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Kimberley Oden
Personal information
Born	Kimberley Yvette Oden (1964-05-06) May 6, 1964 (age 60) Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Height	6 ft 2 in (189 cm)
College / University	Stanford University
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker
Number	4 (national team)
National team
1986–1992, 1994 United States
Medal record Women's volleyball Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team World Championship 1990 China Team Goodwill Games 1994 Saint Petersburg Team Pan American Games 1987 Indianapolis Team

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

College

Oden was a three-time All-American volleyball player at Stanford. In 1985, she was selected as the AVCA Player of the Year and won the Honda-Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate volleyball player. 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).

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

National team

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

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

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.

Personal life

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

Awards

• Three-time All-American
• Two-time National Player of the Year — 1984, 1985
• Honda-Broderick Award — 1985
• 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
• Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame — 1995

Clubs

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

See also

• United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics

References

1. ^ "Kim Oden". Olympedia. Archived from the original on July 17, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
2. ^ "Kimberly Yvette Oden". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
3. ^ "Women's Volleyball All-America Teams and Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
4. ^ "Player Bio: Kim Oden". Stanford University Athletics. April 17, 2013. Archived from the original on August 9, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
5. ^ "Past Honda Sports Award Winners for Volleyball". Collegiate Women Sports Awards. Archived from the original on July 29, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
6. "Kim Oden". Stanford University Athletics. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
7. Harvey, Randy (August 21, 1987). "The 1987 Pan American Games : Women's Volleyball : A Bored Cuba Team Takes Time to Top U.S." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 7, 2024. (subscription required)
8. Krastev, Todor. "Women Volleyball XI World Championship 1990 Beijing (CHN) – 22.08–01.09 Winner Soviet Union". Todor66.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2023. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
9. Krastev, Todor. "Women Volleyball XII World Championship 1994 Sao Paulo (BRA) 17-30.10 Winner Cuba". Todor66.com. Archived from the original on June 27, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
10. "Stanford Assistant Volleyball Coach Kim Oden Resigns". Stanford University Athletics. June 12, 2002. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2008.
11. ^ "Kim Oden". Positive Coaching Alliance. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
12. "Oden Sisters to Reunite at Notre Dame-North Carolina Volleyball Match". Notre Dame Athletics. October 16, 1997. Archived from the original on September 27, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2008.
13. "Women's Volleyball: Kim Oden". Stanford University Athletics. Archived from the original on May 24, 2008. Retrieved May 12, 2008.

External links

• Kim Oden at Olympics.com
• Kim Oden at the Beach Volleyball Database
• Southern California Indoor Volleyball Hall of Fame
• Olympedia profile: Kim Oden
• Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame profile
• Volleybox.net profile
• Kim Oden Assistant Coach profile (archived)
• Sports Reference profile: Kim Oden (archived)

v t e United States women's volleyball squad – 1992 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal
1 Sanders 2 Zetterlund 4 K. Oden 5 Endicott 6 Weishoff 7 Kemner 8 Webb-Liley 9 E. Oden 12 Cobbs 13 Cross-Battle 14 Sato 15 Lawanson Coach: Liskevych

• 1964 births
• African-American volleyball players
• Living people
• Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in volleyball
• Sportspeople from Birmingham, Alabama
• Sportspeople from Palo Alto, California
• Stanford Cardinal women's volleyball players
• Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
• American women's volleyball players
• Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games
• Goodwill Games medalists in volleyball
• 21st-century African-American sportswomen
• 21st-century American sportswomen
• 20th-century African-American sportswomen
• 20th-century American sportswomen
• Volleyball players at the 1987 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
• Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in volleyball