Kimberly Hill
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Full name | Kimberly Hill | ||||||||||
Nickname | Kimmy, Kim Hill | ||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||
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]
Early life[edit]
Kimberly Hill was born in Portland, Oregon to Bradd and Terri Hill. She has three siblings: Kelsey Hill, Shelby Hill, and Caitlin Volk.
Career[edit]
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[edit]
Pepperdine Waves (2008–2012)
Atom Trefl Sopot (2013–2014)
AGIL Volley (2014–2015)
Vakıfbank Istanbul (2015–2017)
Imoco Volley Conegliano (2017–2021)
Awards[edit]
Individual[edit]
- 2014 FIVB World Championship "Most valuable player"
- 2014 FIVB World Championship "Best outside spiker"
- 2015–16 CEV Women's Champions League "Best outside spiker"
- 2015–16 Turkish Women's Volleyball League "Most valuable player"
- 2016 World Grand Prix "Best outside spiker"
- 2016–17 CEV Champions League "Best outside spiker"
- 2017–18 CEV Champions League "Best outside spiker"
- 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship "Best outside spiker"
Clubs[edit]
- 2014–15 Coppa Italia -
Champion, with AGIL Volley Novara
- 2015–16 CEV Champions League -
Runner-Up, with Vakıfbank Istanbul
- 2015–16 Turkish Women's Volleyball League -
Champion, with Vakıfbank Istanbul
- 2016 Club World Championship -
Bronze medal, with Vakıfbank Istanbul
- 2016–17 CEV Champions League -
Champion, with VakıfBank Istanbul
- 2017 Club World Championship -
Champion, with VakıfBank Istanbul
- 2017–18 Italian League -
Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2018 Italian Supercup -
Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2018–19 Italian League -
Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2018–19 CEV Champions League -
Runner-Up, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2019 Italian Supercup -
Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship -
Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2020 Italian Supercup -
Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2020-21 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) -
Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2020–21 Italian League -
Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2020–21 CEV Women's Champions League -
Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
National team[edit]
- 2013
FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
- 2013
Women's NORCECA Volleyball Continental Championship
- 2014
FIVB World Championship
- 2015
FIVB World Grand Prix
- 2015
FIVB Women's World Cup
- 2015
Women's NORCECA Volleyball Continental Championship
- 2016
Women's NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament
- 2016
FIVB World Grand Prix
- 2016
Summer Olympics
- 2017
FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
- 2018
FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League
- 2019
FIVB Women's Volleyball Intercontinental Olympic Qualifications Tournament (IOQT) - Qualified
- 2019
FIVB Women's World Cup
- 2019
Women's NORCECA Volleyball Continental Championship
- 2021
FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League
- 2020
2020 Summer Olympics
References[edit]
- ^ "Player's biography". FIVB. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Kim Hill Bio". Pepperdine University Women's Volleyball. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
- ^ "Kim Hill - Women's Volleyball". Pepperdine University Athletics. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
- ^ Benedetti, Valeria (October 12, 2014). "Volley, Mondiale: Usa batte Cina 3–1". La Gazzetta dello sport (in Italian). Milan, Italy. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
- ^ "USA's Kim Hill Honored with World Championship MVP". Milan, Italy: FIVB. May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Brazil win record 11th title in World Grand Prix". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ "VakifBank take 3rd Champions League title after 3–0 win against Imoco". Treviso, Italy: CEV. April 23, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
- ^ "Champions League: Le migliori della Final Four. Zhu MVP" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. April 23, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "USAV Announces U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team". USA Volleyball. June 7, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ "USA W: Kimberly Hill announced her retirement from the national team". World of Volley. August 12, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
- ^ "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.
External links[edit]
- Kimberly Hill at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Kimberly Hill at WorldofVolley
- Kimberly Hill at Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile (in Italian)
- Kimberly Hill at Olympics.com
- Kimberly Hill at Olympedia
- 1989 births
- Living people
- American women's volleyball players
- Pepperdine Waves women's volleyball players
- Sportspeople from Portland, Oregon
- Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in volleyball
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in volleyball
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- American expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- American expatriate volleyball players in Poland
- American expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
- VakıfBank S.K. volleyballers
- Outside hitters
- Serie A1 (women's volleyball) players
- 21st-century American women