Name: Katie Holloway
Sport: Sitting Volleyball
Discipline(s):
Sitting Volleyball
Position: OH/OPP
Height: 6-3
Birthplace: Everett, Wash.
Hometown: Lake Stevens, Wash.
High School: Lake Stevens High School
College: CSU Northridge, Sociology '08; Oklahoma State, Master's in Therapeutic Recreation '12
Paralympic Experience
- 2016: Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (Gold)
- 2012: Paralympic Games (Silver)
- 2008: Beijing Paralympic Games (Silver)
World Championship Experience
- 2018: World ParaVolley World Championships (Silver)
- 2014: World ParaVolley World Championships (Silver)
- 2010: World ParaVolley World Championships (Silver)
Other Career Highlights
- 2019: ParaVolley World Super 6 (Gold)
- 2019: Parapan American Games (Gold)
- 2019: USA Exhibitions vs Canada at Colorado Crossroads; USA Exhibitions vs Russia at USAV Nationals
- 2019: USA Exhibitions vs Russia at USAV Nationals
- 2019: USA Exhibitions vs Canada at Colorado Crossroads
- 2018: USA Exhibitions vs Canada at USAV Nationals
- 2018: USA Exhibitions vs. Russia and Canada at Colorado Crossroads
- 2016: ParaVolley Intercontinental Cup (Gold); Exhibition Tournament vs. Russia; Dutch Tournament (First)
- 2015: Parapan American Games (Gold)
- 2012: Volleyball Masters (Gold)
- 2011: Parapan American Zonal Championships (Gold)
- 2010: Parapan American Championships (Gold); WOVD World Cup (Gold)
- 2009: Parapan American Zonal Championship (Gold)
- 2008: WOVD Intercontinental Cup (Bronze)
- 2007: Sitting Volleyball Invitational (Silver)
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- MOST NOTABLE
- Named Best Blocker at 2018 World ParaVolley World Championships
- Member of the U.S. Women's Sitting Team named 2016 "Best Paralympic Team"
- Nominated for Women's Sports Foundation’s Sportswoman of the Year (2013)
- Named the Best Spiker of the 2012 Paralympic Games in London
- Twice named USA Volleyball Female Sitting Athlete of the Year (2012, 2011)
- Named tournament MVP at Volleyball Masters (2012), Parapan American Games (2011) and ECVB Continental Cup (2011)
- Leading scorer on the U.S. team in the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing
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- DID YOU KNOW
- Was a four-year athlete at CSU Northridge in women's basketball
- Is the only woman to compete with a prosthetic limb in the history of NCAA Division I basketball
- Two time Big West Sixth Woman of the Year recipient (2005-06; 2006-07)
- Katie was born with fibular hemimelia in her right leg; her parents decided to amputate the affected part of her leg at 20 months old
- Is a representative on the USOC's Athlete Advisory Council and is serving as the 2nd Vice-Chair
Personal:
Katie’s sister, Chelsey, played collegiate basketball for Seattle University; farther Jeff played college football for Central Washington University and her cousin Rob Rashell was on the PGA tour from 2005-2007 ...Katie says the person she admires most is her Uncle Wayne because, “he gives everyone his whole heart, and he works incredibly hard every day of his life. He is the definition of a kind and loving person.” ...Hobbies include playing basketball, playing board and card games and laying out by the pool ...Has a Paralympic podcast
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