Megan Hodge
Riverside High School
Impact Statement
Hodge is considered the finest player in North Carolina high school history. She won a Silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games.
Biography
Considered the finest player in North Carolina high school history, the 6-foot-3 Hodge totaled 363 kills, 30 blocks, 197 digs, 109 assists and 86 aces as a senior. She is a two-time winner of the Gatorade North Carolina Player of the Year award and was selected as the Gatorade National Player of the Year this year.
A two-time member of the USA Volleyball Girls Youth National Team, Hodge is following in the footsteps of her parents, Michael and Carmen Hodge, who were members of the Virgin Islands national volleyball teams. She holds a 4.5 grade-point average, scored 1800 on the SAT and headlines Penn State University’s top-ranked recruiting class.
Hodge was the first freshman to ever be named Big Ten Player of the Year. As a Nittany Lion she led the team to two National Championships, knocking off Stanford and Texas, respectively in 2007 and 2009.
Upon graduating from Penn State Hodge was a member of Team USA at the Grand Prix in 2012, where the team won gold. She was named the Most Valuable Player and Best Scorer. Later in 2012 Hodge won the Silver at the Olympics.
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