Kelsey Hodges | |
Birth Date: | 5 November 1991 |
Birth Place: | Denton, Texas, United States |
Height: | 1.70m |
Position: | Defender |
Collegeyears1: | 2010–2013 |
College1: | North Texas Mean Green |
Collegecaps1: | 85 |
Collegegoals1: | 32 |
Years1: | 2014 |
Clubs1: | Seattle Sounders Women |
Years2: | 2015 |
Clubs2: | Rävåsens IK |
Caps2: | 19 |
Goals2: | 3 |
Years3: | 2016 |
Clubs3: | Alamein FC |
Years4: | 2017–2019 |
Clubs4: | Celtic |
Kelsey Hodges (born November 5, 1991) is an American former women's soccer player who played for Celtic.[1]
Hodges was born in Denton, Texas, on November 5, 1991, to Kevin and Ann Hodges.[2] She began playing soccer when she was five years old.[3]
Hodges attended John H. Guyer High School,[4] [5] where she played on the varsity team all four years. In addition to soccer, she also lettered in basketball and track, where she set a school record for long jump. She later received a bachelor's in business marketing from the University of North Texas.
From ages 12 to 15, Hodges participated in the United States' Olympic Development Programme; she later played for the Texas state team.
While attending University of North Texas, she played for the university's women's soccer team. She was a member of the All-Sun Belt First Team twice (2011, 2012), as well as a member of the First-Team All-C-USA (2013). In 2013, she was named the C-USA Defensive Player of the Year.
Hodges made her semi-professional debut in 2014 playing for Seattle Sounders Women, after which she played a year each for Rävåsens IK and Alamein FC.
she played semi-professionally for Women before moving to Sweden to Ravasens IK, followed by a stint in Australia with Alamein FC in Victoria.
In 2017, Hodges signed a long-term contract to play with Celtic F.C. Women.