Kim Oden

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Kimberley Yvette "Kim" Oden (born May 6, 1964)[1] is a former volleyball player and two-time Olympian who played on the United States women's national volleyball team.[2][1]

College

Oden was a three-time All-American volleyball player at Stanford.[3] In 1985, she was selected as the AVCA Player of the Year[3] and won the Honda-Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate volleyball player.[4][5] Oden graduated from Stanford in 1986 with a degree in public policy, and then went on to play with the United States national team (1986–92, '94).[4]

In 1995, Oden was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame.[6]

National team

Oden was named the Olympic team captain in 1988 and 1992.[4] At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Oden was selected as the "best hitter", tallying the highest hitting percentage during the Games.[4] Four years later, she won a bronze medal with the national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[2]

Oden helped the national team win a bronze medal at the 1987 Pan American Games.[1][7] She participated at the 1990 FIVB World Championship, winning a bronze medal and being selected as the "best blocker".[8] She also competed at the 1994 FIVB World Championship.[9]

Coaching

Oden was the head volleyball coach at Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, California, where in four years she recorded 100 wins and only 34 losses.[10][11]

Personal life

Originally a Southern California resident of Irvine,[12] Oden now resides in Palo Alto.[13] Her sisters, Elaina and Beverly, are also Olympians who played on the national volleyball team.[2] Oden is currently a high school guidance counselor.[11]

Awards

  • Three-time All-American
  • Two-time National Player of the Year — 1984, 1985
  • Honda-Broderick Award — 1985[5]
  • Three-time Pac-10 Player of the Year — 1983, 1984, and 1985
  • Pan American Games bronze medal — 1987
  • Player of the Decade on the AVCA's All-Decade Team (1980s) — 1990
  • FIVB World Championship bronze medal — 1990
  • "Best Blocker" at the FIVB World Championship — 1990
  • Cardinal single-match record for most blocks (16)
  • Olympic bronze medal — 1992
  • Goodwill Games silver medal — 1994
  • National Four-Women Pro-Beach Tour MVP — 1995[1]
  • Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame — 1995

Clubs

See also

References

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