- August 30, 2024
Swimming & Diving Signs AJ Rogers for 2024-25
RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros head swimming & diving coach Betsy Graham announced on Tuesday the addition of sophomore mid-distance and IM swimmer AJ Rogers for the 2024-25 season.
Rogers is transferring in from Asbury University where she earned top three finishes in the 100 free, 200 free, 500 free, and the 200-medley relay in her freshman year.
Rogers consistently improved her times throughout the year ending the season with personal bests in the 100 and 200 free to finish 10th and 11th, respectively, at the Liberal Arts Conference Championship.
Rogers, a Portland, Texas native, has competed in the Valley on several occasions in not only the pool but the beach as well. Competing in the Texas Gulf Surfing Association, Rogers won the 2022-23 Texas State Surfing Championship in the junior women’s division in South Padre Island.
Rogers was a three-time points state champion as she ended the 2021-22 season as the overall points leader for the women’s division and ended the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons as the overall points leader for the junior women’s division.
“We are pleased that AJ is joining us,” Graham said. “As a transfer, she will bring experience and add depth to our middle distance and IM group.”
Rogers joins Madiana Lofgren, Manou Meulebeek, Delaney Murphy, Ida Rudelius, Chloe Siegrist, Annaleagh Stahl, and Olivia Votava as part of this year’s signing class.