Oden was a three-time All-American volleyball player at Stanford.[3] In 1985, she was selected as the AVCA Player of the Year[3] and won the Honda-Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate volleyball player.[4][5] Oden graduated from Stanford in 1986 with a degree in public policy, and then went on to play with the United States national team (1986–92, '94).[4]
In 1995, Oden was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame.[6]
National team
Oden was named the Olympic team captain in 1988 and 1992.[4] At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Oden was selected as the "best hitter", tallying the highest hitting percentage during the Games.[4] Four years later, she won a bronze medal with the national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[2]
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