Kimberly Hill
Hill in 2016
Personal information
Full nameKimberly Hill
NicknameKimmy, Kim Hill
NationalityAmerican
Born (1989-11-30) November 30, 1989 (age 34)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
HometownPortland, Oregon, U.S
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Spike320 cm (126 in)
Block310 cm (122 in)
College / UniversityPepperdine University
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Number15
Career
YearsTeams
2013–2014Poland Atom Trefl Sopot
2014–2015Italy AGIL Volley Novara
2015–2017Turkey Vakıfbank Istanbul
2017–2021Italy Imoco Volley Conegliano
National team
2013–2021United States United States
Medal record
Volleyball
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2014 Italy Team
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 Japan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Japan Team
World Grand Champions Cup
Silver medal – second place 2013 Japan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Japan Team
World Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2015 Omaha Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Bangkok Team
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal – first place 2018 Nanjing Team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Rimini Team
NORCECA Championship
Silver medal – second place 2019 San Juan Team

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]

Early life

Kimberly Hill was born in Portland, Oregon to Bradd and Terri Hill. She has three siblings: Kelsey Hill, Shelby Hill, and Caitlin Volk.

Career

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]

Clubs

Awards

Individual

Clubs

National team

References

  1. ^ "Player's biography". FIVB. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "Volleyball HILL Kimberly". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  3. ^ "Kim Hill Bio". Pepperdine University Women's Volleyball. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  4. ^ "Kim Hill - Women's Volleyball". Pepperdine University Athletics. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  5. ^ Benedetti, Valeria (October 12, 2014). "Volley, Mondiale: Usa batte Cina 3–1". La Gazzetta dello sport (in Italian). Milan, Italy. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  6. ^ "USA's Kim Hill Honored with World Championship MVP". Milan, Italy: FIVB. May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
  7. ^ "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: CEV. May 11, 2014. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
  8. ^ "Brazil win record 11th title in World Grand Prix". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  9. ^ "VakifBank take 3rd Champions League title after 3–0 win against Imoco". Treviso, Italy: CEV. April 23, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  10. ^ "Champions League: Le migliori della Final Four. Zhu MVP" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. April 23, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  11. ^ "All Star Game: A Bergamo la sfida Selezione Italia vs Resto del Mondo" (in Italian). Bergamo: Volleyball.it. December 18, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  12. ^ "USAV Announces U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team". USA Volleyball. June 7, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  13. ^ "USA W: Kimberly Hill announced her retirement from the national team". World of Volley. August 12, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  14. ^ "Olympic Gold Medalist Kim Hill to Join LBSU Women's Volleyball as Volunteer Assistant Coach". Long Beach State athletics. January 24, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2023.

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Awards Preceded by Yekaterina Gamova Most Valuable Player of World Championship 2014 Succeeded by Tijana Bošković Preceded by- Best Outside Hitter of World Championship 2014 ex aequo Zhu Ting Succeeded by Zhu Ting Miriam Sylla Preceded by Natália Pereira Kelsey Robinson Best Outside Hitter of FIVB World Grand Prix 2016 ex aequo Sheilla Castro Succeeded by Zhu Ting Natália Pereira Preceded by Bethania de la Cruz Helena Havelková Best Outside Hitter of CEV Champions League 2015–2016 ex aequo Kim Yeon-Koung2016–2017 ex aequo Kelsey Robinson 2017–2018 ex aequo Zhu Ting Succeeded byTBD
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