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Matthew Hodge '14 Recruiting Profile
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Personal Statement
I want to better myself as a student athlete at the college level because I know that I have the talent to compete. I look forward to advancing my knowledge and athletics at the same time and college athletics will do just that. I am talented in the 110 meter high hurdles, 300 meter hurdles and 60 meter hurdles. Given the chance to train at a college level will only show improvement. I am self taught on all of my events and have had no trouble with learning new techniques. Given my limited practice options, I have always been able to to compete with the more experienced athletes without any trouble.
Don't let my current ACT score fool you on my academics. I have only had the chance to take the test 1 time and it was just to see how the test is. I have studied a lot and plan to take the test many more times to show my more accurate score. My average GPA for the last school year was 3.6/4.0
Athletics
High School Information
- Years w/ Varsity
- 4 years
- 2013 Varsity Team
Individual Awards
- 1st Team All-County, 1st Team All-Conference
Team Awards
- Regional 3rd Place, Sectional Champs, Conference Champs
- 2012 Varsity Team
Individual Awards
- 1st Team All-County, 1st Team All-Conference
Team Awards
- State 3rd Place, Regional 3rd Place, Sectional Champs, Conference Champs
- 2011 Varsity Team
Individual Awards
- 1st Team All-Conference, 1st Team All-County
Team Awards
- Conference Champs, Sectional 2nd Place
- 2010 Varsity Team
Individual Awards
- 1st Team All-Conference
Team Awards
- Conference Champs, Sectional 2nd Place
Club Information
- Seasons of Club Experience
- 1 season
- 2013 Valley Indoor Track (Club)
- This is a sport that I had to start up because my school did not have a team.
Coach References
- High School Head Coach
- Darren Crabtree
Events
- Camp/Event
- 60 Meter Hurdles
- I was only able to compete at 1 regular season meet do to lack of transportation. With running a time of 8.42 I qualified for the state meet. i placed 10th at state with no training.
Training
- Indoor Track
- 1 year
- We do not have access to any training facilities during the winter so we were unable to practice events. We had to just go off of ability and talent.
- Outdoor Track
- 5 years
- I have had a lot of support from the coaches but not really any training. I had to research my hurdle techniques, block techniques and sprinting techniques all on my own. Over the years I have taught myself to compete and train by myself with limited help. It has worked out pretty well. I have been the MVP on my track team for the past 5 years. With college training I will strive.
Additional Sports
- Football
- 4 years
- Varsity Team
- Athlete of the week for special teams. I had a 65 yard punt (not including the roll) during a Junior Varsity game.
- Swimming
- 3 years
- Varsity Team
- Second Team All Conference
- Basketball
- 1 year
- Freshman Team
- I made the team 8th grade year and played but didn't like it.
Statistics
Academics
Grades
Test Scores
Academic Accomplishments
Are you in honor classes?
NoAre you in AP/IB classes?
Yes. AP ChemistryRegistered with the NCAA Eligibility Center?
NoAwards and Activities
- AwardsA-B Honor Roll, National Honor Society awarded GPA achievement
- ActivitiesCommunity Service, I work at a local McDonalds