Kimberly Hill

Kimberly Hill
Hill in 2017
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 (126 in)
Block 310 cm (122 in)
College(s) Pepperdine University
Volleyball information
Position Outside Hitter
Current club Imoco Volley Conegliano
Number 15
Career
YearsTeams
2013–2014Atom Trefl Sopot
2014–2015AGIL Volley Novara
2015–2017Vakıfbank Istanbul
2017-Imoco Volley Conegliano
National team
2013–United States
Medal record
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Championship
2014 ItalyTeam
World Cup
2015 JapanTeam
World Grand Champions Cup
2013 Japan Team
2017 Japan Team
World Grand Prix
2015 OmahaTeam
2016 BangkokTeam
FIVB Nations League
2018 NanjingTeam
Hill in 2016

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 bronze medalist at the 2016 Olympic Games and 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, and Caitlin Volk.

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]

Hill won the 2016–17 CEV Champions League gold medal with VakıfBank Istanbul when her team defeated the Italian Imoco Volley Conegliano 3-0[7] and she was also awarded Best Outside Spiker.[8] She was selected to play the Italian League All-Star game in 2017.[9]

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.
  7. ↑ "VakifBank take 3rd Champions League title after 3-0 win against Imoco". Treviso, Italy: CEV. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  8. ↑ "Champions League: Le migliori della Final Four. Zhu MVP" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  9. ↑ "All Star Game: A Bergamo la sfida Selezione Italia vs Resto del Mondo" (in Italian). Bergamo: Volleyball.it. 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
Awards
Preceded by
Russia Yekaterina Gamova		 Most Valuable Player of
World Championship
2014		 Succeeded by
TBD
Preceded by
-		 Best Outside Hitter of
World Championship
2014
ex aequo China Zhu Ting		 Succeeded by
TBD
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
China Zhu Ting
Brazil Natália Pereira
Preceded by
Dominican Republic Bethania de la Cruz
Czech Republic Helena Havelková		 Best Outside Hitter of
CEV Champions League
2015–2016
ex aequo South Korea Kim Yeon-Koung
2016–2017
ex aequo United States Kelsey Robinson
2017–2018
ex aequo China Zhu Ting		 Succeeded by
TBD
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