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Kimberley Yvette "Kim" Oden (born May 6, 1964 in Birmingham, Alabama) is a former USA National volleyball player. She was part of the United States women's national volleyball team.

Kimberley Oden
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	Kimberley Yvette Oden (1964-05-06) May 6, 1964 (age 58) Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Height	6 ft 2 in (189 cm)
Volleyball information
Number	16 (national team)
Career
Years Teams 1994 Stanford University
National team
1990–1994 United States
Medal record Women's volleyball Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team

Biography

She graduated from Stanford in 1986 with a degree in Public Policy, and then went on to play on the U.S. National Team (1986–92, '94). She was named Olympic team captain in 1988 and 1992. In 1985, she won the Honda-Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate volleyball player.[1]

At the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics, Oden was voted "Best Hitter," tallying the highest hitting percentage during the games.

In 1992, she was on the U.S. women's team that won a bronze medal at the Barcelona Summer Olympics in Spain. She participated at the 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship,[2] and at the 1990 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.[3] On club level she played with Stanford University.

Oden was the head volleyball coach at Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, California[4] During her four years coaching there, she recorded 100 wins and only 34 losses which took her teams to many CCS and Nor Cal Finals. Today, she is the Guidance and Counseling Director at the high school and occasionally announces Stanford volleyball matches.

Originally a Southern California resident of Irvine,[5] Oden now resides in Palo Alto.[6] Her sisters Elaina and Beverly were also outstanding volleyball players.

Awards

• Three-time All-American
• National Player of the Year in 1984 and 1985
• Honda-Broderick Award in 1985[7]
• Pac-10 Player of the Year in 1983, 1984 and 1985
• 1990, Player of the Decade on the AVCA's All-Decade Team (1980s)
• Holds the Cardinal single-match record for most blocks (16)
• Voted MVP in 1995 in the National Four-Women Pro-Beach Tour

Clubs

• Stanford University (1994)
• Beşiktaş JK (women's volleyball) Istanbul (1996)

See also

• United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics

References

External links

• Play of the decade
• Stanford bio
• "Player Bio: Kim Oden – GoStanford.com | Stanford Athletics". GoStanford.com. April 17, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
• "Kim Oden Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
• "Articles about Kim Oden". Articles.latimes.com. November 7, 1991. Retrieved April 3, 2017.

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