Hall of Fame
Wendy A. Rogers shined on the hardwood at Eastern Connecticut State University from 1989-92, helping guide the Warriors to three 20-win seasons and a pair of NCAA Division III Final Four appearances. Eastern Connecticut played for the Little East Conference tournament title and qualified for the NCAA tournament in each of her three seasons while compiling an overall record of 67-17 that included a 26-4 mark in conference play.
The point guard was a three-time all-LEC selection, earning first-team honors her junior and seniors years, during which she totaled 1,003 points, 452 assists and 214 steals, and was later named to the LEC’s 25th Anniversary Team.
Rogers was named the 1992 LEC Championship Tournament Most Outstanding Player after leading the Warriors to their first-ever LEC tournament crown with a 58-54 triumph over Southern Maine, which had won each of the Conference’s first five tournament championships. She went on to be named to the NCAA Division III All-Tournament Team as Eastern Connecticut advanced to the Final Four for the second time in as many years and finished the year with an overall record of 25-6, which at the time was the program record for wins in a season.
The Warriors posted an overall record of 22-6 during Rogers junior season in 1990-91, and claimed their first LEC regular season title with a league mark of 9-1. She helped guide Eastern Connecticut to the program’s first DIII Final Four appearance that year, which saw the Warriors defeat Washington-St. Louis 83-74 in the Third-Place game after falling to eventual national champion St. Thomas (Minn.) in the national semifinals.
Rogers still holds the program record for career assists per game (5.4), and capped her playing days as the program’s leader in career three-point field goals made (98) and three-points field goal percentage (.380). She finished her collegiate career ranked second at Eastern Connecticut in career assists and fourth in career steals. She remains in the top-10 in program history of each of these categories.
Following her playing career, Rogers became a physical education teacher and high school coach before spending a decade in collegiate athletic administration and coaching, with stops at Regis College, Knox College and Salem State University.