Todd Rogers

American volleyball player, gold medalist of the 2008 Olympics

Famous athlete, outstanding volleyball player, repeated medalist and winner of prestigious competitions. Todd plays beach volleyball for the United States of America. His partner at the moment is friend and comrade, Phil Dalhausser. Together they have had great success on the international stage.

Bio notes

Todd Rogers was born on September 30, 1973 in Santa Barbara, California to David and Heidi Rogers. Todd has a younger brother, Dean. The volleyball player is married to Melissa Masonheimer. The athlete has two children, daughter Hannah (age 9) and son Nate (age 7).

From an early age, Rogers was passionate about sports. In particular, his main hobby was volleyball, in which he was very successful. He studied at San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara, California. He graduated successfully in 1991.

Todd soon turned his full attention to beach volleyball. Rogers trained hard in order to reach his goal and become a professional player. In 1997 he made his professional debut. At that time Todd’s partner was Dax Holdren. Together they successfully performed and amazed most fans.

Beach Beginnings:

Began his career teamed with Dax Holdren, winning eight titles in seven seasons.

In 2000 in Mexico, won his first Gold Medal on the FIVB Tour with Holdren as the 32nd seed. Named AVP Rookie of the Year in 1997.

College:

Attended University of California Santa Barbara where he played for Ken Preston. Todd earned All-American volleyball honors (1995 and 1996). Holds the school record for career digs (783) and is second on the season-best list with 246. Ranks second all-time in assists (4,831), ninth in total blocks (270) and eighth in block assists (222).

High School:

Attended San Marcos High School in Goleta, California where Todd played with Dax Holdren for Jon Lee. Won the League Championship and CIF Division I Championship in his senior year, 1991. Todd set a 5-1, and was named Channel League MVP. In 1990 Todd and Dax (then a senior) set a 6-2. Won the League Championship and made it to the CIF semis in 1990.

Personal:

Holds a degree in Religious Studies and a minor in coaching from UCSB, where he was the assistant men's volleyball coach from 2000 to 2005. Enjoys soccer, reading sci-fi books and hiking. Is married to wife Melissa and has a daughter Hannah and a son Nate.

Todd Roger's tournaments

At their first tournament, Rogers and his partner finished in 9th place, earning honorable mentions and having a lot of fun competing. In the next two seasons, Todd and Dax never got their first competitive win. Success came in 2000. It was one of the key moments in the career of the American volleyball player.

2004–2008

In 2001 Todd started to play with his new teammate Sean Scott. 2004 was not a successful year — Rodgers and his partner couldn’t make it to the Olympics in Athens. However, 2005 was more successful than any year before. Out of seven tournaments in which Todd competed, he distinguished himself in six and managed to get into the top ten. This demonstrated an incredible stability of the athlete. By the way — since 2005 Rogers began working with his current partner, Dalhausser.

2006 was marked by the first victory for the volleyball player at the world championship in Switzerland. Out of six tournaments in the year, Todd and Phil’s pair won several silver and bronze medals, as well as one gold medal. In the 2008 season Rogers and his partner won the Olympic Qualifiers and several prestigious volleyball tournaments in France and Russia.

Todd Rogers played his last match of his professional career on July 17, 2016 in the United States at Manhattan Beach. It only took Todd four years to win his first professional tournament. It took him 6 years to win his first World Tour gold medal.

When Todd played the last match of his professional career Saturday at the Manhattan Beach Open, it was as if he could look back on his career, and there’s plenty to remember: 80 tournament victories and, of course, Olympic gold.

End of career

Rogers, at 42, announced the end of his career at a special ceremony that was held in his honor between tournament matches in Manhattan. He won that legendary tournament three times in a row from 2006 to 2008.

In a special tribute video, all of his partners with whom he played expressed their gratitude for their time with him. After all, they had gained invaluable experience from performing with Rogers on the same pair. Todd thanked everyone for their kind words and said he was lucky to play with so many great players in his life.

Rodgers’ greatest success comes during his time with Dalhausser, which began in 2005. Their first win came at the 2006 FIVB tournament in Klagenfurt, Austria, when they beat the Brazilian pair of Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos.

In 2008 Rogers and Dalhausser won the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. In 2012 at the London Olympics, Dalhausser’s unfortunate injury prevented him from winning gold.

Rogers’ nickname “The Professor” spoke for himself, for everyone and for himself he was a coach and could discover all the strengths of his partners Dalhausser, Daugherty, Brunner.

Throughout 2010, Rogers and Dahlhauser won 12 World Tour tournaments, and they were in the final four of each tournament. Rogers finishes his career with 24 World Tour championship wins and has been named the World Tour’s top defender four times.

Awards

• AVP Best Defender 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• AVP Crocs Cup Champion 2007 (Phil Dalhausser), 2008 (Phil Dalhausser)
• AVP Most Valuable Player of 2006
• AVP Rookie of the Year 1997
• AVP Team of the Year 2007 (Phil Dalhausser), 2008 (Phil Dalhausser) 2006, 2007, 2008 FIVB Most Inspirational Defender of the Year
• FIVB Most Inspirational 2008
• Best Setter FIVB 2005

2014 Schedule

Todd Rogers and Theo Brunner began their 2014 season at the NORCECA event in the Cayman Islands.

Todd and Theo won the event.

FINAL: Todd Rogers-Theo Brunner USA def. William Montgomery-Stafford Slick USA, 2-0: 21-12, 21-18

2014 FIVB Swatch World Tour Schedule (subject to changes)

2014 AVP Schedule (subject to changes)

2013 Schedule

2013 FIVB Swatch World Tour Schedule , Map (subject to changes)

2013 AVP Schedule (subject to changes)

2012 Schedule

Jan. 28-29 Sao Paulo, Brazil — exhibition

Feb. 25 Grand Rapids, Michigan — exhibition

2012 FIVB Swatch World Tour Schedule (subject to changes)

Career

1. 78 Individual Career Wins (Most of any active US male, 6th All-time) 54 USA, 24 International
2. $2,063,969 Individual Career Earnings (4th All-time)
3. $2,792,490
4. Team Career Earnings with Phil Dalhausser (2nd All-time, #1- $2,900,100 Karch Kiraly/Kent Steffes )
5. 65 Team Wins with Phil Dalhausser (3rd All-time, #1 — 114 Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos)

AVP Awards

• AVP Best Defensive Player 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004
• AVP Crocs Cup Champion 2009, 2008, 2007 (with Phil Dalhausser)
• AVP Team of the Year 2009, 2008, 2007 (with Phil Dalhausser)
• AVP Most Valuable Player 2006
• AVP "God of the Beach" 2006
• AVP Rookie of the Year 1997

FIVB Awards

• Best Defensive Player 2010, 2008, 2007, 2006
• FIVB Most Inspirational 2008
• FIVB Best Setter 2005
• FIVB Team of the Year 2010 (with Phil Dalhausser)
• FIVB Tour Champion 2010 (with Phil Dalhausser)

Phil Dalhausser

USA Professional Beach Volleyball Player (AVP, FIVB, Olympic Qualification)

Bio Bits:

Dalhausser enjoyed a break-out year in 2006, winning eight AVP tournaments with Todd Rogers along with an FIVB Grand Slam event in Austria. He was named the Most Improved Player by both the AVP and FIVB, and in a testament to his all-around game, was selected as the AVP's Best Offensive Player (for the second straight season) as well as the FIVB's Best Blocker.

Had played only four events with players other than Nick Lucena before the 2006 season. They were the lowest seeded team (16th) to defeat the top-ranked team of 2004, Karch Kiraly and Mike Lambert, when they beat them in Hermosa Beach. Played in five qualifiers in 2003, but their seventh-place finish to start the 2004 season enabled them to make the main draw ever since.

In Austin in 2005 he registered his first title ever, winning three matches in the contender's bracket and defeating each of the top three seeds in the tournament. Led the Tour in blocks in 2005 (405) and was sixth in kill percentage (.588). Dalhausser led the AVP in 2006 in blocks (2.56 per game), hitting percentage (.481) and kill percentage (.627), while ranking fifth in aces (.62 per game). In 2005 he was the most popular men's player in the AVP Fantasy Beach Volleyball Contest.

Dalhausser was born in Switzerland, where he lived for one year. His father is German and his mother is Swiss. Has one brother, and his father is his role model. He didn't start playing volleyball until his senior year in high school, where he played basketball and tennis. "Federalie" received a business degree from University of Central Florida, playing on the club team there.

Favorite Movie: Gangs of New York...
Favorite Band: Led Zepplin...
Favorite Show: SportsCenter...
Favorite Meal: Steak and potatoes

If you weren't playing professional volleyball, what would you be doing?
I would probably be sitting behind a computer crunching numbers