Katie Wilkins

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Katie Wilkins
Personal information
Full nameKatherine Wilkins
Nationality American
Born (1982-05-10) May 10, 1982 (age 41)
Lakeside, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight179 lb (81 kg)
Spike122 in (309 cm)
Block118 in (299 cm)
Volleyball information
Number8 (national team)
National team
2005–2007 Flag of the United States.svg USA
Medal record
Women's volleyball
Representing Flag of the United States.svg  United States
NORCECA Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Port of Spain Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Winnipeg Team
World Grand Champions Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Nagoya Team

Katherine "Katie" Wilkins (born May 10, 1982, in Lakeside, California) is an American former volleyball player. She was part of the USA women's national volleyball team at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan. [1]

Wilkins graduated from Valley Christian High in El Cajon, California in 2000. She attended Pepperdine University and was selected for the All-America first team by the American Volleyball Coaches Association in 2003 after 2 prior selections for the second team. [2] During her time at Pepperdine, the team made four appearances in the NCAA Championships, reaching the "Elite 8" on two occasions, as well as being seeded first in 2003. [3]

From 2006 to 2007, Wilkins played professionally for the Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders in South Korea's V-League, where she helped the Spiders to win the second consecutive championship.

Notes

  1. "American volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship". fivb.org. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  2. "#8 – Katie Wilkins, usavolleyball.org, Jan. 17, 2007".
  3. "Former Wave Finds Success Overseas, CSTV.com, Feb. 12, 2007". Archived from the original on January 20, 2009.

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