University of West Alabama

Hodnette was a multi-sport athlete at UWA, staring with the Tigers' Cross Country and Tennis programs. Hodnette began her West Alabama journey with Women's Tennis before a summer workout changed the complexity of her athletic career. While with the Tennis Program, Hodnette out ran everyone by a large margin during the running drills, leading to the Hawaiian native trying out for the Cross Country team at UWA. Hodnette quickly separated herself from the pack, breaking the school record in the 5000m before breaking it again at the NCAA South Regional Championships. The runner won the GSC Championship in 2011, becoming the first athlete in the Tigers' program history to do so. After her West Alabama career, Hodnette went on to place first in the 2013 Xterra Half Marathon World Championships, fifth in the 2013 Honolulu Marathon, first in the 2014 Great Aloha Run, and sixth in the 2014 California International Marathon. Hodnette's time of 2:35:41 in the International Marathon led to the now UWA Hall of Fame Inductee to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials.On top of this, Hodnette qualified for the 2022 and 2024 U.S. Marathon Olympic Trials, before winning the XTERRA Trial World Championship for the second time. These accolades led to Hodnette being named as a Team USA representative in the 2024 100km World Championship in India.