Hodges was born on 13 December 1983[3][4] in Adelaide, South Australia.[5]
Hodges is a 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) tall Forward.[6] She was a student in 2006, and attended Jennifer Screen's 30 June 2007 wedding in Adelaide.[7] Her married last name is Hodges.[8]
Basketball
As a competitor at the 2002 Australian Under-20 national championships, Hodges won the Bob Staunton Award as the player of the tournament.[9] In 2003, she was described as one of the best young talents in the country.[10]
Hodges is a professional basketball player.[3] She has played in Australia's WNBL,[11]Europe, and the WNBA.[4][8]
Hodges had a scholarship with and played for the Australian Institute of Sport in 2000 and 2001.[11] At the end of the season 2000/2001 season, she was voted the NBL Rookie of the Year.[3] She played 44 games for the Australian Institute of Sport team.[8] She played in the WNBL in the 2002/2003 season[10] for the Adelaide Lightning and was with the team up to the 2005/2006 season.[3][8] Between 2001/2002 and 2005/2006, she had 85 caps with the team.[8] From her start with AIS until the end of 2005/2006 WNBL season, she averaged 14.8 points a game, 6.5 rebounds a game and 1.9 assists a game.[8]
Hodges has played for the Italian side Basket Parma.[4][8] She played for Bracco Geas in Italy from 2010 to 2012, where she wore jersey number 11.[4][12] In the 2011/2012 season, she played 24 games, averaging 28.7 minutes a game, 9.4 points a game, shot 67.4% from the free throw line, 49.7% from the 2-point field goal range and 35.1% from the three-point field goal range.[4]
Hodges played for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA[4][8] and was with the team during the 2006 season.[13]
National team
Hodges has represented Australia on the Junior, Young and Senior levels.[14][15][16]
As a member of the 2000 Australia Junior Women's Team, Hodges won a gold medal at the World Qualification Series.[14] She was a member of the Australian Junior Women's Team that competed at the 2001 World Championships in the Czech Republic.[15] In 2002, she was a member of the Australian Junior Women's Team that won a gold medal in the World Qualification Series.[3][16] In 2003, she was a member of the Australian Young Women's Team that competed at the World Championships in Croatia.[16][17]
Hodges was a member of the Australian Opals that won a silver medal in the 2002 World Championships in Spain.[15] She was viewed by national team coaches in 2003 as an emerging talent alongside other players like Lauren Jackson, Penny Taylor, and Hollie Grima.[18] That year, she was a member of the team that competed in the Oceania Championship Series.[3][16] She went on to represent Australia on the basketball team at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she won a silver medal.[3][8][16]
Hodges was a member of the 2005 Opals.[19][20] She stayed on the roster in 2006, winning a gold medal with the team at the Commonwealth Games,[5][21] wearing number 11.[5] That year, she was also part of the team that took home a gold medal at the World Championships in Brazil.[21] In March 2007, Summerton was named to the national team what would prepare for the 2008 Summer Olympics.[22] She stayed on the roster, went to the games and earned a silver medal.[8][23]
Hodges was viewed by national team coach Carrie Graf in June 2010 as one of a quartet of strong players that would represent Australia in a tour of China, the United States and Europe.[24] In July 2010, she participated in a four-day training camp and one game test match against the United States in Connecticut.[24] She was named to the 2012 Australia women's national basketball team.[25][26] She was scheduled to participate in the national team training camp held from 14 to 18 May 2012 at the Australian Institute of Sport.[27] She was part of the Australian team that won the bronze medal.[28]
^ abcStewart-Hudsonpublisher=Australian Commonwealth Games Association Inc., Marion (2006). "Basketball — Women". In Gallagher, D. (ed.). Australia at the Commonwealth Games 1911-2006 : XVIII Commonwealth Games, 15–26 March, Melbourne 2006. Australian Commonwealth Games Association Incorporated. p. 42. ISBN9780958019019.
^Brad Graham Creative, ed. (2012). "The Bob Staunton Award". Play up (19–25 February ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Basketball Australia: 8. Official Event Program
^ ab"Action Jackson". Sport Monthly (179). Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Corporation: 122. January 2003. ISSN1447-4697.
^Cockerill, Ian (January 2003). "The weight of the world". Sport Monthly (179). Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Corporation: 44–53 [48]. ISSN1447-4697.
