Pepperdine Graphic · Oct 1, 2021
Going from a Wave to an Olympic Gold Medalist
Pepperdine alumna Kimberly Hill poses with her 2020 Olympic gold medal and golden volleyball she received at the 2021 Founder’s Day from President Jim Gash. Hill was the first female recipient of an Olympic gold medal from Pepperdine. Photo by Denver Patterson
The torch is lit, the crowd is roaring, the U.S. Women’s Volleyball team is ahead and the gold medal is secured.
This was the scene for Class of 2012 Pepperdine alumna Kimberly Hill when she won an Olympic gold medal with the U.S. Women’s Volleyball team in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which took place in the summer of 2021 due to COVID-19. Hill is the first female gold medal recipient from Pepperdine.