University of Connecticut Athletics
Herman-Kimball Inducted Into MAC Hall of Fame
5/19/2022 9:32:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Former Ohio women's volleyball standout and current UConn women's volleyball head coach Ellen Herman-Kimball was one of six members inducted into the MAC Hall of Fame on Wednesday night.
The 2020 MAC Hall of Fame inductees includie Bryan Burlington (Ball State, baseball), Stevi Large Gruber (Akron, women's track & field), Margo Jonker (Central Michigan, softball), Wally Szczerbiak (Miami, men's basketball), Herman-Kimball (Ohio, women's volleyball) and Briana Shook (Toledo, women's track & field).
Herman-Kimbal, the most decorated player in Ohio women's volleyball history, became the first two-time AVCA Honorable Mention All-American in program history and was a four-time All-MAC selection. Aftering being named the MAC Freshman of the Year in 2006, she garnered back-to-back MAC Player of the Year honors in 2008 and 2009. She led the Bobcats to four straight MAC Championships and four NCAA Tournament appearances.
A native of Toledo, Ohio, Herman-Kimball ranks first in the MAC record book in career kills (1,984) and ranks fifth in career attack attempts (4,925). Additionally, she holds the records in career kills, career attack attempts and career points and also owns three of the top-five seasons in program history in kills and two of the top-six in points.
Herman-Kimball became the third former volleyball player to be inducted into the Kermit Blosser Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016. She most recently played professionally with Sagres NUC, one of the top teams in the LNA, the top professional league in Switzerland. During the 2011-2012 season, she was match MVP three times, and assisted the Neuchatel, Switzerland club to finish second in the league. Sagres also reached the Swiss Cup final and the quarterfinals of the CEV Challenge Cup, a European-wide Championship. Returning to Neuchatel the following season, she was awarded match MVP five times and the team finished third place in the LNA. In 2010, she competed for VT Aurubis Hamburg, a member of Germany's 14-team premier league, Bundesliga. During her brief stint in Germany, she received MVP honors during two matches.
Prior to her professional career, Herman-Kimball trained with the U.S. National Team during the summer of 2009 and competed with the U.S. National Team on their Tour of China during February of 2010. She also competed with the U.S. A2 Team, earning Most Valuable Player honors at the Adult Open Championship in 2008. Herman-Kimball was named the head coach at UConn in February of 2019Â after serving as an assistant coach for five seasons.
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Herman-Kimball was a three-time Academic All-MAC honoree and capped off her career at Ohio by earning ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Honorable Mention in 2009. She earned her Bachelor of Health Administration from Ohio University in 2010.
