| Ben Rogers |
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 | Class: Senior
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 | Hometown: Kingsport, Tenn.
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 | High School: Dobyns-Bennett
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 | Height / Weight: 6-1 / 165
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FALL 2006: Began the fall season ranked 10th in doubles with Adam Hubble ...
Advanced to the championship match of the Middle Tennessee Fall Invitational
were he fell to teammate Davey Sandgren ... Teamed up with Hubble to defeat
eighth-ranked Daniel and Nathan Byrnes of Oklahoma State in the first round of
the main draw at the Polo Ralph Lauren All-American Championships ... Played six
ranked singles opponents in the fall after only playing two ranked players the
first three years of his career.
2006 -- JUNIOR: Named to 2006 SEC Good Works Team ... Went 10-6 with Adam Hubble
at the No. 1 position in the doubles lineup ... Began the spring season ranked
37th in doubles with teammate Kaden Hensel ... Advanced to quarterfinals of SEC
Coaches' Indoor Championships with Hensel ... Won first two SEC matches of the
season against LSU and Arkansas ... Entered doubles rankings at No. 14 on March
7 with partner Adam Hubble ... Won at No. 1 doubles with Hubble 9-8 over
Florida's Nestor Briceno and Stefan Tell to clinch the doubles point as the
Vols went on to defeat 5th-ranked Florida 4-3 ... Clinched UT's win over
Mississippi State with win over Ryan Farlow at No. 6 singles 6-4, 6-2 ...
Defeated 50th-ranked Strahinja Bobusic of Georgia 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 at No. 5
singles ... Along with doubles partner Hubble is one of 32 duos to be selected
for the NCAA doubles championships ... Fell in first round of doubles
championships to North Carolina's fourth-seeded duo of Raian Luchici and Brad
Pomeroy 6-4, 6-3 ... Ended the season ranked 37th in doubles with Hubble.
2005 -- SOPHOMORE: Teamed with fellow sophomore Ockie Oosthuizen to win their
first nine matches of the fall and win the doubles championship at the
Southern Intercollegiate Championships ... Started the spring ranked No. 16 in
doubles eventually rose to the No. 5 ranking on Feb. 22 ... Played No. 1 doubles
in every SEC match going 7-4 ... Finished the season 29-12 in doubles with
Oosthuizen, which places them fourth in wins in a season in the Tennessee
record books ... Appeared in two SEC dual-matches in the singles lineup, posting
a win over Andrei Nicoara of Arkansas ... Finished the season with an overall
singles record of 5-13.
2004 -- FRESHMAN: A mid-term enrollee who graduated high school early and
enrolled at Tennessee prior to the spring semester ... Made his Tennessee
debut at the SEC Men's Coaches' Indoor Championships ... Clinched Tennessee's
home win over UT-Martin ... Teamed with fellow freshman Ockie Oosthuizen in
the spring doubles lineup, and the pair compiled an 8-6 overall record
(including a 7-3 SEC mark and a seven-match unbeaten streak from March 19 to
April 18) ... His 6-6 singles record was highlighted by a 6-3, 6-1 win over
Juan Escalante in the Vols' opening-round victory over Wichita State in the
NCAA tournament.
PRIOR TO TENNESSEE: Attended Oak Ridge High School in Oak Ridge, Tenn., from
2000-02, and Dobyns-Bennett High School in Kingsport, Tenn., from 2002-2004
... 2003 Boys' 18s USTA rankings include a No. 2 ranking in the state of
Tennessee, a No. 5 Southern section ranking and a national ranking of No. 31
... Reached the Boys' 18s doubles quarterfinals (with partner Nathan Sachs) at
the USTA Super National Clay Court Championships July 2003 in Louisville, Ky.
... Won the Boys' 18s singles title at the 2003 Peach State Junior Classic in
Peachtree City, Ga. ... Reached the Boys' 18s singles final at the 2003
Columbus Indoor Championships in Columbus, Ohio ... Led Dobyns-Bennett to
TSSAA Class AAA district, regional and state championships in 2003 ... Won the
2003 District 1-AAA singles title and reached the semifinals of the TSSAA
state singles tournament ... Named 2003 Team MVP and earned 2003 All-Big 7
Conference honors ... Coached by Steve Annacone (brother of former Vols
All-America Paul Annacone) at the Smoky Mountain Tennis Academy in Knoxville.
PERSONAL: Plays with a Babolat Pure Control Zylon racquet ... Academic major:
Business management ... Parents: Tom and Jenny Rogers ... Full name: Benjamin
Emory Rogers ... Born Feb. 7, 1986 in Spartanburg, S.C.
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