Kimberly Hill
Kimberly Hill (born November 30, 1989) is an American volleyball player for Imoco Volley and a member of the United States women's national volleyball team. She is a gold medalist of the 2014 World Championship, and a bronze medalist of the 2016 Olympic Games and 2015 World Cup.[1]
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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(s) | Pepperdine University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Outside Hitter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Number | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Early life
Kimberly Hill was born 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, and she played beach volleyball for Pepperdine University in 2012 and 2013.[2]
Hill won a gold medal at the 2014 World Championship when the USA national team defeated China 3–1.[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
Pepperdine Waves (2008–2012) Atom Trefl Sopot (2013–2014) AGIL Volley (2014–2015) Vakıfbank Istanbul (2015–2017) Imoco Volley Conegliano (2017–)
Awards
Individual
- 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
- 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
References
- "Player's biography". FIVB. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
- "Kim Hill Bio". Pepperdine University Women's Volleyball. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
- 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.
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Most Valuable Player of World Championship 2014 |
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Best Outside Hitter of World Championship 2014 ex aequo |
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Best Outside Hitter of FIVB World Grand Prix 2016 ex aequo |
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Best Outside Hitter of CEV Champions League 2015–2016 ex aequo 2016–2017 ex aequo 2017–2018 ex aequo |
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