Professional basketball

Hodges is a professional basketball player.^[3] She has played in Australia's WNBL,^[11] Europe, and the WNBA.^[4][8]

Hodges had a scholarship with and played for the Australian Institute of Sport in 2000 and 2001.^[11] At the end of the season 2000/2001 season, she was voted the NBL Rookie of the Year.^[3] She played 44 games for the Australian Institute of Sport team.^[8] She played in the WNBL in the 2002/2003 season^[10] for the Adelaide Lightning and was with the team up to the 2005/2006 season.^[3][8] Between 2001/2002 and 2005/2006, she had 85 caps with the team.^[8] From her start with AIS until the end of 2005/2006 WNBL season, she averaged 14.8 points a game, 6.5 rebounds a game and 1.9 assists a game.^[8]

Hodges has played for the Italian side Basket Parma.^[4][8] She played for Bracco Geas in Italy from 2010 to 2012, where she wore jersey number 11.^[4][12] In the 2011/2012 season, she played 24 games, averaging 28.7 minutes a game, 9.4 points a game, shot 67.4% from the free throw line, 49.7% from the 2-point field goal range and 35.1% from the three-point field goal range.^[4]

Hodges played for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA^[4][8] and was with the team during the 2006 season.^[13]

National team

Hodges has represented Australia on the Junior, Young and Senior levels.^[14][15][16]

As a member of the 2000 Australia Junior Women's Team, Hodges won a gold medal at the World Qualification Series.^[14] She was a member of the Australian Junior Women's Team that competed at the 2001 World Championships in the Czech Republic.^[15] In 2002, she was a member of the Australian Junior Women's Team that won a gold medal in the World Qualification Series.^[3][16] In 2003, she was a member of the Australian Young Women's Team that competed at the World Championships in Croatia.^[16][17]

Hodges was a member of the Australian Opals that won a silver medal in the 2002 World Championships in Spain.^[15] She was viewed by national team coaches in 2003 as an emerging talent alongside other players like Lauren Jackson, Penny Taylor, and Hollie Grima.^[18] That year, she was a member of the team that competed in the Oceania Championship Series.^[3][16] She went on to represent Australia on the basketball team at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she won a silver medal.^[3][8][16]

Hodges was a member of the 2005 Opals.^[19][20] She stayed on the roster in 2006, winning a gold medal with the team at the Commonwealth Games,^[5][21] wearing number 11.^[5] That year, she was also part of the team that took home a gold medal at the World Championships in Brazil.^[21] In March 2007, Summerton was named to the national team what would prepare for the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[22] She stayed on the roster, went to the games and earned a silver medal.^[8][23]

Hodges was viewed by national team coach Carrie Graf in June 2010 as one of a quartet of strong players that would represent Australia in a tour of China, the United States and Europe.^[24] In July 2010, she participated in a four-day training camp and one game test match against the United States in Connecticut.^[24] She was named to the 2012 Australia women's national basketball team.^[25][26] She was scheduled to participate in the national team training camp held from 14 to 18 May 2012 at the Australian Institute of Sport.^[27] She was part of the Australian team that won the bronze medal.^[28]