Alumni Feature | Kyle Rogers
The Crater Foundation Newsletter is once again proud to present a graduate of Crater High School making a difference. It is our pleasure to pen this article and update the many friends of 1995 graduate Kyle Rogers.
"I was blessed to have been raised in Central Point, attending District 6 schoolsK - 12 (Patrick, Scenic and Crater)," says Kyle. Now a resident of Denver, CO, Kyle expressed hope that his children have as positive a school experience as he enjoyed. Kyle remembers some teachers/coaches who were of particular importance in his life; Gary and Christy Taylor, Craig Siebenlist, Hans Smith, Larry Baker, Larry Ryerson, Dave Orr, Jay McRoberts, and Chet Bowser, among "too many to mention."
After graduating from Crater, Kyle attended one of America's most prestigious schools of higher learning, Dartmouth College (Ivy League - Hanover NH). He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Government, a minor in Environmental Studies, was a 4-year letterman on the football team at outside linebacker, and was Team Captain his senior year. "I was fortunate to play on an Ivy League championship team that was undefeated, in addition to two second-place finishes." In addition to athletics, Kyle was involved in his fraternity, Gamma Delta Chi; the Sphinx Senior Society; the Dartmouth Fellowship of Christian Athletes; and many volunteer groups. The highlight of Kyle's stay at Dartmouth was meeting "the love of my life and current wife", Ashley (Jones) Rogers. A pre-med student originally from Boulder, Colorado, Ashley graduated in 2000, one year after Kyle.
After graduation in 1999, Kyle relocated to New York City, joining the investment banking firm Goldman Sachs as a financial analyst. During his time in New York City Kyle lived near the World Trade Center. "It was devastating to see the World Trade Center, something I walked by every day while living in New York City, and many families and friends destroyed by the worst terrorist attack our country has seen." A year later, Kyle transferred to the Goldman Sachs office in the Sears Tower in Chicago. The move was made for three primary reasons: "(1) to be closer to Ashley, who had been admitted to medical school at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio; (2) to take on more responsibility in a senior financial analyst position; and (3) be close to the best baseball stadium on the planet, Wrigley Field."