Beverly Oden
Beverly ("Bev") Oden (born March 9, 1971 in Millington, Tennessee) is a former volleyball player from the United States. She played middle blocker for the United States national volleyball team in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

College

Oden played volleyball for Stanford University and was named the 1990 NCAA Player of the Year. Oden was the first to be named to the AVCA All-America first-team all four years of her collegiate eligibility (1989–1992). In 1991, she won the Honda-Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate volleyball player.

In 2001, Oden was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame.

Personal life

Oden's sisters, Kim and Elaina, were also Olympians who played on the United States national volleyball team.

Oden made the news in 2007 when she was held in custody by Orange County sheriff deputies near her hometown of Irvine, California in relation to a reported incident. She was released after being questioned and spending an hour and a half inside a police car. She was found to have no connection with the incident in question, and her ordeal prompted local community leaders to form the Oden Commission to hold discussions on racial profiling between residents and law enforcement.

Awards
 Four-time AVCA All-American 1989-1992
 NCAA Player of the Year 1990
 Honda-Broderick Award 1991
 Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame 2001

References

External links
  Bev Oden at Olympics.com
 Olympedia Profile: Beverly Oden
 Washington Post Profile: Beverly Oden
 Team USA - 1996 Olympic Volleyball Teams (archived)
 Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame Profile
 Beverley Oden Bio at About.com (archived)

1971 births
American women's volleyball players
Living people
Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Irvine, California
People from Millington, Tennessee
Sportspeople from the Memphis metropolitan area
Stanford Cardinal women's volleyball players
Middle blockers
Olympic volleyball players for the United States
Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games
Goodwill Games medalists in volleyball
Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games