2017: Kim Hovey appeared in 30 matches, making 12 starts during her junior season…Collected 179 digs on the year, adding 16 assists…Has 1,024 career digs entering her senior season…Registered six double-digit dig matches…Had 12 digs in the sweep against Queens, followed by a 10-dig effort at Lenoir-Rhyne…Collected 10 digs in back-to-back matches at Queens and against Tusculum, followed by an 11-dig performance against Mars Hill…Picked up 10 digs at Carson-Newman.
2016: Hovey appeared in all 35 matches during her sophomore season at Wingate, collecting 284 digs to go along with five aces…Registered 2.35 digs per set on the year…Had double-digit digs 12 times on the season, helping the Bulldogs lead the SAC in opponents’ hitting percentage…Followed a 10-dig effort against King with 12 digs at Flagler…Piled up 18 digs at Mars Hill, while collecting 12 digs the next day at Tusculum…Registered 12 digs in each of the first two SAC Tournament matches, while piling up 16 digs in the NCAA Tournament match.
2015: Hovey earned second team All-SAC honors during her first season at Wingate, while also earning a spot on the All-SAC Freshman Team…Finished third in the conference with 561 total digs, ranking fourth in the SAC with 4.71 digs per set…Helped the Bulldogs lead the league in opponents’ hitting percentage…Appeared in all 33 matches for Wingate in 2015, notching double-digit digs 31 times…Followed a 17-dig effort against Shorter with 15 digs at Georgia College, 17 digs against UNC Pembroke and 20 digs against Erskine…Piled up 28 digs against Mars Hill, while collecting a career-high 31 digs at Lenoir-Rhyne…Followed with a 29-dig effort at Brevard…Had 21 digs at Carson-Newman, while piling up 26 digs against Queens…Had 21 digs against Carson-Newman, while also collecting 21 digs against Brevard in the SAC Tournament…Collected 20 digs against LMU in the SAC Tournament semifinals, while piling up 27 digs in the NCAA Tournament.
Previous: Hovey is a high-level beach doubles player...Earned bids to the USAV Junior Beach National Championships, placing third in 2014 and in the top 10 this summer...As the top ranked 18U team in North Carolina in 2013, her team was the Carolina Region Junior Beach Tour 18U Team of the Year...In 2014 she was named the I8U top defensive player for the tour...Selected for the USAV High Performance program...Played on the National Select team in 2011, the Carolina Region Select Team in 2012 and helped lead the Carolina Region Youth team to a bronze medal at the 2013 HP Championships...Libero with Triangle Volleyball Club for the past two seasons...Led her 18s team to double-qualify for Girls Junior Nationals by placing third at Big South and then going undefeated and winning the Disney Volleyball Showcase...Made
prepvolleyball.com’s “Gym Dandies” list… Led her West Wake Ravens to an undefeated season and a NCHEAC state title as the setter and captain last year...Was an all-conference selection all three of her Varsity seasons and was selected as the Eastern Conference MVP in both 2012 and 2014…Made the Dean's List at Wake Technical Community College.
Personal:
Full name is Kimberly Lynette Hovey...Born January 21, 1997 in Raleigh, NC… Daughter of Gene and Candy Hovey…Majoring in Community and Commercial Recreation…Favorite class at Wingate: Weirdly enough I always enjoy my GPS classes, or anything HPE/CCR related...Favorite athlete: Misty May Treanor… Favorite sports teams: Anything Wingate…Favorite movie: Sweet Home Alabama…Favorite TV Show: Friends…Kimberly can’t imagine a week without: Food or sleep…Favorite Food: Steak...Most memorable sports moment: Winning SAC Championship last year…Favorite sport to play other than volleyball: Softball or racquetball…People Kimberly most admires: Coaches Jim Freeman and Daniel Magnusson…How Kimberly gets ready for a game: Listen to music…Something people don't know about you: I’m obsessed with jackets/sweaters/coats etc….I own at least 30…Nickname: Kimbo or Kimmy...Kimberly thinks the fastest person on the team is Taylor, strongest is Rachael Cecka, and funniest is Rachel Lods…Favorite quote: “Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way that they have been told to."
Why Kimberly chose Wingate:
I chose Wingate because of the volleyball program. I wanted to be a part of a competitive and successful team that also really cared for one another and treated each other like family. I also wanted a smaller school that was relatively close to home, and Wingate was the perfect fit for that, along with its beautiful campus and prestigious academic reputation.
Coach Collier:
"Kim has had some amazing performances over the years as a defensive player in some big matches. She has shown the ability to make some acrobatic and amazing defensive plays and we look forward to seeing some of these plays in matches this fall. We will be counting on her as an experienced senior defensive specialist this season."
