Karsta Frances Lowe (born February 2, 1993) is an American

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player who was a First Team All-American at

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(UCLA) and, as a member of the

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, won the gold medal at the 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix and was honored as the Most Valuable Player and the bronze medal at the 2015 World Cup and the

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

. She has played professionally in Puerto Rico, Italy, China, and Japan.

Career

College

She played college women's

at UCLA. During her career at UCLA she made the First Team All-American.

International

Lowe was a member of the United States women's national volleyball team which won the gold medal at the 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix and she was awarded Most Valuable Player and the bronze medal at the 2015 World Cup and at the

2016 Rio Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

. By 2019, she played for Imoco Volley in Italy. After the 2016 Summer Olympics, she went back to school, earning a partial masters in Landscape Architecture from

University of Southern California , mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it" , religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist , established = , accreditation = WSCUC , type = Private research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $8.1 ...

. In February-March 2021, she participated in the inaugural season of

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, a professional volleyball league in the United States. She finished 5th among all scorers with 3,566 total points. Lowe has played with Japanese club

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since the 2022–23 season.

Mental Health advocate

In 2022 Karsta also took part in a Ted Talk, where she shares about her struggle with mental health and how she has found healing, a video she did as to help others suffering with such situations.

References

External links

USA Volleyball ProfileUCLA ProfileTed Talk video
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lowe, Karsta 1993 births Living people American women's volleyball players UCLA Bruins women's volleyball players Opposite hitters Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in volleyball Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Expatriate volleyball players in China Expatriate volleyball players in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Japan American expatriate sportspeople in China American expatriate sportspeople in Italy American expatriate sportspeople in Japan Volleyball players from San Diego