Kate Rodgers enters her second season with the men’s and women’s tennis teams as the program’s graduate assistant coach.

Rodgers, a Milford, Ohio native, was a four-year letterwinner at Ohio Dominican (2010). She was named to the American Mideast All-Conference team in 2008 and 2009, helping ODU reach the NAIA National Championships for the first time in school history in 2008 and again in 2009. Rodgers was also a two-time ITA Scholar Athlete.

Before returning to the Panther program, Rodgers served as an assistant tennis professional at Miami Hills Swim and Tennis Club. She also served as the Milford Junior High School girls tennis coach in 2010.

Rodgers is currently enrolled in the Masters of Education program at Ohio Dominican.