Published on January 7, 2019
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He is the first Samford player ever to receive the award and it is only the seventh occasion for the honor to go to a representative of the Southern Conference. When I wrote to congratulate him on Friday evening, he replied by shifting the focus elsewhere: “What a great honor to represent Samford!”
The world is better because of Devlin Hodges.
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 5,791 students from 49 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.