Kimberly Hill | |||||||||||
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Full name | Kimberly Hill | ||||||||||
Nickname | Kimmy, Kim Hill | ||||||||||
Born | Portland, Oregon, U.S. | November 30, 1989||||||||||
Hometown | Portland, Oregon, U.S | ||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||
Spike | 320 cm (126 in) | ||||||||||
Block | 310 cm (122 in) | ||||||||||
College / University | Pepperdine University | ||||||||||
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Position | Outside hitter | ||||||||||
Number | 15 | ||||||||||
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Kimberly Hill (born November 30, 1989) is an American former professional volleyball player who played as an outside hitter for the United States women's national volleyball team. Hill won gold with the national team at the 2014 World Championship and the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, and bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. [1] [2]
Kimberly Hill was born in Portland, Oregon to Bradd and Terri Hill. She has three siblings: Kelsey Hill, Shelby Hill, and Caitlin Volk.
Hill graduated from Portland Christian High School in 2008. She played four years of indoor volleyball (2008–11) for Pepperdine University and two years of beach volleyball (2012–13). [3]
Hill was the first college volleyball player to earn AVCA All-American first team honors in both indoor and beach. She received the accolades in 2011 with the indoor squad, and in 2012 and 2013 on the beach. Hill was also the 2011 West Coast Conference Player of the Year and the WCC's Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She was a member of the inaugural AVCA national champions in the sport of beach volleyball in 2012. [4]
Hill won a gold medal at the 2014 World Championship when the USA national team defeated China 3–1. [5] She was also selected tournament's Most Valuable Player [6] and Second Best Outside Spiker. [7] Hill won the 2016 World Grand Prix Best Outside Hitter individual award and the silver medal. [8]
Hill won the 2016–17 CEV Champions League gold medal with VakıfBank Istanbul when her team defeated the Italian Imoco Volley Conegliano 3–0 [9] and she was also awarded Best Outside Spiker. [10] She was selected to play the Italian League All-Star game in 2017. [11]
On June 7, 2021, US National Team head coach Karch Kiraly announced she would be part of the 12-player Olympic roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [12] Hill saw action as a serving specialist, and won the gold medal with her team. Shortly after the Olympic Games concluded, she officially announced her retirement from the US National Team. [13]
In January 2022, Long Beach State athletics announced that Hill joined the Women's volleyball coaching staff. [14]
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