Welcome to the Official Site of Shaun Rogers
Shaun Rogers was born on July 22, 1985, in Baltimore, MD. He began group skating lessons at the age of eight in his hometown of Millersville, MD, after participating in a school skating party. Shaun trains in Newark, Delaware, and represents the University of Delaware Figure Skating Club.
For fun, Shaun likes to hang out with his friends, especially people from the rink, and play video games. His goals later in life are to become a coach, get a Psychology degree, and be a winning poker player.
Shaun received the Presidential Academic Excellence Award (1998) and John Hopkins Award for Academic Excellence in Mathematics (1999). His most prized possessions are his national medals, especially his 2000 U.S. novice gold medal.
Goals for 2009-10: To medal at my international competitions, make the podium at the U.S. Championships and make the World and/or Olympic team(s)
Profile
Name: Shaun Rogers
Country: United States
Date of birth: July 22, 1985
Place of birth: Baltimore, Md.
Height: 172 cm
Hometown: Millersville, Md.
Training Town: Newark, Delaware
Began skating at: 8 years old
Coach: Pamela Gregory, Ron Ludington, Vitali Popkov
Former Coach: Patricia Sylva
Choreographer: Pamela Gregory, Nathan Birch
Family: mother Joyce, father John, no siblings
Profession: Athlete, coaching, playing poker
Shaun's Blog: http://shaunrogers.blogspot.com/
Skating Facts
Favorite skating element: Triple Axel
Least favorite skating element: Triple Flip
Favorite off-ice part of training: Working Out
Least favorite part of training: Dance Class
Strong points: All the technical stuff
Role Models: Evgeni Plushenko, Kurt Browning
Fun Facts
Full name: Shaun Patrick Rogers
Shoe size: 9.5 US
Allergic to: Nothing that I know of...
Favorite colour: All shades of BLUE
Favorite food: Pizza, sushi and French fries
Least favorite food: Broccoli and cauliflower... to this day I can't eat it.
Favorite drinks: Green tea, Coke and Georgia Peach cocktails
Favorite TV-show: The Daily Show, South Park and Poker After Dark
Worst TV-show ever: Just about any teen drama on the WB or FOX
Favourite movies: Fight Club, Superbad and Religulous
Film you wish you hadn't seen: *lists about 90% of the chick flicks he's seen*
Favourite shop: Urban Outfitters
Favorite books: Heroin Diaries, The Dirt and The Rock Bible
Collects: Smurf figurines, poker chips, guitar picks
Most fun competition so far: Most fun competition was probably 2003 Junior Worlds in Norway...
Favourite skating memory: 2005 US Nationals first time on Live TV
Best show program: I'm kinda partial to my new one (Muse's cover of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"), I also like my old show program to the Goo Goo Doll's "Iris"
Your favourite programme: 2005 Matrix: Reloaded long program
Goal later in life: Become a coach, get a Psychology degree, be a winning poker player