Katie Holloway Bridge

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Most Notable

Most Valuable Player at 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo
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)
Best Spiker of the 2012 Paralympic Games in London
Twice named USA Volleyball Female Sitting Athlete of the Year (2011, 2012)
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
Was a four-year athlete at Cal StateNorthridge 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)

Born with fibular hemimelia in her right leg; her parents decided to amputate the affected part of her leg at 20 months old
Previously a representative on USOPC's Athlete Advisory Council
Married Ryan Bridge in 2020
Sister, Chelsey, played collegiate basketball for Seattle University; father, Jeff, played college football for Central Washington University
Admires 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.”
Has a Paralympic podcast called: "Inside ParaSport"
Earned her bachelor's degree at Northridge in sociology and her master's at OSU in therapeutic recreation

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Tips on staying positive in hard times“The best way to stay positive during this time is by having a regular gratitude practice, which allows me to see the good in the world. My advice to all athletes during this time is to practice gratitude, be self-compassionate and to pepper your loved ones with random acts of kindness. See what I did there?”