Notre Dame Men's Fencing at the Notre Dame Duals on January 29th.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Honorable Mention All-MFC (2010)
AS A SOPHOMORE: Finished the year with a record of 28-6 in the foil ... earned second monogram with the program ... did not compete in either of the opening two tournaments of the year - NYU Invitational, St. John's Challenge ... took to the strip for the first time at the Notre Dame Duals, putting together a 19-1 ledger ... posted perfect 3-0 records against Detroit, Northwestern, Florida, Lawrence, Swarthmore and Cleveland State at the event ... clinched the foil victory against Wayne State, taking down Raffi Nersessian 5-3 ... clinched both the foil and the outright match against Florida after defeating Shane Hanson 5-2 ... also clinched the foil against Swarthmore with 5-1 decision over Zach Greenberg ... allowed only two touches in taking down John Cuturic (5-1), Chris Tucker (5-0) and Ben Brown (5-1) of Cleveland State ... recorded three wins at the Northwestern Duals, all coming against Cal Tech ... clinched the foil in that match with 5-0 victory over Will Steinhardt ... travelled to the Duke Duals, putting up a record of 6-3 in three matches ... clinched the foil against North Carolina after taking down Joseph Alter 4-3 ... clinched each of the final two overall matches for the Irish, defeating Matthew Budofsky of Duke (5-1) and Ben Wasser of Johns Hopkins (5-0), respectively ... competed at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, placing 16th overall ... also helped foil team win the foil team crown the following day.
AS A FRESHMAN: Ended season with a 33-3 record in the foil ... went 17-3 at the Northwestern Duals ... posted clean sheets vs. Stanford, Duke, Lawrence, Northwestern, and UC-San Diego ... versus Northwestern clinched foil win with a 5-0 victory over Stanley Weng ... clinched foil victory over John's Hopkins' Paul Nunley 5-2 ... went 16-0 at the Notre Dame Duals ... put up clean sheets vs. Lawrence, Michigan, Northwestern, Michigan State, Illinois, Chicago, Cleveland State, Purdue, and Detroit ... finished 6-0 in pool play at Midwest Fencing Conference Championship ... defeated Alex Biehl of Lawrence 15-1 in the round of 64 ... took down Michigan's Eric Chen 15-8 to advance to the round of 16 ... lost to Colin Sutter of Ohio State 11-15.
PREP & PERSONAL: Competed in both football and tennis for Salina Central High School in Salina, Kan., earning three varsity letters ... helped freshman football team go undefeated and capture the state championship ... was selected team captain during his senior campaign ... also helped the tennis team to the state title during his freshman year ... member of the National Honor Society ... born in Salina, Kan. ... son of Boo and Melissa Hodges ... brother, Teddy, fenced for the Irish in 2008, 2009 and 2011 ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as an English major with a supplemental major in history.
