Kim Oden Explained

Kimberley Oden
Nickname:	Kim
Birth Name:	Kimberley Yvette Oden
Birth Date:	May 6, 1964
Birth Place:	Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Height:	189cm (74inches)
College:	Stanford University
Position:	Middle blocker
Currentnumber:	4 (national team)
Nationalyears:	1986–1992, 1994
Nationalteam:	United States
Medaltemplates-Title:	Medal record

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

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 and won the Honda-Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate volleyball player.^[4] 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.^[5]

National team

Oden was named the Olympic team captain in 1988 and 1992. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea, 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, Spain.

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".^[6] She also competed at the 1994 FIVB World Championship.^[7]

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.^{[8] [9]}

Personal life

Oden is currently a high school guidance counselor.

Originally a Southern California resident of Irvine,^[10] Oden now resides in Palo Alto.^[11] Her sisters, Elaina and Beverly, are also Olympians who played on the national volleyball team.

Awards

• Three-time All-American
• Two-time National Player of the Year 1984, 1985
• Honda-Broderick Award 1985^[12]
• 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

External links

• Kim Oden at Olympics.com
  • 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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kim Oden . Olympedia . August 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230717230754/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53256 . July 17, 2023 . live .
2. Web site: Kimberly Yvette Oden . Olympics.com . August 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230810182638/https://olympics.com/en/athletes/kimberly-yvette-oden . August 10, 2023 . live .
3. Web site: Women's Volleyball All-America Teams and Award Winners . . September 9, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220705195523/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_volleyball_RB/2015/2015awards.pdf . July 5, 2022 . live .
4. Web site: Player Bio: Kim Oden . Stanford University Athletics . April 17, 2013 . en . March 27, 2020 . https://archive.today/20230809204759/https://gostanford.com/news/2013/4/17/208438563.aspx . August 9, 2023 . live .
5. Web site: Kim Oden . Stanford University Athletics . August 29, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201026212646/https://gostanford.com/honors/stanford-athletics-hall-of-fame/kim-oden/91 . October 26, 2020 . live .
6. Web site: Women Volleyball XI World Championship 1990 Beijing (CHN) – 22.08–01.09 Winner Soviet Union. Krastev . Todor . Todor66.com . April 2, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230423113545/http://www.todor66.com/volleyball/World/Women_1990.html . April 23, 2023 . live .
7. Web site: Women Volleyball XII World Championship 1994 Sao Paulo (BRA) 17-30.10 Winner Cuba . Krastev . Todor . Todor66.com . November 29, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150627000816/http://todor66.com/volleyball/World/Women_1994.html . June 27, 2015 . live .
8. Web site: Stanford Assistant Volleyball Coach Kim Oden Resigns . June 12, 2002 . Stanford University Athletics . May 12, 2008 . https://archive.today/20120710081426/http://gostanford.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/061202aaa.html . July 10, 2012 . dead .
9. Web site: Kim Oden . . August 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230529125008/https://positivecoach.org/team/oden-kim/ . May 29, 2023 . live .
10. Web site: Oden Sisters to Reunite at Notre Dame-North Carolina Volleyball Match . October 16, 1997 . UND.com . May 12, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160927202851/http://www.und.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/nd-w-volley-spec-rel28.html . September 27, 2016 . dead .
11. Web site: Women's Volleyball: Kim Oden . Stanford University Athletics . 2008-05-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080524091743/http://gostanford.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/oden_kim00.html . May 24, 2008 . dead .
12. Past Honda Sports Award Winners for Volleyball . Collegiate Women Sports Awards . en . March 27, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230729171231/https://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/volleyball . July 29, 2023 . live .