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]

Kimberly Hill
Hill in 2016
Personal information
Full nameKimberly Hill
NicknameKimmy, Kim Hill
NationalityAmerican
Born (1989-11-30) November 30, 1989
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(s)Pepperdine University
Volleyball information
PositionOutside Hitter
Current club Imoco Volley Conegliano
Number15
Career
YearsTeams
2013–2014 Atom Trefl Sopot
2014–2015 AGIL Volley Novara
2015–2017 Vakıfbank Istanbul
2017–present Imoco Volley Conegliano
National team
2013–present United States
Medal record
Volleyball
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Championship
2014 ItalyTeam
World Cup
2019 JapanTeam
2015 JapanTeam
World Grand Champions Cup
2013 Japan Team
2017 Japan Team
NORCECA Championship
2019 San Juan Team
World Grand Prix
2015 OmahaTeam
2016 BangkokTeam
FIVB Nations League
2018 NanjingTeam

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. She played four years of indoor volleyball (2008-11) for Pepperdine University and two years of beach volleyball (2012-13).[2]

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.[3]

Hill won a gold medal at the 2014 World Championship when the USA national team defeated China 3–1.[4] She was also selected tournament's Most Valuable Player[5] and Second Best Outside Spiker.[6] Hill won the 2016 World Grand Prix Best Outside Hitter individual award and the silver medal.[7]

Hill won the 2016–17 CEV Champions League gold medal with VakıfBank Istanbul when her team defeated the Italian Imoco Volley Conegliano 3–0[8] and she was also awarded Best Outside Spiker.[9] She was selected to play the Italian League All-Star game in 2017.[10]

Clubs

Awards

Individual

Clubs

References
  1. "Player's biography". FIVB. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  2. "Kim Hill Bio". Pepperdine University Women's Volleyball. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  3. "Kim Hill - Women's Volleyball". Pepperdine University Athletics. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  4. Benedetti, Valeria (October 12, 2014). "Volley, Mondiale: Usa batte Cina 3–1". La Gazzetta dello sport (in Italian). Milan, Italy. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  5. "USA's Kim Hill Honored with World Championship MVP". Milan, Italy: FIVB. May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
  6. "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.
  7. "Brazil win record 11th title in World Grand Prix". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  8. "VakifBank take 3rd Champions League title after 3–0 win against Imoco". Treviso, Italy: CEV. April 23, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  9. "Champions League: Le migliori della Final Four. Zhu MVP" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. April 23, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  10. "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.
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-Koung
2016–2017
ex aequo Kelsey Robinson
2017–2018
ex aequo Zhu Ting		 Succeeded by
TBD
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