Lake Travis Coach Mike Rogers Gets 600th Win

 admin  |    Mar 25th, 2016

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Lake Travis Head Baseball Coach Mike Rogers picked up his 600th win as a Head Baseball Coach on March 12 in a 4-0 win over Buda Hays.  This is Coach Rogers 32nd year as a Head Baseball Coach and the 3rd Year at Lake Travis.  His teams have made the playoffs 27 times.

Lake Travis is Coach Rogers’ 5th team to Coach.  Previous teams and records were

Buna (1983 –1986)                             81-28
Port Arthur Jefferson (1987-1989)             47-27
Jasper (1992-2002)                             213-93
Alvin (2003-2013)                               193-133
Lake Travis (2014-Present)                     74-14 (Including 3/24 Game)

Coach Rogers took 2 years off from coaching in 1990-1991 when he and his wife Janet moved to Germany when Janet took a job with the Department of Defense.

He has taken Buda to the Regional Finals in 1984 and has taken Jasper (2002), Alvin (2008) and Lake Travis (2015) to the Regional Semi Finals.   Currently, Lake Travis is 16-1-1 overall and 6-0 in District and is ranked #8 in the THSB 6A State Poll.

Coach was selected as THSBCA All Star Coach in 2000 and in 2004 was selected as the Fox Southwest Coach That Makes A Difference.

Upon reflection of his 600th win, Coach Rogers stated “The 600 milestone is more about the great players and communities that I have had a chance to work with.  I have been blessed to work with several great Districts and Athletic Directors that have my job easier.  Of course, the greatest reward is the relationships you develop with the players.”

THSB congratulates Coach Rogers on this noteworthy accomplishment.