Beverly Oden
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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 NCAA Player of the Year. Oden's sisters — Kim (1998, 1992) and Elaina (1992)— were also Olympians and former NCAA Players of the Year.
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. [1] The Olympic volleyball player was released after being questioned and spending an hour inside a police car. [1] 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. [1]
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