UC Santa Barbara
2018 All-Big West Academic Team
2021: Played in 28 matches, totaling 101 sets during the season... ranked second on the team with 227 digs (2.25 D/set), fourth in service aces(21), and fifth in assists with 26... reached a career-high 24 digs in a 5-set match against Valparaiso(Aug. 28) where she also had 4 assists and a service ace... saw another caree-high hitting 5 service aces in a 4-set match against VCU on Sept. 17.
2019: Played in 13 matches and 20 sets for the Gauchos... Scooped up 18 digs and added four assists and three service aces... Had a season-high four digs and three assists in a four set loss to Colorado on Aug. 31.
2018: Appeared in 18 matches and 33 sets, providing back line depth as a defensive specialist ... Finished sixth on the team in digs per set (1.18), totaling 39 digs for the year ... Added one assist and three service aces ... Put up a season-high two service aces in a 3-1 win over McNeese State on Sep. 1 ... Recorded 4+ digs on four occasions, including a season-high of eight in a 3-0 win over Cal State Fullerton on Sep. 22 ... Went for six digs against UC Davis a week later, her second-highest total of the year.
2017: Appeared in 23 matches and 75 sets as a true freshman, operating as a defensive specialist ... Started 17 matches in the back row, including 11 of the final 12 contests of the year ... Had 10 or more digs on seven separate occasions ... Finished the year with 148 digs (1.97 per set), 13 assists, and nine service aces (0.12) ... Ranked fourth on the squad in digs per set ... Had a season-high 13 scoops against UC Irvine on Nov. 10 ... Posted a season-high two aces in a sweep of Cal State Fullerton on Sept. 23 ... Had her strongest statistical month in September, when she had five aces and a 2.14 digs per set average.
High School: Earned three varsity letters at Ventura High School under head coach Debbie Litten ... Played both outside and libero for the Cougars ... As a senior, totaled 490 digs (4.5 per set) and 35 aces en route to All-Channel League First Team, All-Ventura County Second Team, and All-CIF First Team honors ... Her 490 digs set a single-season school record, ranked second in the county, and 12th in the state ... Team went 36-3 overall with an 8-0 mark in league play with her anchoring the back row ... Cougars won the Channel League that season as well as the Santa Barbara T.O.C. ... Reached the quarterfinals of state playoffs ... As a junior, was named All-League First Team and All-County Second Team ... In her sophomore campaign, was named Second Team All-Channel League ... Was a three-time Scholar Athlete and made the Honor Roll all four years ... Placed second in the district science fair.
Club: Played 18s with S.G. Elite Roshambo and LAVA South ... Was with LAVA South for 17s and LAVA West for 16s ... Prior to that, spent time with Cal. Heat (15s) and SBVC (14s).
Personal: Kobie Lee Jimenez was born on Aug. 28, 1998 to parents Vince and Cathy ... Has one older sister, Evanne, a member of the beach volleyball program at Pepperdine ... Calls Ventura, Calif. her hometown ... Majors in Film and Media Studies ... Goes by the nickname "Kobs" ... Roots for the Los Angeles Lakers ... Says her most memorable sports moment is going to the 2019 NCAA Tournament ... Likes to watch How I Met Your Mother and Friends ... Lists How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days as her favorite movie ... Top reads are Leaves of Grass and The Old Man and the Sea ... Enjoys reading the works of Charles Dickens, Ernest Hemingway, and Walt Whitman ... Listens to The Troggs and Miley Cyrus ... In her free time, enjoys hiking and painting ... Cites Mia Hamm, Misty May, and Kobe Bryant as her favorite athletes ... Was named after Kobe Bryant ... Was involved with the Ventura Hillside Conservancy in high school ... Enjoys snacking on fruit loops or string cheese after practice ... "Here Comes the Boom" is her go-to pre-game pump up song ... Came to UCSB because it's a "beautiful campus by the beach in a fun town."
