Victor Rojas, an ESPN broadcaster and the head baseball coach at Hastings College, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, he revealed in a social media post Thursday.
“A week ago, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer,” Rojas wrote in a statement posted to X. “Thanks to yearly checkups and PSA tests, we caught it early, which makes the prognosis good. The plan is surgery in the near future to remove the prostate, and then it’s back to getting healthy and ready for the season.”
Rojas has been with ESPN as a play-by-play broadcaster for college baseball since 2022 — calling games for a variety of conferences, in addition to working the Big 12 conference tournament, the regionals and the super regionals — and has been the coach at Hastings since 2025.
“I’m blessed to be surrounded by an unbelievable support group that includes my beautiful bride, a cancer survivor herself,” Rojas continued in his statement, referencing his wife, Kimberly. “We’ve been knocked off course before, and it’s never stopped us yet. We will continue to put our trust and faith in our Heavenly Father, who has carried us this far.”
Under Rojas, Hastings improved from 9-33 to 24-36 in his first season, marking the program’s most wins since 2017, and he also coached his son, Tyler.
After briefly pitching as a reliever in the Angels’ system in 1990 and some coaching stints, Rojas has carved out a broadcasting career with a variety of networks and teams, beginning with the independent Newark Bears in 2001, according to his Hastings bio.
He broadcast games for the Diamondbacks and Rangers while also working for MLB Network, and in 2010, Rojas took over as the play-by-play broadcaster for the Angels’ television broadcasts.
Rojas also interviewed for Los Angeles’ general manager position in 2020, remaining in the booth after he didn’t land it before stepping down in 2021 to focus on his family and their apparel company.
He additionally spent two years as the president and general manager of the Frisco RoughRiders — the Double-A affiliate of the Rangers — and was also an assistant coach at Ottawa University Arizona before accepting the position at Hastings.
annual “Triple Play” charity event on Sunday, June 18, 2006. Troutfarm27
Rojas is the son of former All-Star and manager Cookie Rojas, who served as the Mets’ third base coach during their run to the 2000 World Series.
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