Karsta Lowe

Karsta Lowe
Lowe in 2016
Personal information
Full nameKarsta Frances Lowe
Born (1993-02-02) February 2, 1993 (age 31)
San Diego, California, U.S.
HometownRancho Santa Fe, California, U.S.
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Spike315 cm (124 in)
Block305 cm (120 in)
College / UniversityUCLA
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Current clubIndonesia Jakarta Livin' Mandiri
Number25 (national team)
17 (UCLA)
Career
YearsTeams
2014–2015Puerto Rico Changas de Naranjito
2015–2016Italy Futura Busto Arsizio
2016–2017China Beijing BAIC Motors
2018–2019Italy Imoco Volley Conegliano
2019–2020Italy Futura Busto Arsizio
2021–2022United States Athletes Unlimited
2022–2023Japan JT Marvelous
2023–Indonesia Jakarta Livin' Mandiri
National team
2015–2020United States United States
Honours
Volleyball
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 Japan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Japan Team
NORCECA Championship
Silver medal – second place 2019 San Juan Team
FIVB World Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2015 Omaha Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Bangkok Team
Pan-American Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 Trujillo/Chiclayo

Karsta Frances Lowe (born February 2, 1993) is an American volleyball player who was a first-team All-American at UCLA and who played for the United States women's national volleyball team. With the national team, she won the gold medal at the 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix, and was honored as the Most Valuable Player. She also won bronze medals at the 2015 FIVB World Cup and the 2016 Rio Olympics. She has played professionally in Puerto Rico, Italy, China, Japan, and Indonesia.

Career

College

Lowe played college women's volleyball at UCLA.[1] In 2014, she was selected as an AVCA first-team All-American.[2][3]

International

Karsta Lowe hitting volleyball.
Lowe playing for UCLA

Lowe was a member of the United States women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix, and she was awarded Most Valuable Player of the tournament.[4] She also won bronze medals at the 2015 World Cup and at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.[5]

By 2019, she played for Imoco Volley in Italy. In February–March 2021, she participated in the inaugural season of Athletes Unlimited, a professional volleyball league in the United States. She finished fifth among all scorers with 3,566 total points.[6]

Lowe played with Japanese club JT Marvelous in the 2022–23 season.[7]

Personal life

After the 2016 Summer Olympics, Lowe went back to school, earning a partial master's in Landscape Architecture from the University of Southern California.[8]

In 2022, Lowe took part in a TED Talk video presentation in which she shares her struggle with mental health and how she has found healing. She made the video to encourage those with mental health problems.

References

  1. ^ "17 Karsta Lowe". UCLA Athletics. Archived from the original on March 1, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  2. ^ "WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL ALL-AMERICA TEAMS AND AWARD WINNERS" (PDF). NCAA. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  3. ^ "Karsta Lowe Accepts AVCA First Team All-America Award". UCLA Athletics. Archived from the original on March 1, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  4. ^ "Lowe MVP at FIVB World Grand Prix". UCLA Athletics. July 27, 2015. Archived from the original on October 22, 2022. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  5. ^ "Karsta Lowe Wins Bronze at Rio Olympics". UCLA Athletics. August 20, 2016. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  6. ^ "AU Pro Sports - 2021 Leaderboard". Archived from the original on August 24, 2021. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  7. ^ "新加入選手のお知らせ". Archived from the original on July 1, 2022. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  8. ^ "Karsta Lowe". USA Volleyball. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
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Awards
Preceded by Most Valuable Player of
FIVB World Grand Prix
2015 		Succeeded by