Beth Hodge

Class:
Freshman
Height:
5-11
Hometown:
Broken Arrow, Okla.
Prev School:
Utah State

CAREER AT TULSA: Named to the C-USA All-Conference First Team... Was a major impact player for TU on the outside in her one season with the Golden Hurricane ... she led the team in kills per set with 3.53 and finished second in total attempts with 973, kills with 381, while ranking third with 298 digs (2.76 dig/s), tied for third with 13 service aces, and added 43 total blocks... Recorded 16 double-doubles on the season in kills and digs, which is the third-best total in Conference USA this season... Her 3.53 kills per set in all matches ranks third in C-USA, while her 3.98 kill-per-set average in C-USA matches stands second in the league... She slammed 22 kills at Rice - the sixth-most kills in a single match by all conference players this season... Also had 21 kills and 13 digs in a home loss to Rice.

PRIOR TO TULSA: Transferred from Utah State . . . was granted another year of eligibility by NCAA after a medical hardship . . . played In 126 matches for the Aggies, including 436 games . . . finished with 1,342 career kills and 79 career service aces to go along with 190 total blocks and 1,026 digs in her career at USU . . . named to the Big West All-Freshman team in 2003 and Academic All-WAC in 2005 . . . averaged 3.27 kills per game in 2006 with 311 kills for the Aggies . . . posted 17 double-digit kill performances and nine double-digit dig performances in her final season at USU.

HIGH?SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner at Broken Arrow High School . . . helped lead her team to four straight regional championships and two runner-up finishes at the state championships . . . named the Frontier Conference Most Valuable Player as both a junior and senior . . . named to 19 different all-tournament teams during prep career . . . recorded 762 kills and hit .454 as a senior . . . set the BAHS school record for kills (2.252), attacks (4,640) and service aces (240) . . . helped her club team win a national title as a senior . . . was a member of the National Honors Society and the Oklahoma Honors Society all four years of high school.

PERSONAL: Will be working on a master's degree in business administration . . . received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Utah State . . . born October 6, 1984 . . . daughter of Mark and Julie Hodge.