Kim Oden

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| name = Kimberley Oden

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| birth_name = Kimberley Yvette Oden

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|05|06|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.

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| height = {{convert|189|cm|ftin|0|abbr=on|order=flip}}

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| college = Stanford University

| position = Middle blocker

| currentnumber = 4 (national team)

| nationalyears = 1986–1992, 1994

| nationalteam = {{flagicon|United States}} United States

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Kimberley Yvette "Kim" Oden (born May 6, 1964){{Cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53256 |website=Olympedia |title=Kim Oden |access-date=August 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717230754/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53256 |archive-date=July 17, 2023 |url-status=live }} is a former volleyball player and two-time Olympian who played on the United States women's national volleyball team.{{Cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/kimberly-yvette-oden |title=Kimberly Yvette Oden |website=Olympics.com |access-date=August 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810182638/https://olympics.com/en/athletes/kimberly-yvette-oden |archive-date=August 10, 2023 |url-status=live }}

College

Oden was a three-time All-American volleyball player at Stanford.{{Cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_volleyball_RB/2015/2015awards.pdf |website=NCAA |title=Women's Volleyball All-America Teams and Award Winners |access-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705195523/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_volleyball_RB/2015/2015awards.pdf |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |url-status=live }} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://gostanford.com/news/2013/4/17/208438563.aspx |title=Player Bio: Kim Oden |website=Stanford University Athletics |date=April 17, 2013 |language=en |access-date=March 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230809204759/https://gostanford.com/news/2013/4/17/208438563.aspx |archive-date=August 9, 2023 |url-status=live }} 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.{{Cite web |url=https://gostanford.com/honors/stanford-athletics-hall-of-fame/kim-oden/91 |website=Stanford University Athletics |title=Kim Oden |access-date=August 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026212646/https://gostanford.com/honors/stanford-athletics-hall-of-fame/kim-oden/91 |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |url-status=live }}

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.{{Cite news |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-21-sp-2295-story.html |title=The 1987 Pan American Games : Women’s Volleyball : A Bored Cuba Team Takes Time to Top U.S. |date=August 21, 1987 |last=Harvey |first=Randy |access-date=September 7, 2024 }} {{subscription required}} She participated at the 1990 FIVB World Championship, winning a bronze medal and being selected as the "best blocker".{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/volleyball/World/Women_1990.html|title=Women Volleyball XI World Championship 1990 Beijing (CHN) – 22.08–01.09 Winner Soviet Union|last=Krastev |first=Todor |website=Todor66.com |access-date=April 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423113545/http://www.todor66.com/volleyball/World/Women_1990.html |archive-date=April 23, 2023 |url-status=live }} She also competed at the 1994 FIVB World Championship.{{cite web |title=Women Volleyball XII World Championship 1994 Sao Paulo (BRA) 17-30.10 Winner Cuba |url=http://todor66.com/volleyball/World/Women_1994.html |last=Krastev |first=Todor |website=Todor66.com |access-date=November 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627000816/http://todor66.com/volleyball/World/Women_1994.html |archive-date=June 27, 2015 |url-status=live }}

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.{{cite web | url=http://gostanford.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/061202aaa.html |title=Stanford Assistant Volleyball Coach Kim Oden Resigns |date=June 12, 2002 |website=Stanford University Athletics |access-date=May 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710081426/http://gostanford.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/061202aaa.html |archive-date=July 10, 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=https://positivecoach.org/team/oden-kim/ |website=Positive Coaching Alliance |title=Kim Oden |access-date=August 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529125008/https://positivecoach.org/team/oden-kim/ |archive-date=May 29, 2023 |url-status=live }}

Personal life

Originally a Southern California resident of Irvine,{{cite web | url=http://und.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/nd-w-volley-spec-rel28.html |title=Oden Sisters to Reunite at Notre Dame-North Carolina Volleyball Match |date=October 16, 1997 |website=Notre Dame Athletics |access-date=May 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927202851/http://www.und.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/nd-w-volley-spec-rel28.html |archive-date=September 27, 2016 |url-status=dead }} Oden now resides in Palo Alto.{{cite web | url=http://gostanford.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/oden_kim00.html | title=Women's Volleyball: Kim Oden |website=Stanford University Athletics | access-date=2008-05-12 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524091743/http://gostanford.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/oden_kim00.html | archive-date=May 24, 2008 | url-status=dead }} 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{{Cite journal|url=https://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/volleyball|title=Past Honda Sports Award Winners for Volleyball |website=Collegiate Women Sports Awards |language=en |access-date=March 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729171231/https://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/volleyball |archive-date=July 29, 2023 |url-status=live }}
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)
Leites Nestlé (1995)
Beşiktaş JK (women's volleyball) Istanbul (1996)

References

External links

[https://olympics.com/en/athletes/kimberly-yvette-oden Kim Oden at Olympics.com]
{{Beach Volleyball Database | 1813 | Kim Oden }}
[https://socalindoorvolleyballhof.com/kim-oden-2017/ Southern California Indoor Volleyball Hall of Fame]
[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53256 Olympedia profile: Kim Oden]
[https://gostanford.com/honors/stanford-athletics-hall-of-fame/kim-oden/91 Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame profile]
[https://women.volleybox.net/kimberley-oden-p11206 Volleybox.net profile]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080524091743/http://gostanford.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/oden_kim00.html Kim Oden Assistant Coach profile] (archived)
[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418093138/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/od/kim-oden-1.html Sports Reference profile: Kim Oden] (archived)