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:
- Junior
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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
TAZEWELL, Tenn. – Jackson Tyler’s career-best 5-under round highlighted a 2-over day for No. 21/22 Carson-Newman, landing it a fourth-place finish at the South Atlantic Conference Championship at the Woodlake Golf Club on Tuesday.
TAZEWELL, Tenn. – A 6-under opening round helped No. 21/22 Carson-Newman to head into the clubhouse at 3-under, good enough for fourth after the first day of the South Atlantic Conference Championship at the Woodlake Golf Club.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Three weeks after it wrapped up its regular-season schedule, No. 21/22 Carson-Newman heads to the Woodlake Golf Club on Monday and Tuesday for the South Atlantic Conference Championship.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – For the seventh time in program history, Carson-Newman has landed three Eagles on the All-South Atlantic Conference lists with Alex Hodge receiving second-team accolades while Jake Mynatt and Will Collins garnering honorable mentions, as announced by the league office on Friday morning.
LENOIR CITY, Tenn. – A 281 in the final round gave No. 22/23 Carson-Newman the lowest score it has ever posted at the Tennessee River Rumble, helping it jump up seven spots on Tuesday for a share of fourth to close out the regular season at the WindRiver Golf Club.
LENOIR CITY, Tenn. – No. 22/23 Carson-Newman made a 15-shot improvement from the first to second round but ended the first day of the Tennessee River Rumble in 11th at the WindRiver Golf Club.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The final regular-season event before the South Atlantic Conference Championship keeps No. 22/23 Carson-Newman in East Tennessee for a second-straight event as it heads to the Tennessee River Rumble at the WindRiver Golf Club on Monday and Tuesday in Lenoir City.
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – Jake Mynatt (Knoxville, Tenn.) closed out the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate with a career-low 205 that was good enough for second-place while Carson-Newman finished in fourth at the Sevierville Golf Club.
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – Jake Mynatt (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Will Collins (Knoxville, Tenn.) were in the red for a second-straight round on Monday as Carson-Newman moved down two spots to fourth at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate at 4-under.
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – After spending most of Sunday at the top of the leaderboard, Carson-Newman sits in second-place at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate, led by a career-low round of 67 for Jake Mynatt (Knoxville, Tenn.) at the Sevierville Golf Club’s River Course.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Days after a seventh-place finish at the Bearcat Classic, Carson-Newman turns its attention to an event that has come with four-consecutive top-five finishes as it heads to the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate at the Sevierville Golf Club’s River Course.
GREENWOOD, S.C. – Back-to-back rounds of 292 pushed No. 25 Carson-Newman three spots up the leaderboard on Tuesday for a seventh-place finish at 14-over at the Bearcat Classic in Greenwood, S.C.
GREENWOOD, S.C. – With darkness falling upon the Greenwood Country Club by Monday evening, the first day of the Bearcat Classic was cut short with No. 25 Carson-Newman sitting in a tie for 10th.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – After a week away from competition, No. 25 Carson-Newman kicks off back-to-back weeks of tournament play with a trip to Greenwood, S.C. for the Lander Bearcat Classic at the Greenwood Country Club on Monday and Tuesday.
INDIANAPOLIS -- For the first time this season, Carson-Newman has made its way back into the Golfstat national rankings, landing at No. 25 in Tuesday’s poll from the ratings and rankings system.
ALBANY, Ga. – Carson-Newman turned in its highest score of the week in Tuesday’s final round to close out the Hurricane Invitational in fifth-place at the Doublegate Country Club.
ALBANY, Ga. – Alex Hodge (Knoxville, Tenn.) used a 4-under day that was good enough for a share of second-place helped Carson-Newman into a tie for fourth through the first two rounds of the Hurricane Invitational on Monday.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. -- With an extended offseason in the rearview mirror due to the global pandemic, Carson-Newman lifts the lid on the 2021 season at the Hurricane Invitational on Monday and Tuesday at the Doublegate Country Club in Albany, Ga.
CHAPEL HILL, Tenn. – The past month has proven to bring solid play for a pair of Carson-Newman men’s golfers with Jake Mynatt (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Alex Hodge (Knoxville, Tenn.) both picking up wins in local events.
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – Following a close one-point lead by the end of Friday’s opening match, the Blue team edged the Orange side on Sunday with a 7.5 - 6 victory in a two-day intrasquad match between the men’s and women’s golf teams.
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