Kimberly Hill (born November 30, 1989) is an American former professional

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player who played as an outside hitter for the

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. Hill won gold with the national team at the 2014 World Championship and the

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, and bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Early life

Kimberly Hill was born in

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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). 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. Hill won a gold medal at the 2014 World Championship when the USA national team defeated China 3–1. She was also selected tournament's Most Valuable Player and Second Best Outside Spiker. Hill won the 2016 World Grand Prix Best Outside Hitter individual award and the silver medal. Hill won the 2016–17 CEV Champions League gold medal with VakıfBank Istanbul when her team defeated the Italian

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3–0 and she was also awarded Best Outside Spiker. She was selected to play the Italian League All-Star game in 2017. On June 7, 2021, US National Team head coach

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announced she would be part of the 12-player Olympic roster for the

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in Tokyo. Hill saw action as a serving specialist, and won the gold medal with her team. Shortly after the Olympic Games concluded, she officially announced her retirement from the US National Team. In January 2022, Long Beach State athletics announced that Hill joined the Women's volleyball coaching staff.

Clubs

Pepperdine Waves The Pepperdine Waves are the athletics teams of Pepperdine University, located outside the city of Malibu, California. They compete at the Division I level of the NCAA. The school is a member of the West Coast Conference for the majority of its ...

(2008–2012) * Atom Trefl Sopot (2013–2014) *

AGIL Volley AGIL Volley is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Novara and currently playing in the Serie A1. Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * AGIL Trecate (1984–1999) * AGIL Volley Trecate (1 ...

(2014–2015) * Vakıfbank Istanbul (2015–2017) *

(2017–2021)

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 - Simple cup icon

Champion, with AGIL Volley Novara * 2015–16 CEV Champions League - Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Vakıfbank Istanbul *

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Champion, with Vakıfbank Istanbul * 2016 Club World Championship - Bronze medal, with Vakıfbank Istanbul * 2016–17 CEV Champions League - Simple cup icon

Champion, with VakıfBank Istanbul * 2017 Club World Championship - Simple cup icon

Champion, with VakıfBank Istanbul * 2017–18 Italian League - Simple cup icon

Champion, with

* 2018 Italian Supercup - Simple cup icon

Champions, with

* 2018–19 Italian League - Simple cup icon

Champion, with

* 2018–19 CEV Champions League - Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with

* 2019 Italian Supercup - Simple cup icon

Champions, with

* 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship - Simple cup icon

Champion, with

* 2020 Italian Supercup - Simple cup icon

Champions, with

* 2020-21 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) - Simple cup icon

Champion, with

* 2020–21

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Champion, with

* 2020–21

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Champion, with

National team

* 2013

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* 2013

Women's NORCECA Volleyball Continental Championship * 2014 Gold medal world centered-2

FIVB World Championship * 2015 Gold medal with cup

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* 2015

FIVB Women's World Cup * 2015 Gold medal with cup

Women's NORCECA Volleyball Continental Championship * 2016 Gold medal with cup

Women's NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament * 2016 Silver medal with cup

* 2016

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* 2017

* 2018

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* 2019

FIVB Women's Volleyball Intercontinental Olympic Qualifications Tournament (IOQT) - Qualified * 2019 Silver medal with cup

FIVB Women's World Cup * 2019 Silver medal with cup

Women's NORCECA Volleyball Continental Championship * 2021 Gold medal with cup

* 2020

References

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