Þóranna Kika Hodge-Carr

Þóranna Kika Hodge-Carr (born 18 July 1999) is an Icelandic basketball player for Iona College and the Icelandic national team. She started her career with Keflavík in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna where she won the national championship in 2017.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is referred to by the given name Þóranna Kika.
Þóranna Kika Hodge-Carr
Iona Gaels
PositionGuard
LeagueMAAC
Personal information
Born (1999-07-18) 18 July 1999
NationalityIcelandic
Listed height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Career information
CollegeIona (2020–present)
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–2020Keflavík
Career highlights and awards

Playing career

First seasons and championship (2015–2020)

After coming up through Keflavík junior teams, Þóranna played her first games in the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna during the 2015–2016 season. She helped Keflavík to the national championship in 2017 when they beat three-time defending champions Snæfell in the Úrvalsdeild finals. The next season, she tore an anterior cruciate ligament in her knee.[1] She bounced back the following season and averaged 9.4 points and 5.4 rebounds for Keflavík before the rest of the season and playoffs where canceled in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic in Iceland.[2]

College career (2020–present)

In May 2020, Þóranna agreed to join the Iona College for the 2020–2021 season.[3]

National team career

Þóranna started playing with Iceland's junior national teams in 2014. In 2015, she was named to the U-16 Nordic Championships All-first team.[4] debuted with the Icelandic national team in 2019.[5][6]

References
  1. Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (13 January 2018). "Þóranna með slitið krossband". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (6 May 2020). "Þóranna Kika spilar körfubolta í New York í stað Keflavíkur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. "Keflvíkingur í bandaríska háskólaboltann". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 6 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (18 May 2015). "Þóranna komst í úrvalslið Norðurlandamótsins". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  5. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (20 May 2019). "Benedikt fer með tvo nýliða á Smáþjóðaleikana í Svartfjallalandi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  6. "A Landslið". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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