Roneeka Hodges

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Roneeka Hodges

| league = WNBA

| team = Connecticut Sun

| position = Assistant coach

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lbs = 165

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1982|07|19}}

| birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

| nationality = American

| high_school = O. P. Walker (New Orleans, Louisiana)

| college = LSU (2000–2003)
Florida State (2004–2005)

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 2005

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 15

| draft_team = Houston Comets

| career_start = 2005

| career_end = 2015

| career_position = Guard

| career_number = 5, 15

| coach_start = 2019

| coach_end =

| years1 = {{WNBA Year|2005}}–{{WNBA Year|2008}}

| team1 = Houston Comets

| years2 = 2005–2006

| team2 = COB Calais

| years3 = 2006–2007

| team3 = Adana ASKİ SK

| years4 = 2007–2008

| team4 = CB Islas Canarias

| years5 = 2008–2009

| team5 = Ros Casares Godella

| years6 = 2009

| team6 = Baloncesto Rivas

| years7 = {{WNBA Year|2009}}

| team7 = Minnesota Lynx

| years8 = 2009–2010

| team8 = Adana ASKİ SK

| years9 = 2010

| team9 = Lotos Gdynia

| years10 = {{WNBA Year|2010}}–{{WNBA Year|2011}}

| team10 = San Antonio Silver Stars

| years11 = 2010–2011

| team11 = Bnot Herzliya

| years12 = 2011

| team12 = Cortegada

| years13 = 2011

| team13 = Tarbes Gespe Bigorre

| years14 = 2011–2012

| team14 = İstanbul Üniversitesi SK

| years15 = {{WNBA Year|2012}}

| team15 = Indiana Fever

| years16 = {{WNBA Year|2012}}–{{WNBA Year|2014}}

| team16 = Tulsa Shock

| years17 = 2012

| team17 = CB Avenida

| years18 = 2012–2013

| team18 = Americana

| years19 = 2014

| team19 = Maranhao Basquete

| years20 = 2014–2015

| team20 = Winnus Guri

| years21 = {{WNBA Year|2015}}

| team21 = Atlanta Dream

| years22 = 2015–2016

| team22 = Miskolc

| years23 = 2016–2017

| team23 = Stadium Casablanca

| years24 = 2017–2018

| team24 = Al-Riyadi Beirut

| years25 = 2019

| team25 = Al-Qazeres

| cyears1 = 2020–2021

| cteam1 = Old Dominion University (Asst.)

| cyears2 = 2021–2022

| cteam2 = Colgate University (Asst.)

| cyears3 = {{WNBA Year|2022}}–{{WNBA Year|2024}}

| cteam3 = New York Liberty (Asst.)

| cyears4 = {{WNBA Year|2025}}–present

| cteam4 = Connecticut Sun (Asst.)

| highlights =

As player:

First-team All-ACC (2005)

As assistant coach:

WNBA champion (2024)

| medal_templates =

| wnba_profile = roneeka_hodges

}}

Roneeka Hodges (born July 19, 1982) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the LSU Tigers and Florida State Seminoles. She was selected fifteenth overall by the Houston Comets in the 2005 WNBA draft and played in the WNBA for eleven seasons with the Comets, Minnesota Lynx, San Antonio Silver Stars, Indiana Fever, Tulsa Shock, and Atlanta Dream. Hodges also had an extensive playing career overseas, playing in many different countries until 2019.

Hodges started her coaching career in 2019 as a special advisor at LSU. She then worked as an assistant coach in the college ranks for the Old Dominion Monarchs and Colgate Raiders, before becoming an assistant coach in the WNBA with the New York Liberty and Connecticut Sun.

Personal life

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, she is the twin sister of former WNBA player Doneeka Hodges.

Professional career

A 5'11" guard, Hodges played for three seasons with the Houston Comets, who selected her in the second round, 15th overall, in the 2005 WNBA draft.{{Cite web |title=Roneeka Hodges Selected As 15th Overall Pick In The WNBA Draft |url=https://seminoles.com/news/2005/4/16/roneeka-hodges-selected-as-15th-overall-pick-in-the-wnba-draft |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=Florida State University |language=en}} On February 6, 2008, Hodges was selected by the Atlanta Dream in the expansion draft. She was then traded to the Seattle Storm with the fourth pick for Seattle's eighth pick and Iziane Castro Marques.{{Cite web |date=2008-02-06 |title=Dream starts with expansion draft |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/news/story?id=3234138 |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}} She was then waived by the Storm and signed once again with the Comets.{{Cite web |last=ABC7 |title=Comets regain services of guard Roneeka Hodges |url=https://abc7news.com/archive/6247217/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=ABC7 San Francisco |language=en}} Through three seasons with the Comets, Hodges scored 382 points, collected 112 rebounds, 66 assists, 32 steals, and 4 blocks. In 2006, she scored a career high 247 points, with her career high of 21 coming against the Washington Mystics.

After the Comets folded in the fall of 2008, the Minnesota Lynx selected Hodges as the fourth pick in the dispersal draft for former Comets players.{{Cite web |date=2008-12-08 |title=Lytle goes first in WNBA dispersal draft |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story?id=3755308 |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}

Coaching career

During the 2019–2020 college basketball season, Hodges worked as a special advisor to her alma mater LSU. The following academic year, she joined the coaching staff at Old Dominion University.{{Cite web |title=Roneeka Hodges |url=https://odusports.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/season/2020-21/staff/roneeka-hodges |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Old Dominion Athletics |language=en-US}} In September 2021, she was named an assistant coach to the Colgate University women's basketball team.{{Cite web |title=Roneeka Hodges - Women's Basketball Coach |url=https://colgateathletics.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/roneeka-hodges/2036 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Colgate University Athletics |language=en}}

In 2022, she joined the new coaching staff of the New York Liberty under Sandy Brondello.{{Cite web |title=New York Liberty Finalize 2022 Coaching Staff – New York Liberty |url=https://liberty.wnba.com/news/new-york-liberty-finalize-2022-coaching-staff/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=liberty.wnba.com}}

In 2025, she joined the new coaching staff of the Connecticut Sun under Rachid Meziane,{{Cite web |title=Connecticut Sun Welcomes Roneeka Hodges as Assistant Coach |url=https://sun.wnba.com/news/connecticut-sun-welcomes-roneeka-hodges-as-assistant-coach |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=sun.wnba.com |language=en}} with a more expanded role than she had with the Liberty.{{Cite web |last=Alfveby |first=Gabby |date=2025-01-11 |title=Sun hire former WNBA player Roneeka Hodges as new assistant coach |url=https://www.thenexthoops.com/features/sun-hire-former-wnba-player-roneeka-hodges-as-new-assistant-coach/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=The Next}}

WNBA career statistics

=Regular season=

| align="left" | 2005

| align="left" | Houston

| 26 || 0 || 7.2 || .277 || .192 || 1.000 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 1.3

| align="left" | 2006

| align="left" | Houston

| 33 || 8 || 21.2 || .401 || .367 || .744 || 2.0 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 1.1 || 7.5

| align="left" | 2007

| align="left" | Houston

| 29 || 4 || 11.4 || .279 || .299 || .909 || 1.0 || 0.9 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 0.7 || 3.5

| align="left" | 2008

| align="left" | Houston

| 15 || 6 || 18.3 || .423 || .371 || 1.000 || 1.9 || 1.2 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 7.3

| align="left" | 2009

| align="left" | Minnesota

| 33 || 27 || 27.3 || .417 || .398 || .909 || 3.0 || 1.9 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 1.1 || 9.9

| align="left" | 2010

| align="left" | San Antonio

| 34 || 19 || 25.3 || .357 || .308 || .758 || 3.2 || 1.4 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 1.2 || 7.7

| align="left" | 2011

| align="left" | San Antonio

| 28 || 5 || 9.8 || .404 || .400 || 1.000 || 1.3 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 3.9

| align="left" | 2012

| align="left" | Indiana

| 12 || 0 || 8.9 || .318 || .259 || .500 || 0.6 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 3.2

| align="left" | 2012

| align="left" | Tulsa

| 20 || 16 || 25.5 || .420 || .376 || .773 || 2.7 || 1.9 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 1.7 || 10.2

| align="left" | 2013

| align="left" | Tulsa

| 33 || 8 || 17.2 || .387 || .360 || .875 || 1.2 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 0.1

|| 0.5 || 5.0

| align="left" | 2014

| align="left" | Tulsa

| 34 || 34 || 21.2 || .346 || .259 || .793 || 1.8 || 1.4 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 0.6 || 5.3

| align="left" | 2015

| align="left" | Atlanta

| 23 || 9 || 19.5 || .382 || .360 || .750 || 2.0 || 1.3 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 1.0 || 6.4

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 11 years, 6 teams

| 320 || 136 || 18.4 || .379 || .344 || .803 || 1.8 || 1.1 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.8 || 6.0

=Playoffs=

| align="left" | 2005

| align="left" | Houston

| 2 || 0 || 1.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 0.0

| align="left" | 2006

| align="left" | Houston

| 2 || 0 || 17.5 || .294 || .250 || .500 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 7.0

| align="left" | 2010

| align="left" | San Antonio

| 2 || 2 || 28.5 || .529 || .429 || .000 || 1.5 || 1.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.5 || 10.5

| align="left" | 2011

| align="left" | San Antonio

| 1 || 0 || 5.0 || .500 || .500 || .000 || 0.0 || 2.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 3.0

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 4 years, 2 teams

| 7 || 2 || 14.1 || .417 || .353 || .500 || 0.9 || 0.9 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 0.6 || 5.4

LSU and Florida State statistics

Source

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!Points

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

2000-01

|LSU

|30

|253

|46.7

|38.2

|75.5

|4.1

|1.3

|1.0

|0.4

|8.4

2001-02

|LSU

|30

|266

|44.9

|30.3

|72.1

|5.3

|1.4

|0.9

|0.7

|8.9

2002-03

|LSU

|34

|150

|43.4

|23.4

|64.3

|3.4

|2.1

|0.7

|0.3

|4.4

Career

|LSU

|94

|669

|45.3

|29.9

|71.0

|4.2

|1.6

|0.9

|0.5

|7.1

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!Points

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

2004-05

|Florida State

|32

|615

|46.8

|32.6

|63.5

|5.6

|1.5

|1.1

|0.8

|19.2

Career

|Florida State

|32

|615

|46.8

|32.6

|63.5

|5.6

|1.5

|1.1

|0.8

|19.2

References

{{reflist|refs=

{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Women's Basketball Player stats|date=|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch|website=NCAA|accessdate=5 October 2015}}

}}

External links

[http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/roneeka_hodges/career_stats.html Player Profile]
[http://seminoles.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/hodges_roneeka00.html College Profile]
[http://www.wnba.com/dream/expansion_analysis_080206.html Expansion draft/analysis]

Category:1982 births

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Category:American women's basketball players

Category:Atlanta Dream players

Category:Basketball players at the 2003 Pan American Games

Category:Basketball players from New Orleans

Category:Florida State Seminoles women's basketball players

Category:Houston Comets players

Category:Indiana Fever players

Category:LSU Tigers women's basketball players

Category:Minnesota Lynx players

Category:San Antonio Stars players