Roger Hoover is a sophomore in Journalism and Electronic Media. He graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School in Kingsport, Tenn., where he has lived all his life.

Hoover started his journalism career in August 2006, covering the  Volunteer football team before he began classes at Tennessee, working in the Internet Communications office of the UT Men's and Women's Athletic Departments. He has worked as a production assistant for nearly every video on the websites utsports.com and utladyvols.com since that time. He hosted the This Week in Lady Vol Land podcast for utladyvols.com during the 2006-07 school year covering every Lady Vol sport, including the National Champion basketball team. He also served as the play-by-play announcer for live video webcasts of Tennessee Lady Volunteer Volleyball in 2006 and 2007. This included announcing games in the 2006 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament. 

Hoover worked for the Vol Network in the spring of 2007, working as a feature reporter and producer for the Inside the Orange television program featuring spring UT sports. The show aired across the southeast, and was shown nationally on CSTV.

In 2007-08, Hoover's role has expanded at utsports.com and utladyvols.com. He is now the host of the Rocky Top Report, a weekly look at UT athletics on both websites. He also serves as the reporter for game reports following football and basketball games for the Vols and Lady Vols. In the fall, he served again as a play-by-play announcer for volleyball and women's soccer. This included games in the 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Hoover is currently working as a reporter for the Lady Vol Network on The Pat Summitt Show, the weekly television program for the Lady Vol basketball team and legendary head coach, Pat Summitt. He is the public address announcer for Tennessee Baseball this spring at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

 This summer, Hoover will join the Kingsport Mets as the first broadcaster in K-Mets history. The Mets are the rookie, Appalachaian League affiliate of the New York Mets. 

Hoover is a devout Chicago Cubs fan, in addition to being a student of the game. Hoover wants to go into baseball play-by-play announcing as a career, with the goal of making it to the Major Leagues.

He credits his mother and father for his love of baseball, due to their yearly commitment of taking him to Wrigley Field in Chicago, where they have witnessed many "beautiful days for a ballgame."