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Karsta Lowe
Lowe in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Karsta Frances Lowe
Born	(1993-02-02) February 2, 1993 (age 31) San Diego, California, U.S.
Hometown	Rancho Santa Fe, California, U.S.
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Spike	315 cm (124 in)
Block	305 cm (120 in)
College / University	UCLA
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite
Current club	Jakarta Livin' Mandiri
Number	25 (national team) 17 (UCLA)
Career
Years Teams 2014–2015 Changas de Naranjito 2015–2016 Futura Busto Arsizio 2016–2017 Beijing BAIC Motors 2018–2019 Imoco Volley Conegliano 2019–2020 Futura Busto Arsizio 2021–2022 Athletes Unlimited 2022–2023 JT Marvelous 2023– Jakarta Livin' Mandiri
National team
2015–2020 United States
Honours Volleyball Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Cup 2019 Japan Team 2015 Japan Team NORCECA Championship 2019 San Juan Team FIVB World Grand Prix 2015 Omaha Team 2016 Bangkok Team Pan-American Cup 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. In 2014, she was selected as an AVCA first-team All-American.

International

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. She also won bronze medals at the 2015 World Cup and at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.

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.

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

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.

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.

External links

• USA Volleyball profile
• UCLA profile
• UCLA Women's Volleyball Olympians
• Karsta Lowe Ted Talk video

Awards
Preceded by Yūko Sano	Most Valuable Player of FIVB World Grand Prix 2015	Succeeded by Natália Pereira

USA squads

v t e United States squad – 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup – Bronze medal 1 Glass 2 Banwarth 8 Gibbemeyer 10 Larson-Burbach 11 Easy 13 Harmotto 14 Fawcett 15 Hill 16 Akinradewo 17 Hagglund 18 Kreklow 21 Dixon 23 Robinson 25 Lowe Coach: Kiraly v t e United States women's volleyball squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal 1 Glass 2 Banwarth 3 Thompson 5 Adams 6 Lloyd 10 Larson 12 Murphy 13 Harmotto 15 Hill 16 Akinradewo 23 Robinson 25 Lowe Coach: Kiraly v t e United States squad – 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup – Silver medal 2 Poulter 5 Wong-Orantes 6 Dixon 7 Carlini 10 Larson 11 Drews 14 Bartsch-Hackley 15 Hill 17 Courtney 19 H. Tapp 22 Washington 23 Robinson 24 Ogbogu 25 Lowe Coach: Kiraly v t e 2016 USA Olympic Volleyball Team (men's indoor – bronze medal, women's indoor – bronze, women's beach – bronze) Qualification Men's indoor Women's indoor Men's indoor Matt Anderson Aaron Russell Taylor Sander David Lee Kawika Shoji William Priddy Murphy Troy Thomas Jaeschke Micah Christenson Maxwell Holt David Smith Erik Shoji Women's indoor Alisha Glass Kayla Banwarth Courtney Thompson Rachael Adams Carli Lloyd Jordan Larson Kelly Murphy Christa Harmotto Kimberly Hill Foluke Akinradewo Kelsey Robinson Karsta Lowe Men's beach Phil Dalhausser Nick Lucena Jake Gibb Casey Patterson Women's beach April Ross Kerri Walsh Jennings Brooke Sweat Lauren Fendrick Coaches John Speraw Karch Kiraly

• 1993 births
• Living people
• American women's volleyball players
• UCLA Bruins women's volleyball players
• Opposite hitters
• Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in volleyball
• Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• American expatriate volleyball players in China
• American expatriate volleyball players in Italy
• American expatriate volleyball players in Japan
• American expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia
• Expatriate volleyball players in Indonesia
• Volleyball players from San Diego
• 21st-century American sportswomen