Katie Holloway
Height: 6-3
Birth Date: June 8, 1986
Current Residence: Edmond, Okla.
College: Cal State Northridge
PERSONAL: Born Kathryn S. Holloway on June 8, 1986 in Everett, Wash. ... Parents are Jeff and Jane Holloway... Katie has a sister named Chelsey who played basketball at Seattle University... Katie was born without a fibula in her right leg and, when she was 20 months old, her right foot and ankle were amputated... Katie graduated from Lake Stevens High School in 2004... She competed in volleyball for two years (2000-02) and basketball for four (2000-04) in high school... She earned letters in both basketball and volleyball and was named First Team All-Wesco North League as a basketball center in 2003-04... Her basketball team won the district championship and competed in the state playoffs in 2002-03... College basketball teams recruited her without knowing she was wearing a prosthetic leg... Katie graduated from Cal State Northridge in 2008 with a degree in sociology... She played Division I basketball for Northridge from 2004-08... She was named to the All Big West Freshman Team in 2004-05... She was named Big West Sixth Woman of the Year in 2005-06 and 2006-07... As a senior, Katie averaged 14.5 points per game and 7.2 rebounds per game, led the Big West Conference in field goal percentage (.554), and was named second-team All-Big West... Katie appeared in Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd feature in the June 9, 2008 issue... Katie enjoys scrapbooking... she listens to "a little bit of everything" on her IPod... Her favorite movie is The Wedding Date... Her favorite TV show is Friends.
MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2011- Parapan American Zonal Championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil (gold)...ECVD Continental Cup in Yevpatoria, Ukraine (gold). 2010 - Sitting Volleyball World Championships in Oklahoma (silver)... Parapan American Championship in Colorado (gold)… the World Organization for Volleyball Disabled (WOVD) World Cup in Egypt (gold)... 2009 - U.S. Women’s Sitting Team won Parapan American Zonal Championship (Montreal)… Katie also was a member of the U.S. Women’s Sitting Team that won gold at the Eurocup (Netherlands)... 2008 - Paralympics Games in Beijing (silver medal)... World Organization Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD) Intercontinental Cup in Ismailia, Egypt (bronze medal)... 2007 - Sitting Volleyball Invitational in Shanghai China (silver medal). 2006 - Sitting Volleyball World Championship in Netherlands (fifth place). Katie has also played in several exhibition matches, both international and domestic, with the U.S. team.
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2011 – Katie was named MVP and best spiker at the 2011 Parapan American Games where the team won gold...Katie helped the U.S. Women to a 7-0 record and a gold medal at the ECVD Continental Cup in Yevpatoria, Ukraine... Katie was named Most Valuable Player and best spiker of the tournament... Katie competed with the U.S. Women's Sitting Team in China in four exhibition matches against the Shanghai club team... Katie helped lead the U.S. Women to four victories over the Shanghai club team in exhibition matches played in conjunction with the 2011 Colorado Crossroads on March 17-20 in Denver… Katie led the team with 66 points, 47 kills and 13 aces… Katie was second on the team with blocks, tallying eight. 2010 - Katie was awarded as the Best Offensive Player at the Sitting Volleyball World Championships where she posted 71 kills, 2.84 per set, good enough for team best. She also led the team in total points, 111, and averaged 4.44 points per set. Her 26 aces was the team-high and she added 14 blocks, 0.56 per set. She finished in second behind Millage in total dids with 42. 2009- Katie was awarded along with team as the Paralympians of the Year for 2008... 2008 - Katie helped lead the U.S. to a silver medal finish at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing... Was the leading scorer on the U.S. team, totaling 63 points on 38 kills, 17 blocks and eight aces... Played in 15 of the team's 17 sets, starting all five matches... Was the team leader in points in four out of the five matches, including a 23-point effort in a semifinal win over the Netherlands... Finished in double figure in three out of the five U.S. matches.
Updated on September 14, 2011
