Shawnta Rogers

Shawnta Rogers
ÉS Chalon-sur-Saône
Point guard
Personal information
Date of birth	January 5, 1976 (1976-01-05) (age 36)
Place of birth	Baltimore, Maryland
Nationality	American
High school	Lake Clifton, Baltimore
Listed height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Career information
College	George Washington
NBA Draft	1999 / Not drafted
Pro career	1999–present
Career history
Baltimore Bayrunners, Le Mans Sarthe Basket, ASVEL Villeurbanne, Pallacanestro Cantù, Ignis Castelletto Ticino, Dexia Mons-Hainaut, Chalon, Hyères-Toulon, Rouen
Career highlights and awards
1999 Atlantic 10 Player of the Year 1999 Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award 2001 All Star LNB Pro A 2002 All Star LNB Pro A
Stats at NBA.com

Shawnta Rogers (born January 5, 1976) is an American professional basketball player and former star at The George Washington University of the Atlantic 10 Conference. He attended Lake Clifton High School in Baltimore, Maryland, where he was born. A 5' 4" (1.63 m) point guard, Rogers was named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year in 1999. He also won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, for the best NCAA player under 6 feet, in 1999. He also led men's college basketball in steals that year. In 2011, Rogers was named to GW's Athletics Hall of Fame.^[1]

After college

Rogers was selected by the Rockford Lightning in the 6th round (#47 pick overall) of 1999 CBA Draft.

Rogers began his pro career with the Baltimore Bayrunners of the IBL for the 99-00 season, then played for many successful European teams. He played at Le Mans Sarthe Basket in the Ligue Nationale de Basketball Pro A, the top league in France, from 2000-03, where he was an All-Star twice. He then moved to ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne (Pro A) in 2003-04, Pallacanestro Cantù in Italy in 2004-2005, Basket Draghi Novara also in Italy in 2005-06, Dexia Mons-Hainaut in Belgium and again Le Mans in 2006-07, and ÉS Chalon-sur-Saône (Pro A) in 2007-2008. In 2008-2009 he played for Hyeres-Toulon in France, and in 2009-2010 for SPO Rouen Basket, also in France.

He appeared multiple times in the ULEB Cup and the Euroleague.

NCAA Division I men's basketball season steals leaders

1986: Brittman 1987: Fairley 1988: Ware 1989: Robertson 1990: McMahon 1991: Usher 1992: Snipes 1993: Kidd 1994: Griggs 1995: Anderson 1996: P. Williams 1997: Hoover 1998: Wells 1999: Rogers 2000: C. Williams 2001: Daniels 2002: Cambridge 2003: McMillan 2004: Green 2005: Trotter 2006: Smith 2007: T. Holmes 2008: Gibson 2009: C. Holmes 2010: Threatt 2011: Nelson

Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award winners

Male winners	1969: Keller 1970: Rinka 1971: C. Johnson 1972: Martin 1973: Sherwin 1974: M. Robinson 1975: Towe 1976: Alagia 1977: Jonas 1978: Schieb 1979: Byrd 1980: Sweeney 1981: Adolph 1982: Moore 1983: McCallum 1984: Stokes 1985: B. Jennings 1986: Les 1987: Bogues 1988: J. Johnson 1989: Hardaway 1990: Harvey 1991: K. Jennings 1992: Bennett 1993: Crawford 1994: G. Brown 1995: Edney 1996: Benton 1997: Knight 1998: Boykins 1999: Rogers 2000: Penn 2001: Phillips 2002: Logan 2003: Gardner 2004: Nelson 2005: N. Robinson 2006: D. Brown 2007: Kelley 2008: Green 2009: Collison 2010: Collins 2011: Pullen

Female winners	1984: Mulkey 1985: Stack 1986: Ethridge 1987: Windham 1988: McConnell 1989: Backstrom 1990: Dabrowski 1991: S. Evans 1992: Kosiorek 1993: D. Evans 1994: Levesque 1995: Dodrill 1996: Rizzotti 1997: Howard 1998: Arnold 1999: Hammon 2000: Darling 2001: Ivey 2002: Lambert 2003: Lawson 2004: Valek 2005: White 2006: Duffy 2007: Harding 2008: Anderson 2009: Montgomery 2010: Gray-Lawson 2011: Vandersloot