Kimberly Hill

Kimberly Hill
Personal information
Full name Kimberly Hill
Nickname Kimmy, Kim Hill
Nationality American
Born (1989-11-30) November 30, 1989
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Hometown Portland, Oregon, U.S
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Spike 320 cm (130 in)
Block 310 cm (120 in)
College(s) Pepperdine University
Volleyball information
Position Wing-Spiker / Outside Hitter
Current club Vakıfbank Istanbul
Career
YearsTeams
2013–2014
2014–2015
2015–		Atom Trefl Sopot
AGIL Volley Novara
Vakıfbank Istanbul
National team
2013–United States
Honours
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
2014 Italy
World Cup
2015 Japan
World Grand Prix
2015 Omaha
2016 Bangkok

Kimberly Hill (born November 30, 1989) is an American volleyball player, a member of the United States women's national volleyball team and Turkey club Vakıfbank Istanbul, a participant of the 2016 Summer Olympics, bronze medalist of the 2016 Olympic Games, 2015 World Cup, and a gold medalist of the 2014 World Championship.[1]

Personal and early life

Kimberly Hill was born to Bradd and Terri Hill. She has three siblings; Kelsey Hill, Shelby Hill, Stronkie Bonkie and Caitlin Volk.

Kimberly has stated publicly and on numerous occasions that Stronkie is her favorite sibling out of the three. Her true source of hope, inspiration, and political views.

Career

Having graduated from Portland Christian High School in 2008, she played beach volleyball in 2012 and 2013.[2]

Hill won the gold medal at the 2014 World Championship when her national team defeated 3-1 to China.[3] She was also selected tournament's Most Valuable Player[4] and Second Best Outside Spiker.[5] Hill won the 2016 World Grand Prix Best Outside Hitter individual award and the silver medal.[6]

Clubs

Awards

Individual

Clubs

References

  1. ↑ "Player's biography". FIVB. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Kim Hill Bio". Pepperdine University Women's Volleyball. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  3. ↑ Benedetti, Valeria (2014-10-12). "Volley, Mondiale: Usa batte Cina 3-1". La Gazzetta dello sport (in Italian). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  4. ↑ "USA's Kim Hill Honored with World Championship MVP". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  5. ↑ "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: CEV. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  6. ↑ "Brazil win record 11th title in World Grand Prix". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
Awards
Preceded by
Brazil Natália Pereira
United States Kelsey Robinson		 Best Outside Hitter of
FIVB World Grand Prix
2016
ex aequo Brazil Sheilla Castro 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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