Megan Hodge Easy was born on October 15,1988 and is an American indoor volleyball player who won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics with the US team and played for Pennsylvania State University's volleyball team.
28 Facts About Megan Hodge
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Megan Hodge's family moved to Durham, North Carolina when she was 3 years old.
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Megan Hodge attended Riverside High School where she was one of the most dominant young players in the nation, as she posted a four-year total of 1,596 kills, 319 blocks, 647 digs, 286 aces and 130 assists.
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Megan Hodge was the best girls' volleyball player in North Carolina history.
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Megan Hodge was a four-time Pac-6 all-conference selection and was the Pac-6 Player of the Year two times, including a unanimous selection in 2006.
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Megan Hodge participated on the USA Youth and Junior National Teams, where she was voted the Most Valuable Player and "Best Attacker" at the 2004 NORCECA Championships in Catano, Puerto Rico.
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Megan Hodge played club volleyball for North Carolina's "Triangle 18's" where she was selected as the Most Valuable Player of the North Carolina Regional Championships for the 18's Gold age division and became the first ever player from the Carolina region to be named to the all-Tournament team at the USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championships.
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Megan Hodge was considered the top high school recruit for the class of 2006 and got over 150 scholarship offers from various universities, such as volleyball powerhouses Stanford, USC, Washington, and Long Beach State.
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Megan Hodge is a four-time First Team All-American and was named the NCAA national championship Most Outstanding Player in 2007 and 2008.
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Megan Hodge's 551 kills ranks sixth on the Penn State single-season record chart and is the highest for the rally-scoring era, and she became only the seventh Nittany Lion Player to tally over 500 kills in a single season.
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Megan Hodge tied the school record for kills in a three-game match with 25 in the sweep of Northwestern.
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Megan Hodge had a career high 20 digs against Michigan and had 11 double-double matches on the year.
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Megan Hodge made Big Ten history by becoming the first freshman to be named Player of the Year in the then-23 year history of the award.
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Megan Hodge became the first ever Big Ten volleyball player to win the Gatorade National Player of the Year and AVCA National Freshman of the Year in consecutive seasons.
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Megan Hodge became just the third true freshman in seven years to be named a First Team All-American.
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Megan Hodge recorded 4.60 kills per game and had 561 kills on the year.
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Megan Hodge was the only player to play in all 122 games of the season.
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Megan Hodge was tied for second on the team for service aces, and had 310 digs, good for second on the team.
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Megan Hodge finished the season leading the team in total points, as she was responsible for 644.5 total points and 5.28 points per game.
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Megan Hodge led the team in kills 21 times and ended 2008 fifth all-time on Penn State's career kill list with 1,582.
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Megan Hodge was named an ESPN The Magazine First Team All-American.
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In Big Ten play, Megan Hodge had 246 total kills and averaged 4.10 kills per set, en route to being named a unanimous First Team All-Big Ten selection for the third consecutive year.
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Megan Hodge was named the NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player for the second consecutive year, becoming only the third player in NCAA Tournament history to earn the award two times.
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Megan Hodge was named a First Team All-American for the fourth time in a row.
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Megan Hodge was named Big Ten Player of the Year for the second time.
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Megan Hodge tallied 21 kills in the five-set match, one of which came on the final point of the match.
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Megan Hodge competed for Team USA in the 2012 Grand Prix winning the gold medal and the Most Valuable Player and Best Scorer awards.
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Megan Hodge later won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.