Graduating from University City High in 2003, Dodd won the Gatorade Softball Player of the Year award as a senior.
During her time as a Bruin, Dodd hit 36 home runs, currently 8th most in UCLA softball history.
As a senior in 2007, Dodd had career bests in batting average (.369), home runs (a team-leading 14), and RBI (49) and earned second-team NFCA All-American and first-team All-Pac-10 honors.
[3] Dodd graduated from UCLA in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in sociology and minor in women's studies.
After serving as an undergraduate assistant for the UCLA Bruins in 2008,[3] Dodd was hired as the assistant and hitting coach for the University of Nevada Wolf Pack serving under head coach Matt Meuchel beginning in the 2009 season, in which Nevada went 40–19 as Western Athletic Conference co-champions and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament.