Marli Hodges '21 Recruiting Profile

My love of the game came from watching my older brother play and wanting to be just like him. Growing up we did personal training together and I took it as a challenge to be able to hang with him. I have overcome a fractured growth plate and sprained ACL in my knee and fractured growth plate in my ankle due to soccer and these setbacks taught me perseverance and grit. I have had a personal strength and conditioning trainer since summer of 2018 and have increased many aspects of my game here including strength, speed, endurance, and injury-prevention. My club coach firmly believes that playing other positions will only benefit and strengthen how well-rounded I am as a player so I have also grown up playing about every position on the field at some point in my life. I have found my natural position to be right forward as I produce the greatest impact in a game in this position, however, I have also played center forward and left forward for my high school team and produced equally well. I aspire to be a stand-out college player who can play well in any position the coach desires me to play in. I am currently interested in studying in the field of Kinesiology.  I have a determined and driven character and set goals to accomplish to improve my performance in school and soccer.