Sugar Bowl

UNO's Sandra Hodge added the Sugar Bowl's Outstanding Female Athlete for Greater New Orleans to the long list of honors garnered during her career with the Buckettes.

During the 1982-83 season, the 5-9 guard/forward averaged 27.3 points per game and 8.3 rebounds. The junior from Clinton, Miss., had 56 steals during the season, while connecting on 47.9% from the field and 83.4% from the free throw line.
Hodge had a season high of 42 points against Southwest Missouri and led the Buckettes in scoring in all but one game during the season.

Hodge was the first athlete in UNO history to break 2,000 points for a career. She entered her senior season with 2,299 points.

The New Orleans Sports Awards Committee began in 1957 when James Collins spearheaded a group of sports journalists to form a sports awards committee to immortalize local sports history. For 13 years, the committee honored local athletes each month. In 1970, the Sugar Bowl stepped in to sponsor and revitalize the committee, leading to the creation of the New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame in 1971, honoring 10 legends from the Crescent City in its first induction class. While adding the responsibility of selecting Hall of Famers, the committee has continued to recognize Sugar Bowl Athletes of the Month.

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