Notre Dame Fencing competed against the club teams of Chicago, Illinois, and Michigan State on February 12th.
Tough-minded competitor who provides
depth in athleticism for the foil squad ... was
walk-on defensive back with University of
Kansas football team in 2006 before
transferring to Notre Dame, where he is
reunited with his Kanza Fencing Center club
coach, assistant Gia Kvaratskhelia. A very sound
technical fencer who rises to the challenge in
big matches.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Ended the season
with a final record of 37-10 (.787) competing
in the foil after sitting out due to transferring
the previous year ... helped the men go 4-1
overall at the 2008 NCAA Western
Invititational and compiled an individual record
of 10-1 at the event ... posted an individual
mark of 5-3 in competition at the New York
University Duals and helped the team accrue a
5-1 record against the competition ... earned
eight match victories (8-2) on day-one of the
Northwestern Duals ... moved his individual
record to 29-7 at the conclusion of the
Northwestern Duals after posting a day-two
mark of 6-1 ... continued impressive campaign
at the Notre Dame Duals by tallying an 8-3
record and helping the team earn a clean sweep
of the competition posting a perfect 10-0
ledger ... earned the #17 seed in the Midwest Fencing Conference (MFC) Championships
before dropping a dual in the round of 16 ...
helped the Irish finish second in the team
standings at the conference championships.
PREP & PERSONAL: Lettered three years
in both football and tennis at Salina Central
High School while training under
Kvaratskhelia at the Kanza Fencing Center ...
began fencing at age 10 ... had a strong
showing at 2005 USFA Summer Nationals in
Charlotte, N.C., as part of four-fencer team
that won the open men's foil (Kvaratskhelia
also was on that team) while posting a seventhplace
finish in the cadet/U-17 individual event
(in a field of 143) and finishing 11th in
junior/U-20 bouting (field of 125) ... placed
32nd among huge field of 253 U-20 men's
foilists, at 2005 Junior Olympics in Arlington,
Texas ... starting safety for SCHS football team
that won two state titles ('04, '05) ... earned
all-league honors in football as a junior; allcounty
and all-metro as a senior ... helped cap
his undefeated senior season by making
interception in closing minutes of state title
game, preserving final 29-21 margin over Blue
Valley Stillwell ... helped SCHS tennis team
win state titles in his sophomore and junior
seasons ... his former teammate Jake Sharp was
the starting running back for the 2007 KU
football team ... member of student council
and president of the National Honor Society at
Salina Central ... also was a state finalist in
forensics competition ... his grandfather, Merle
A. Hodges, was an offensive lineman on the
University of Kansas football team ... born Jan.
23, 1988, in Salina, Kan. ... son of Merle and
Melissa Hodges ... full name is Theodore
Hutton Hodges ... enrolled in the College of
Arts & Letters with a major in English.
