OUTLOOK-- Came back and dove well after sitting out 2003 with injury ... Has a chance to have stellar senior season ... Very committed to program and has developed into a solid diver. 2003-04--Returned from injury that sidelined her in 2003 to have solid year and earn a spot at the NCAA Championships ... Placed 17th at NCAA's on the one-meter board ... Was 14th on one-meter (242.15) at SEC Championships... Finished in first place on one-meter at several dual meets including at Clemson (284.48), Florida (296.85) and at Kentucky (286.20) ... Top score on one-meter came at College of Charleston with a score of 313.43 ... SEC Academic Honor Roll. 2002-03 -- NCAA All-American competed early but suffered injury ... Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll. 2001-02 -- One of the top divers in the nation ... 2004 Olympic Trials Qualifier ... Earned silver medal at 2002 U.S. Senior National Championships on three-meter board with a score of 530.45 ... Also placed third at U.S. Senior Nationals on one-meter board with score of 253.29 ... Claimed spot on National Diving Team with performance at U.S. Senior Nationals ... Earned second team All-SEC honors ... Honorable Mention All-American ... Finished second at SEC's on three-meter board and fifth on one-meter board ... Placed ninth at NCAA Championships on one-meter board ... Scored 309.37 on one-meter board in dual meet win at Cincinnati ... CSCAA Academic All-American recipient. 2000-01 -- One of the top freshmen divers in the SEC ... Consistently won both the one and three-meter boards during the course of the season ... Notched a 4.0 GPA during the 2001 spring semester. PRE-COLLEGE -- Pike High School Valedictorian ... Oklahoma State Champion in 1997 and '98 ... Moved to Indiana her junior year and won the State Championship in 1999 ... Junior Olympic National Champion in the one meter board in 1997 ... Three-meter champion in 1998 ... First team All-American her senior year ... Member of Mu Alpha Theta ... Named Who's Who of American High School Students ... Member of the National Honor Society and the National French Honor Society. PERSONAL -- Full name is Holly Jean Hodges ... Enjoys spending time with her parents and playing with her dog in her spare time ... Favorite athletes are Marion Jones and Tiger Woods ... Chose USC because of the coaching of Todd Sherritt and the weather ... Parents are Jerry and Cheslea Hodges ... Born on August 17, 1982. |
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