Jose Rojas (racquetball)
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April 27, 1990 Stockton, California |
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| Residence | Stockton, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5'8" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Racquetball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Delta College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | No. 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jose Rojas (born April 27, 1990) is a professional racquetball player. Rojas's highest ranking is #3 on the International Racquetball Tour (IRT), which he was at the end of the 2011-12 season. At the end of the 2014-15 season, Rojas was #6, which was his sixth time in the IRT top 10 at season's end. Rojas has represented the USA several times in international competition, and been a gold medalist three times.
Rojas has two wins on the International Racquetball Tour (IRT). His latest was at the Kansas City Pro-Am in September 2013, when he defeated Rocky Carson in the final, 11-4, 11-5, 9-11, 3-11, 13-11, and more remarkably beat Kane Waselenchuk, in the semi-finals, 2-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-4, which was Waselenchuk's first loss in a complete match since January 2009.
Rojas's previous win was in February 2012 at the San Diego Open, when he beat Alvaro Beltran in the final. His only other finals appearance was at the 2013 New York City Pro-Am, which was a loss to Carson, 11-7, 11-9, 11-4.
Rojas had an impressive start to his pro career, as he made it through qualifying in his first IRT event: the 2008 Motorola IRT World Championships in Denver before losing to Alvaro Beltran in the Round of 16. Later that season, Rojas made the semi-finals at the 2009 California Open before losing to Rocky Carson in four games.
Rojas has been on Team USA six times. Most recently, Rojas competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, where he and Jansen Allen won gold in Men's Doubles by defeating Bolivians Conrrado Moscoso and Roland Keller in the final, 15-8, 15-5. He also was a silver medalist in Toronto in the Team competition.
Also, Rojas won gold in singles at the 2014 Pan American Championships by defeating Andres Parrilla of Mexico in the final, 15-4, 15-11, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where he also earned a silver medal in doubles with David Horn after losing the final to Mexicans Daniel De La Rosa and Edson Martinez, 14-15, 15-12, 11-1.
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