Roneeka Hodges #15 Guard

Background

An athletic, slashing, 3-point shooting perimeter player, Hodges joins her sixth WNBA franchise this season. Hodges has logged regular season time with San Antonio, Minnesota and Houston, but also has had brief history with Atlanta and Seattle. Hodges actually has been drafted on three occasions – WNBA Draft in 2005; the Atlanta Expansion Draft in 2008; and the Houston Dispersal Draft in 2008. She is the twin sister of Doneeka (Hodges) Lewis who played with the Fever following the Olympic Break in 2008.

PRO - WNBA
2011: Hodges played in 28 regular-season games with five starts for San Antonio…she averaged 3.9 points per game with 1.3 rebounds and 0.5 assists…she led the WNBA in 3-point field goals per 40 minutes (4.7) …she ranked second on the team in 3-point field goal percentage (.400, 32-80)…Hodges had a pair of double-digit scoring performances, leading the team in scoring twice…her best game was a flawless performance, going 6-for-6 from the field, 5-for-5 from behind the arc and 2-for-2 from the charity stripe at Tulsa, 6/10.
2010: Acquired by the Silver Stars in a trade with Minnesota, Hodges was one of three San Antonio players to play in all 34 games, making 19 starts…she averaged 7.7 points per game while adding 108 rebounds, 46 assists, 15 steals and 10 blocked shots…she led the team in scoring five times, rebounding three times and assists once…she had a season-best two steals against Tulsa, 6/11, and grabbed a season-best seven rebounds at Los Angeles, 7/1…she had a career-high tying nine made field goals against Los Angeles, 7/18…she tied a career-standard with six assists against Phoenix, 8/22.
2009: Acquired by the Lynx in a dispersal draft of Houston Comets players, Hodges started the final 27 games of the 2008 season following a season-ending knee injury to Seimone Augustus…she ranked ninth in the WNBA in 3-point percentage (39.8) and fifth in 3-pointers made…she tallied 68 3-pointers on the season, representing what was then the fourth-best single-season total in Minnesota history and the most by any Lynx player aside from Katie Smith…she shot 41.7 percent from the floor and 90.9 percent (30-for-33) from the free throw line…she added 3.0 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game while playing 27.3 minutes per contest …a missed free throw on July 19 at Seattle halted a run of 32 consecutive made free throws that dated to May 2007…she posted career highs in points (25) and assists (6) at Chicago, 8/15, while matching her season high with eight rebounds…she scored 20-plus on four occasions, including a 20-point night at Phoenix, 7/22, and 22 versus Phoenix, 7/27.
2008: After playing her first three seasons in Houston, Hodges was selected by Atlanta in the 2008 Expansion Draft and traded on the same day to Seattle in exchange for Iziane Castro Marques. She was waived in the Storm’s training camp and re-signed by Houston in July…she averaged 7.8 points, 2.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game before the Olympic Break for Houston, scoring a season-best 18 points against Detroit, 7/24.
2007: She played in 29 games for the Houston Comets, starting four…she averaged 3.5 points, 1.0 rebounds, and 0.9 assists per game…she notched a career-high tying four assists against Los Angeles, 6/20…she scored a season-high 17 points against Phoenix, 6/30.
2006: Playing in 33 games and starting eight, she averaged 7.5 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per game…she recorded a career-high 21 points on a career-best seven made field goals in her first career start at Washington, 6/6…she played a career-high 48 minutes against Phoenix, 8/10.
2005:Played in 26 games with the Comets, averaging 1.3 points, 0.7 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game…she made her professional debut at San Antonio on May 21, dishing out one assist in four minutes of action.

PLAYOFFS
2011: Hodges played in Game 3 of the Western Conference Semifinals against Minnesota, recording three points and a pair of assists in five minutes of play.
2010: She started both Western Conference Semifinal games against Phoenix, averaging 10.5 points per game with 1.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists.
2006: With Houston, Hodges played in both Western Conference Semifinal games against Sacramento…she averaged 7.0 points and 1.5 rebounds per game.
2005: She played in two of Houston’s four playoff games for a total of two minutes.

PRO – OVERSEAS
2011-12:Hodges signed with Turkey's Istanbul Univertesi where she averaged 15.5 points in 22 games.
2010-11: She played for Israel's Raanana Hertzeliya where she averaged 17.0 points per game with 6.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.3 steals…she moved to France's Tarbes Gespe Bigorre in February and played in 11 games, averaging 13.3 points per game with 3.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.2 steals.
2009-10:She spent the first part of the season in Tarsus, Turkey, before joining Lotos Gydnia in Poland…she helped Lotos go 12-5 during her time with the team, including winning the PLKK Championship…she tallied 19 points, five rebounds, 10 assists, three steals and one block in the PLKK Finals…she averaged 9.9 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 24.5 minutes per game in 29 games played during her time in Turkey and Poland.
2008-09: She spent the winter playing with two different teams in Spain…she played with Ros Casares before ending the season with Rivas Ecopolis…she averaged 13.1 points per game through 31 Spanish League games.
2007-08: Hodges played in 34 games with Gran Canaria of the Spanish League, averaging 20.2 points and 4.4 rebounds per game in 26 games played…in eight EuroCup games, she tallied averages of 23.5 points and 6.1 rebounds per game.
2006-07:She averaged 36.9 points per game in 22 games for Tarsus Belediye of the Turkish League.
2005-06: Hodges played for Cote d'Opale Basket Calais in France where she averaged 15.0 points per game with 3.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.4 steals through 26 games.

COLLEGE
2004-05: Hodges transferred to Florida State following her junior season at LSU…she graduated in December 2004…she earned Kodak Region II All-American honors and was selected to play in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-Star Challenge…she earned All-ACC first team honors after ranking third on FSU's single-season points list (615)…Hodges ranked second in the ACC in scoring average (19.2) and fifth on FSU's single-season list…she scored in double figures a team-high 30 times, including a game-high 28 points in the NCAA Tournament loss to Connecticut…she scored more than 20 points in 13 games and led the team in scoring in 20 games…she set an FSU record with a career-high 39 points against Maryland…she finished second on the team with 42 3-pointers.
2002-03:At LSU, she played in all 34 games for the Tigers…she notched five double-figure scoring games, including a season-high 16 points against Southwest Texas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament…she dished a career-high eight assists against Ohio U.
2001-02: Hodges played in 30 games, starting 27 as a sophomore…she averaged 8.9 points per game with 5.3 rebounds…she recorded three double-doubles and scored a season-high 21 points at Mississippi…she had a career-high 15 rebounds against Louisiana-Lafayette…she led the team in rebounding in seven games and scored in double figures 13 times.
2000-01: Hodges moved into the starting lineup in her fourth career game and earned WomensCollegeHoops.com honorable mention Freshman All-America honors…she started nine-consecutive games before being sidelined with the beginnings of a stress fracture in her foot…she had a team-high three double-doubles on the season and scored in double figures in 12 games.