Kimberly Marie Glass (born August 18, 1984) is an American indoor volleyball player. She is 6'3" (191cm) and plays as an outside hitter. She currently plays for Modřanská Prostějov. She joined the U.S. national team on May 23, 2007. Glass made her first Olympic appearance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, helping Team USA to a silver medal.
Glass was born in Los Angeles, California, to Sherman and Kathy Glass. She has two brothers, Darryl and Marcus, and two sisters, Shalana and Shaynce. She grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and attended Conestoga Valley High School where she was a three year letterwinner. She was the 2001 Pennsylvania State Gatorade Player of the Year. She was the Lancaster-Lebanon League MVP in 2000 and 2001 and participated on the U.S. junior national team in 2001 that competed at the Women's Junior World Championships. She played club volleyball for Synergy for four years.
While in college, Glass tried out for Tyra Banks's show America's Next Top Model five times.
In 2011 Glass appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
Glass, a three-time American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American and four-time All-Pac-10 pick, is Arizona's career leader in kills with 2,151 and ranks third all-time in the Pac-10 in the same category. She averaged 5.27 kills, 2.84 digs, 0.70 blocks and 0.40 aces per game for the Wildcats. For her career, Glass had double-digit kills in 105 of her 115 matches played, along with 20 or more kills 54 times en route to a school-record 5.27 kills per game average. She holds the Arizona school record with 162 aces, and is third in career digs with 1,158. Glass provided 77 block solos, which ranks eighth all-time for the Wildcats.
In 2002, she was an AVCA Second Team All-American and the National Freshman of the Year. In 2003, she was a Third Team All-American. As a senior in 2005, Glass was selected AVCA All-America First-Team in leading Arizona to a fourth overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, where they got to the regional final.
Kim Glass became the first Wildcat and the fourth player in Pac-10 history to record 2,000 kills.
Glass is no stranger to international competition as she was a member of the U.S. women's junior national team that competed in the 2001 FIVB World Junior Championships. She also participated on the U.S. women's junior national team at the 2002 NORCECA Continental Women's Junior Championships.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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