This dynamic, do-it-all cager was tabbed the 39th Annual girls’ Warren Jaques Award winner

She can play all five positions on the floor, at a high level, and she can defend each of them, too.

On Monday night, St. Joseph-by-the-Sea’ Angelina Hodgens’ dexterity paid off in spades as the junior point forward was tabbed the winner of the 39th Annual girls’ Warren Jaques Award, presented to Staten Island’s most outstanding girls’ basketball player each year.

The 5-foot-9, dynamo athlete is the epitome of versatility in today’s position-less game. Hodgens often brings the ball up for her team and guards the opposing team’s biggest player.

She is the first Viking to cop the girls’ award since Diana Braendly in 1994. She is just the second Huguenot girls’ hoopster to take home the honor since Jeanine Radice copped the inaugural award in 1985.

Hodgens is also the first player other than three-time winner Nicole Melious to win since 2019.

“I’m just so grateful and happy,” she said after getting the call from Jaques Committee chairman Tim Gannon.

“Everyone on Staten Island wants to wins the Jaques,” she continued. “Since I’m a little kid, I’ve always looked up to the girls who have won it. It’s such a special thing to be a part of and I’m really glad I could experience this.”

“To have our first girls’ Jaques Award winner at St. Joe’s in decades is very special and Angelina is very deserving of this honor,” lauded Vikings head coach Josh Suslak. “She’s relentless in her work ethic and has given her all to the game and helping the team win.”

The three-year varsity player is a tenacious rebounder and a ferocious finisher in the paint, but she’s equally skilled with the ball in her hands off the dribble, with a strong mid-range jumper to match.

Hodgens helped pilot Sea to the CHSAA AA Archdiocesan crown this season, as well as the inaugural S.I. Borough President’s Cup. She was named to the CHSAA AA First-Team for her efforts, after averaging…