Kim 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, In 2001, Kim was the Pennsylvania State Gatorade Player of the Year.
Career: Holds Arizona's single season records in kills (556), 20+ kill matches (14) and kills per game (4.96) ... Is already fourth on Arizona's career list in 20+ kill matches ... Holds Arizona freshman records in matches played (32), kills (556), attempts (1,257), service aces (44) and kills per game (4.96).
2002: Honors: American Volleyball Coaches Association National Freshman of the Year ... Second team AVCA All-American ...
AVCA All-Pacific Region ... AVCA Pacific Region Freshman of the Year ... Pac-10 Freshman of the Year ... All-Pac-10 ... Earned NCAA Tournament All-Pacific Region accolades ... Postseason: Had a team-high 92 kills for an average of 6.20 kpg in Arizona's four postseason matches ... Finished in double figure kills in all four postseason matches ... Led all players with 28 kills on a personal best .558 hitting in Arizona's first round win over UT-Arlington (12/5) ... Broke her own three-game-match school record with the 28 kills against UT-Arlington ... Finished with a match-high 26 kills and eight digs in Arizona's five-game win over Texas (12/6) in the second round ... Posted her third straight 20+ kill match of the postseason with 29 and also had 13 digs against Minnesota (12/12) in the regional semifinals at Stanford. Broke Terry Lauchner's school single season record for kills in the match ... Led all Arizona players with 10 kills in UA's regional final loss at Stanford (12/13) ... Season: Posted double digit kills in 23 of Arizona's 28 regular season matches... Set a school record with five straight matches with 20 or more kills (10/3-10/17) ... Posted 17 kills and a match-high 15 digs in Arizona's four-game loss at Utah (11/30) ... Finished with 21 kills and 11 digs in Arizona's win at BYU (11/29) ... Recorded a match-high 23 kills to break Barb Bell's freshman kills record of 417 and also had 18 digs at No. 21 UCLA (11/22) ... Played sparingly against Oregon State (11/16) due to a sore calf muscle, but still managed to snap off nine kills on 11 swings in limited action ... Did not play against Oregon (11/15) to rest sore calf muscle ... Finished with 21 kills on .421 hitting in Arizona's 3-0 sweep at Cal (11/8) ... Sparked Arizona's come-from-behind win over #17 Washington State (11/2) with 28 kills, including 11 in the momentum swinging third game ... Finished with a team-high 16 kills on .542 hitting in Arizona's sweep over ASU (10/25) ... Had a team-high 12 kills and six digs in Arizona's sweep at Oregon State (10/18) ... Tallied a match-high 20 kills on .410 hitting in Arizona's 3-0 win at Oregon (10/17) ... Was named the Oct. 14 Pac-10 Player of the Week after averaging 6.62 kpg in Arizona's split with Cal and Stanford ... Set a then-three-game school record for kills with 25 in UA's loss to Cal (10/12) ... Helped Arizona comeback from an 0-2 deficit to defeat #4 Stanford 3-2 (10/11) with a match-high 28 kills ... Finished Arizona's trip to Washington with 56 kills in two matches against Washington and Washington State (10/3-4) ... Racked up 26 kills and a team-high 14 digs in Arizona's five-game win over Washington (10/4) ... Recorded a career-high 30 kills on .423 hitting at Washington State (10/3) ... Had a team-high 15 kills and 12 digs in Arizona's loss at Arizona State (9/27) ... Led the Arizona offense for the fourth consecutive week with 31 kills on .333 against #11 UCLA (9/20) and #1 USC (9/21) ... Garnered Pac-10 Player-of-the-Week honors after her Nike Invitational MVP performance in Stockton where she recorded 50 kills, 28 digs and 11 total blocks against British Columbia, St. Mary's and #21 Pacific ... Posted a career-high 21 kills and 15 digs at #21 Pacific (9/14) ... Finished with 11 kills and eight digs against St. Mary's (9/14) .. Tallied 20 kills on .356 hitting in Arizona's loss to #14 Pepperdine (9/7) ... Was one of three freshman in the starting lineup in Arizona's season opening match against UT-Arlington (8/30) ... Played well at the Louisville Labor Day Invite (8/30-31) posting double-digit kills against UT-Arlington (18), American (12) and Louisville (14) ... Recorded a team-season-high six service aces and added six digs and six block assists against UT-Arlington (8/30).
High School: Graduated from Conestoga Valley High School where she earned three varsity letters for head coach Alan Kofroth ... 2001 Gatorade State Player of the Year for Pennsylvania ... Ranked second in Volleyball Magazine's Fab 50 for 2002 ... Was named all-state three times (1999-2001) ... Three-time All-Lebanon League selection (1999-2001) ... Was twice honored as the Lebanon League MVP (2000-01) ... Twice helped Conestoga to District III titles (2001, 00) and a runner-up finish in 1999 ... 2000 All-District III first team member ... Was member of three league title winning teams (1999-2001) ... Played for the 2002 US Junior National Team in Puerto Rico ... Was a member of the 2001 US Junior National Team along with current Arizona teammates Bre Ladd and Jennifer Abernathy that competed at the Women's Junior World Championships in Santo Domingo and Santiago, Dominican Republic.
Club: Played four seasons with Synergy in Philadelphia, Pa.
Personal: Full name: Kim Glass ... Born: 8/18/84 ... Daughter of Sherman and Kathy Glass ... Undecided in area of academic interest.
Kim Glass Career Stats
Season GP-MP K K/G E TA Pct A A/G SA SA/G SE
2002................ 112-32 556 4.96 196 1257 .286 32 0.29 44 0.39 77
TOTAL............... 112-32 556 4.96 196 1257 .286 32 0.29 44 0.39 77
Season GP RE DIG D/G BS BA TB B/G BE BHE
2002................ 112 46 280 2.50 14 51 65 0.58 15 7
TOTAL............... 112 46 280 2.50 14 51 65 0.58 15 7