DSU took another step forward, finishing with a 40-14 record, earning the right to host the NCAA Sub Regional and fell just short of a trip to the Super Regionals losing in the West Sub Regional finals. The Storm shared the PacWest title, going 25-7 in the league.

In 2012 the softball program reached the NCAA Regionals for their fourth consecutive year and played for the NCAA West Region Championship before falling to the NCAA National runner up. The team finished with a 38-13 record and clinched the PacWest Conference automatic berth to the NCAA Regionals with the #3 seed in the West Regionals. The Red Storm softball program also set a new team record with 14 consecutive wins during the season as well as setting a new road games record of 16 wins as well as a record of only 3 losses on the road. The team also set a new record of most wins since joining the PacWest Conference with 26 conference wins.

The 2011 season saw the Red Storm earn their third consecutive trip to the NCAA Regionals and the programs first ever PacWest Conference Co-Championship title since joining the PacWest and NCAA in 2008. The team finished with a 33-14 record as well as landing thier first ever NCAA All-American while finishing with the sixth best team batting average in the NCAA DII record book for the 2011 season.

In 2010, Coach Rogers helped lead the Red Storm to a 39-14 overall record and a second consecutive NCAA Regionals appearance where the Red Storm came up one run short in the Championship game. The team finished first in the NCAA DII ranks in team batting average (.371) and fourth in the nation in slugging percentage (.553) and seventh in scoring (7.53) per game while only having one senior on the roster. The team also opened with their highest ranking ever at #4 in the polls to start the season.

In 2009, Rogers helped to guide the Dixie State College pitching staff to a combined ERA of 2.01, with an overall record of 41-13. The pitching staff held opponents to a batting average of .229 with 250 strikeouts in 361.1 innings of work. The team also finished with a final No. 6 national ranking and a NCAA College World Series appearance.

A native of St. George, UT, and a Dixie High alumni, Rogers has coached numerous little league and high school programs and helped in the development and construction of many of the local area sports facilites, including the new Dixie State College softball two story clubhouse.

Rogers states "I have been so blessed to be around a great program and a bunch of great players who are and always will be a part of my life. I have treasured every moment here and will be around as long as they will keep me here."

Coach Rogers has seven children and twenty three grandchildren and is married to Rosalee Rogers where they reside in St. George.