Kim Glass
Kimberly Marie Glass (born August 18, 1984) is an American indoor volleyball player and model. She is 6 ft 2.5 in (189.2 cm) and plays as an outside hitter. She joined the U.S. national team on May 23, 2007.[1] Glass made her first Olympic appearance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, helping Team USA to a silver medal.
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Glass with Rabita Baku in 2012 | |||||
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| Full name | Kimberly Marie Glass | ||||
| Born | August 18, 1984 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||
| Height | 6 ft 2.9 in (1.90 m) | ||||
| Spike | 314 cm (124 in) | ||||
| Block | 299 cm (118 in) | ||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||
| Current club | Banana Boat / Praia Clube | ||||
| Number | 10 | ||||
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High school and personal life
Glass was born in Los Angeles, California, to Sherman and Kathy Glass. She has two brothers, Darryl and Marcius, and two sisters, Shalana and Shaynce.[2] 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' show America's Next Top Model five times.[3]
In 2011 Glass appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.[4]
Homelessness
Homeless Beginnings
On "The Challenge: Champs vs. Stars", Glass revealed that she was homeless for a stage of her life after her professional career. Because of her personal experiences, she chose to play for the charity Covenant House, which helps homeless youth.[5]
Randomly Attacked by Homeless
In July 2022, Glass's Instagram account stated that she was randomly attacked in Los Angeles by a homeless man. Reportedly while leaving a restaurant with a friend, 51-year-old Semeon Tesfamariam ran up to her and hit her in the face with a metal pipe, causing multiple facial fractures and eye injuries that required stitches.[6] The pipe was possibly thrown.[7]
College highlights
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.[8]
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.[9]
International career
Junior international competition
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.
Major international competition
2008
- Olympic Games
- U.S. Olympic team exhibition with Brazil
- FIVB World Grand Prix (fourth place)
2007
- FIVB World Grand Prix (eighth place)
- FIVB World Cup (bronze medal)
International highlights
Averaged 3.39 points per set at the FIVB World Grand Prix in her first international experience with the U.S. women's national team. Ranked 10th among all scorers at the World Grand Prix during the preliminary round. Attacked at a 0.346 percentage with 2.61 kills per set on 211 swings. Averaged 0.97 digs, 0.39 aces and 0.39 blocks during the World Grand Prix. Started only four of 11 matches at the FIVB World Cup, but played in 29 sets with 26 set starts. Tallied World Cup per set averages of 2.45 points, 1.79 kills, 0.34 blocks, 1.21 digs and 0.31 aces. Contributed 12 points coming off the bench versus Cuba on November 3 with 9 kills on 16 swings. She scored 11 points against Thailand on November 10 and Japan on November 15.
Professional career
Glass played for Pinkin de Corozal in Puerto Rico's Super League. She led the league in kills during the regular season and led her team to the tournament semifinals. She joined Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball Team on 2007 season start with her U.S. national team-mate Therese Crawford. U.S. national libero Nicole Davis also played there on 2006–07 season.
Awards
2005 NIRSA Region 6 Basketball Tournament Most Valuable Player
Clubs
- 2010/11 CEV Champions League – Runner-up, with Rabita Baku
Other ventures
Glass competed on the special for the MTV reality series The Challenge: Champs vs. Stars, which premiered November 21, 2017. Glass almost made it to the Final Challenge, but lost a coin toss for the final spot.
Glass is now featured in a segment of the mobile phone app, Headspace, hosting a series of guided sessions focused on movement and mindfulness.
References
- ^ Glass joins U.S. National Team
- ^ . 2011 United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 18 April 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ Not a shoe-in – NBC Olympic profile
- ^ SI. "Kim Glass". CNN. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
- ^ "Inside 'The Challenge: Champs vs. Stars' with Olympian Kim Glass and fitness guru Emily Schromm". espnW. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
- ^ Fioresi, Dean (12 July 2022). "Former Olympian, model Kim Glass attacked by homeless man in Downtown Los Angeles".
Former Olympic medalist and model Kim Glass was reportedly targeted by a homeless man in an unprovoked attack in Downtown Los Angeles on Friday.
- ^ McGee, Noah (11 July 2022). "Olympic Volleyball Player Kim Glass Shares Injuries She Suffered From Homeless Man". Yahoo News.
Glass has shared disturbing injuries that she suffered at the hands of a homeless man who threw a metal pipe at her in Los Angeles on Saturday.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2008-08-13. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
- ^ Arizona's Kim Glass Named Pac-10 Volleyball Player of the Week 2008-08-19 at the Wayback Machine