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][1]

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Kimberley Oden
Personal information
Nickname	Kim
Nationality	American
Born	Kimberley Yvette Oden (1964-05-06) May 6, 1964 (age 59) 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

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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]

Oden was named the Olympic team captain in 1988 and 1992.^[4] At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea, 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, Spain.^[2]

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

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.^[9][10]

Oden is currently the guidance counselor at a local high school.^[10]

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

• 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

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

• United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics