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{{Short description|American volleyball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox volleyball player
| name         = Kim Glass
| image        = Kimberly Glass (6807635657).jpg
| caption        = Glass with [[Rabita Baku]] in 2012
| fullname     = Kimberly Marie Glass
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1984|8|18}}
| birth_place  = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| death_date   = 
| death_place  =  
| height       = {{height|ft=6|in=2.5}}{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
| spike        = {{convert|314|cm|abbr=on}}
| block        = {{convert|299|cm|abbr=on}}
| position     = Outside hitter
| currentclub  = [[Banana Boat / Praia Clube]]
| currentnumber= 10
| years        = 2002–2006<br>2006–2007 <br> 2007–2008 <br> 2008–2009 <br> 2009–2010 <br> 2010–2012 <br> 2012-2013 <br> 2013-2014
| clubs        = 
{{flagicon|USA}} [[University of Arizona]]<br>
{{flagicon|PUR}} [[Pinkin de Corozal]]<br>
{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball|Fenerbahçe]]<br> 
{{flagicon|RUS}} [[VC Universitet-Tekhnolog Belgorod|Universitet Belgorod]]<br> 
{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Modřanská Prostějov]]<br> 
{{flagicon|AZE}} [[Rabita Baku]]<br>
{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Guangdong Evergrande Women's Volleyball Club|Guangdong Evergrande]]
{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Praia Clube|Banana Boat / Praia Clube]]
| nationalyears = 2007-2012
| nationalteam = {{vbw|USA}}
| medaltemplates-title = Medal record
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[volleyball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2008 Beijing]]|[[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|World Cup]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2007 FIVB Women's World Cup|2007 Japan]]|[[2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB World Grand Prix|Grand Prix]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2011 FIVB World Grand Prix|2011 Macau]]|[[2011 FIVB World Grand Prix squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[NORCECA Women's Volleyball Championship|NORCECA Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2011 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship|2011 Caguas]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup|Pan-American Cup]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2011 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup|2011 Ciudad Juárez]]|}}
}}

'''Kimberly Marie Glass''' (born August 18, 1984) is an American indoor [[volleyball]] player and [[Model (person)|model]]. She is {{convert|6|ft|2.5|in|cm|abbr=on}}{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} and plays as an outside hitter. She joined the [[United States women's national volleyball team|U.S. national team]] on May 23, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usavolleyball.org/News.asp?id=1599 |title=Glass joins U.S. National Team |access-date=2007-12-01 |archive-date=2008-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908054800/http://www.usavolleyball.org/News.asp?id=1599 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Glass made her first [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] appearance at the [[2008 Beijing Olympics]], helping Team USA to a silver medal.

==High school and personal life==
Glass was born in [[Los Angeles, California]], to Sherman and Kathy Glass. She has two brothers, Darryl and Marcius, and two sisters, Shalana and Shaynce.<ref>{{cite web|title=USA Volleyball|url=http://usavolleyball.org/athletes/kim-glass|publisher=2011 United States Olympic Committee|accessdate=10 December 2011|archive-date=18 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418004915/http://usavolleyball.org/athletes/kim-glass|url-status=dead}}</ref>
She grew up in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]], and attended [[Conestoga Valley High School]] where she was a three-year letterwinner. She was the 2001 Pennsylvania State Gatorade Player of the Year. She was the Lancaster-Lebanon League MVP in 2000 and 2001 and participated on the U.S. junior national team in 2001 that competed at the Women's Junior World Championships. She played club volleyball for Synergy for four years.

While in college, Glass tried out for [[Tyra Banks]]' show [[America's Next Top Model]] five times.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=1398/bio/index.html |title=Not a shoe-in – NBC Olympic profile |access-date=2008-07-14 |archive-date=2016-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808160230/http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=1398/bio/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2011 Glass appeared in the [[Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue]].<ref>{{cite news 
|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011_swimsuit/athletes/kim-glass/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218010210/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011_swimsuit/athletes/kim-glass/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 18, 2011|title=Kim Glass|author=SI|accessdate=2011-03-30|work=CNN}}</ref>

==Homelessness==
===Homeless for Charity===
Glass frequently worked with the homeless population in Los Angeles. On "[[The Challenge: Champs vs. Stars]]", she chose to play for the charity [[Covenant House]], which helps homeless youth.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/espnw/culture/article/21679465/champs-vs-stars-olympian-kim-glass-fitness-guru-emily-schromm|title=Inside 'The Challenge: Champs vs. Stars' with Olympian Kim Glass and fitness guru Emily Schromm|work=espnW|access-date=2017-12-13}}</ref>

===Attack by Homeless Man===
In July 2022, Glass's Instagram account stated that she was randomly attacked in [[Los Angeles]] by a homeless man. Reportedly while leaving a restaurant with a friend, 51-year-old Semeon Tesfamariam ran up to her and hit her in the face with a metal pipe, causing multiple facial fractures and eye injuries that required stitches.<ref name=Fioresi>{{cite web |first=Dean |last=Fioresi |date=12 July 2022 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/former-olympian-model-kim-glass-attacked-by-homeless-man-in-downtown-los-angeles/ |title=Former Olympian, model Kim Glass attacked by homeless man in Downtown Los Angeles |quote=Former Olympic medalist and model Kim Glass was reportedly targeted by a homeless man in an unprovoked attack in Downtown Los Angeles on Friday.}}</ref> The pipe was possibly thrown.<ref name=McGee>{{Cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/olympic-volleyball-player-kim-glass-141229960.html |title=Olympic Volleyball Player Kim Glass Shares Injuries She Suffered From Homeless Man|work=Yahoo News |date=11 July 2022 |first=Noah |last=McGee |quote=Glass has shared disturbing injuries that she suffered at the hands of a homeless man who threw a metal pipe at her in Los Angeles on Saturday.}}</ref>

==College highlights==
Glass, a three-time [[American Volleyball Coaches Association]] All-American and four-time All-Pac-10 pick, is [[Arizona Wildcats|Arizona]]'s career leader in kills with 2,151 and ranks third all-time in the Pac-10 in the same category. She averaged 5.27 kills, 2.84 digs, 0.70 blocks and 0.40 aces per game for the Wildcats. For her career, Glass had double-digit kills in 105 of her 115 matches played, along with 20 or more kills 54 times en route to a school-record 5.27 kills per game average. She holds the Arizona school record with 162 aces, and is third in career digs with 1,158. Glass provided 77 block solos, which ranks eighth all-time for the Wildcats.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wc.arizona.edu/papers/97/43/02_1.html |title=Volleyball's Kim Glass shattering UA records |access-date=2007-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080813103533/http://wc.arizona.edu/papers/97/43/02_1.html |archive-date=2008-08-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2002, she was an [[AVCA]] Second Team All-American and the National Freshman of the Year. In 2003, she was a Third Team All-American. As a senior in 2005, Glass was selected [[AVCA]] All-America First-Team in leading Arizona to a fourth overall seed in the [[2005 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament|NCAA tournament]], where they got to the regional final.

Kim Glass became the first [[Arizona Wildcats|Wildcat]] and the fourth player in Pac-10 history to record 2,000 kills.<ref>[http://www.pac-10.org/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/112105aaa.html Arizona's Kim Glass Named Pac-10 Volleyball Player of the Week] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080819175158/http://www.pac-10.org/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/112105aaa.html |date=2008-08-19 }}</ref>

==International career==
===Junior international competition===
Glass is no stranger to international competition as she was a member of the U.S. women's junior national team that competed in the 2001 FIVB World Junior Championships. She also participated on the U.S. women's junior national team at the 2002 NORCECA Continental Women's Junior Championships.

===Major international competition===
2008
*[[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
*U.S. Olympic team exhibition with Brazil
*[[2008 FIVB World Grand Prix|FIVB World Grand Prix]] (fourth place)
2007
*[[2007 FIVB World Grand Prix|FIVB World Grand Prix]] (eighth place)
*FIVB World Cup (bronze medal)
[[File:Kimberly Glass (6807664187).jpg|thumb|Kimberly Glass at 2012]]

===International highlights===
Averaged 3.39 points per set at the FIVB World Grand Prix in her first international experience with the U.S. women's national team. Ranked 10th among all scorers at the World Grand Prix during the preliminary round. Attacked at a 0.346 percentage with 2.61 kills per set on 211 swings. Averaged 0.97 digs, 0.39 aces and 0.39 blocks during the World Grand Prix. Started only four of 11 matches at the FIVB World Cup, but played in 29 sets with 26 set starts. Tallied World Cup per set averages of 2.45 points, 1.79 kills, 0.34 blocks, 1.21 digs and 0.31 aces. Contributed 12 points coming off the bench versus [[Cuba]] on November 3 with 9 kills on 16 swings. She scored 11 points against [[Thailand]] on November 10 and Japan on November 15.

==Professional career==
Glass played for [[Pinkin de Corozal]] in [[Puerto Rico]]'s Super League. She led the league in kills during the regular season and led her team to the tournament semifinals. She joined [[Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball]] Team on 2007 season start with her U.S. national team-mate [[Therese Crawford]]. U.S. national libero [[Nicole Davis (volleyball)|Nicole Davis]] also played there on 2006–07 season.

==Awards==
2005 NIRSA Region 6 Basketball Tournament Most Valuable Player

===Clubs===
* [[Women's CEV Champions League 2010–11|2010/11 CEV Champions League]] – [[File:Gorm silver cup.jpg|16px]] Runner-up, with [[Rabita Baku]]

==Other ventures==
Glass competed on the special for the [[MTV]] reality series ''[[The Challenge (TV series)|The Challenge]]:'' ''[[The Challenge: Champs vs. Stars|Champs vs. Stars]],'' which premiered November 21, 2017. Glass almost made it to the Final Challenge, but lost a coin toss for the final spot.

Glass is now featured in a segment of the mobile phone app, Headspace, hosting a series of guided sessions focused on movement and mindfulness.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090503220611/http://www.kimglass10.com/ Official website]
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