EDINBURG, Texas- The University of Texas Pan American Athletic Department was sad to learn of the passing of Bronc basketball legend Marshall Rogers on June 15th. He was 57.
Rogers was perhaps the most prolfiic scorer in Bronc basketball history. Rogers still holds several UTPA records to this day including single season scoring (919,1975-76 season), single season points per game (36.8, 1975-76 season) and single season field goals made (361, 1975-75 season). Rogers also holds four of the top-10 single game scoring marks in Bronc history. Rogers scored 58 points, the Broncs all-time single game record for points in a game, versus Texas Lutheran College on February 16th, 1976.
Rogers scoring average of 36.8 points per game in the 1975-75 season was the top scoring mark in all of NCAA Division I. The Broncs were 20-5 that season under head coach Abe Lemons. During his two years at PAU the Broncs were a combined 42-7. Rogers and Greg Guy are the only Broncs to ever win a national scoring title.
Below you will find a collection of stories written or presented about the late Marshall Rogers.
KRGV-TV - Dave Brown former Voice of the Broncs
St. Louis Post-Dispatch- Michael Sorkin
The Monitor - Peter Rasmussen
St. Louis American - Earl Austin Jr.