Alex Hodge
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- Height:
- 5-10
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- Weight:
- 170
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- Hometown:
- Knoxville, Tenn.
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- Year:
- Senior
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- High School:
- Halls High School
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- Previous College:
- Walters State
Bio
- 2021 PING All-Southeast Region
- 2021 All-SAC Second Team
- 2020 All-SAC Second Team
2020-21: Selected for PING All-Southeast Region team... Named a second-team All-SAC pick for a second straight season... Played in all five events on the year in the starting lineup, sitting as high as the No. 1 spot in four of those tournaments... Led the unit with a 72.1 scoring average in 15 rounds, matching the third-lowest single-season average in recent history... Moved to second on the program's career-best scoring average list with a 72.40 in 30 rounds of action through two seasons... Landed in the top 20 of four events with two in the top 10... Best finish on the year came with a share of eighth at the Hurricane Invitational... Fired a career-low single round of 67 in the third round of the Tennessee River Rumble.
| Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank |
| Hurricane Invitational | 2/22-23/2021 | 3 | 70-70-76=216 | E | t-8th/85 |
| Bearcat Classic | 3/8-9/2021 | 3 | 73-74-72=219 | +3 | t-25th/111 |
| Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate | 3/14-16/2021 | 3 | 69-76-71=216 | E | t-15th/77 |
| 2021 Tennessee River Rumble | 03/29-03/30, 2021 | 3 | 73-72-67=212 | -4 | 10th/98 |
| SAC Championship | 4/19-20/2021 | 3 | 69-74-75=218 | +2 | t-13th/63 |
| SEASON TOTALS | 15 | 1081 Avg. 72.1 | E | - |
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2019-20: Finished debut season with All-SAC second team honors... Appeared in seven events in his debut season with five as a part of the starting lineup... Posted the second-best scoring average on the year with a 72.7... Collected a trio of top 10 finishes with two in the top five... Started off his C-N career with a fourth-place finish at the Cougar Invitational, carding a four-under 209... Landed at sixth for the program's single-season scoring average list by the end of the year... Fired his season-low single-round score of 68 twice in the campaign.
| Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank |
| Cougar Invitational Presented by Aflac | 09/23-24/2019 | 3 | 68-70-71=209 | -4 | t-4th/90 |
| UNG Fall Invitational | 9/30-10/1/2019 | 3 | 75-77-68=220 | +4 | t-44th/82 |
| Queens Invitational | 10/21-22/2019 | 3 | 71-69-70=210 | -3 | t-9th/104 |
| South Region Preview | 10/27-28/2019 | 3 | 72-75-69=216 | E | t-5th/78 |
| 2020 Spring Kick-Off Intercollegiate | 02/10-11/2020 | 3 | 76-80-80=236 | +20 | 62nd/104 |
| SEASON TOTALS | 15 | 1091 Avg. 72.7 | +1 | - |
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Walters State: Runner-up at the 2019 NJCAA Division II Golf National Championship with a two-under 286, garnering All-Tournament and First Team All-America honors... 2019 NJCAA Division II PING All-American and All-East Region selection in 2019... Time with the Senators was also highlighted by a win at the 2019 Tusculum Invitational and second-place showing at both the 2018 Bob Dibble Classic and 2017 Senators Fall Classic.
High School: Two-time All-District selection... Made All-Region and All-State lists and was an All-KIL pick by PrepXtra at the Knoxville News Sentinel. Member of the Red Devils’ 2016 TSSAA State Championship team.
Personal: Son of Jeff and Phyllis Hodge... Majoring in Business.
News mentions
VALDOSTA, Ga. - A stellar round by Jonathan Nielsen moved Carson-Newman up three spots to an eleventh place finish in the NCAA South/Southeast Regional.
VALDOSTA, Ga. - The second round of regional play for the no. 4/4 Carson-Newman men's golf team was a struggle, as the Eagles slid down two more spots to 14th overall
VALDOSTA, Ga. - Despite reaching as high as fourth on the front-nine the no. 4/4 Carson-Newman men's golf team struggled on the back-nine, finishing the first round of the NCAA South/Southeast Regional in a tie for twelfth.
CHUCKEY, Tenn. - Will Collins shot a career best six-under in the final round of the SAC Men's Golf Championship to lead the Eagles on Tuesday, Apr. 12.
CHUCKEY, Tenn. - Jake Mynatt shot two-under on the second day of the 2022 SAC Men's Golf Championship, moving up to tenth-place after the second round.
CHUCKEY, Tenn. - Despite shooting even-par as a team in the first round, the no. 2/4 Carson-Newman men's golf team sits at seventh-place after the opening round of the SAC Men's Golf Championship.
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - After a successful regular season, the no. 3/4 Carson-Newman men's golf team heads to Greeneville, Tenn. for the 2022 SAC Men's Golf Championships.
ROCK HILL, S.C. - Freshman Elliot MacGregor was named SAC Men's Golf Freshman of the Year by the conference on Friday, Apr. 8.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Carson-Newman men's golf team fell one spot in the newest Golfstat rankings to the no. 4 spot in Division-II golf.
LENOIR CITY, Tenn. - Jake Mynatt recorded his third top-ten finish of the season as the no. 2/2 Carson-Newman men's golf team finished fifth at the Tennessee River Rumble.
LENOIR CITY, Tenn. - After struggling in the first round, the Carson-Newman men's golf team rebounded in the second round, before darkness halted the first day of the Tennessee River Rumble on Monday, Mar. 28.
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. - After shooting an astonishing 16-under par in the final round, the no. 2/3 Carson-Newman men's golf team recorded their first tournament win of the spring, winning the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate championship.
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. - After their first 18 holes of play, the Carson-Newman men's golf team sits in first place by two strokes at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate.
GREENWOOD, S.C. - Despite a stellar final round by the Eagles, a strong surge by Barton College moved the Carson-Newman men's golf team to a second place finish at the Bearcat Golf Classic.
GREENWOOD, S.C. - Big first days by Jonathan Nielsen and Jackson Tyler have the Carson-Newman men's golf team in first place after day one of the Bearcat Golf Classic.
INDIANPOLIS, Ind. - After recording a third place finish at their first spring event of the year, the Carson-Newman men's golf team finds themselves at fourth in the Golfstat rankings.
ALBANY, Ga. - Seventeen bogeys, along with under-par rounds by North Georgia and Georgia Southwestern dropped Carson-Newman from first to third on the final day of the Hurricane Invitational.
ALBANY, Ga. - After falling down as low as fifth overall, the Eagles rallied to sit at first after day one of the Hurricane Invitational.
ALBANY, Ga. - After earning a pair of top-10 national rankings and the number one overall spot in the region in the fall, the no. 6/18 Carson-Newman men's golf team opens the spring season at the Hurricane Invitational.
INDIANPOLIS, Ind. - The Carson-Newman men's golf team will open the spring season the same way they ended the fall season, ranked seventh in the Golfstat poll released on Feb. 23.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman men's golf finds themselves sitting just outside the top ten in GolfStat's latest national rankings.
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. - For the first time since 2019, the Carson-Newman Men's Golf team is coming home with a win thanks to top-ten finishes from Alex Hodge and Jake Mynatt.
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. - Alex Hodge's six under par day is the driving force behind Carson-Newman's place in the leaderboard after day one of the Queens Invitational.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman men's golf is headed back to Mossy Creek with a top-three finish in the NCAA Division II Super Regional Preview in Valdosta, Ga.
VALDOSTA, Ga. - As day one concludes at Kinderlou Forrest Golf Club, the Carson-Newman Eagles sit in fifth place thanks to good days from Elliot MacGregor and Jonathan Nielsen.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman golf continues their fall slate as the team heads south to Valdosta, Ga for the Super Regional Preview at Kinderlou Forrest.
ALCOA, Tenn. – Carson-Newman men's golfer Will Collins locked up the Tennessee Golf Foundation's 2021 Greater Knoxville Amateur title on Sunday afternoon following a 12-under outing and a final playoff round at the Green Meadow Country Club.
NORMAN, Okla. – For the first time in his career, Alex Hodge has been tabbed a PING All-Southeast Region golfer, as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America.