Katherine "Katie" Wilkins (born May 10, 1982, in Lakeside, California) is an American former volleyball player. She was part of the USA women's national volleyball team at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan.[1]
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| Full name | Katherine Wilkins | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 10, 1982 Lakeside, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 179 lb (81 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 122 in (309 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 118 in (299 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Number | 8 (national team) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wilkins graduated from Valley Christian High in El Cajon, California in 2000. She attended Pepperdine University and was selected for the All-America first team by the American Volleyball Coaches Association in 2003 after 2 prior selections for the second team.[2] During her time at Pepperdine, the team made four appearances in the NCAA Championships, reaching the "Elite 8" on two occasions, as well as being seeded first in 2003.[3]
From 2006 to 2007, Wilkins played professionally for the Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders in South Korea's V-League, where she helped the Spiders to win the second consecutive championship.
Notes
edit- ^ "American volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship". fivb.org. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
- ^ "#8 – Katie Wilkins, usavolleyball.org, Jan. 17, 2007".
- ^ "Former Wave Finds Success Overseas, CSTV.com, Feb. 12, 2007". Archived from the original on January 20, 2009.