Elaina Oden

Elaina Oden (born March 21, 1967) is a former volleyball player from the United States who won the bronze medal with the United States women's national volleyball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Oden was a member of the U.S. junior national team in 1985. During her tenure with the national team, she competed at the 1986 Goodwill Games and the 1990 FIVB World Championship, earning a bronze medal in each event.

High school

Oden attended Irvine High School in Irvine, California, and was a standout in volleyball, basketball, soccer, softball, and track & field, where she was the state champion in the shot put her senior year. As a senior, she was named the School's Athlete of the Year. helping the Tigers to a record of 29–5.

Awards PCAA Most Valuable Player — 1985 Two-time NCAA Champion — 1985, 1986 Three-time All-American — 1985, 1986, 1989 Goodwill Games bronze medal — 1986 Volleyball Monthly National Player of the Year — 1986 FIVB World Championship bronze medal — 1990 Olympic bronze medal — 1992 Pan American Games silver medal — 1995 FIVB World Grand Prix gold medal — 1995 University of the Pacific Hall of Fame — 2000

Personal life

Oden's sisters, Kim and Beverly, were also outstanding volleyball players who played on the national team.