Beverly Oden

Beverly ("Bev") Oden (born March 19, 1971 in Millington, Tennessee) is a volleyball player from the United States. She played middle blocker for the U.S women's volleyball team in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Oden played volleyball for Stanford University and was named the 1990 AVCA Player of the Year. Oden's sisters — Kim (1998, 1992) was also the AVCA Player of the Year and Elaina (1992).

Beverly Oden made the news in May 2007 when she was held in custody by Orange County sheriff deputies near her hometown of Irvine, California in relation to a reported incident. cite news | first= Richard | last= Chang | title= Group meets law enforcement to discuss race | url= http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1915578.php | work= Orange County Register | date= 2007-11-04 | accessdate=2008-05-14 ] The Olympic volleyball player was released after being questioned and spending an hour inside a police car. cite news | first= Richard | last= Chang | title= Group meets law enforcement to discuss race | url= http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1915578.php | work= Orange County Register | date= 2007-11-04 | accessdate=2008-05-14 ] Oden 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. cite news | first= Richard | last= Chang | title= Group meets law enforcement to discuss race | url= http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1915578.php | work= Orange County Register | date= 2007-11-04 | accessdate=2008-05-14 ]

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External links

* [http://www.volleyball.org/olympics/teamusa.html Team USA - 1996 Olympic Volleyball Teams]
* [http://www.volleyball.org/people/bev_oden.html Beverly Oden Bio]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/vball/women/boden.htm Profile]